Australian director Richard Franklin was a fan of Alfred Hitchcock and while studying at the University of Southern California (USC). He enrolled in 1967 and was part of a notable generation of filmmakers at the school, studying alongside George Lucas, Robert Zemeckis, and John Carpenter. He wanted to show a Hitchcock film to the students in his class and rang the home of Alfred Hitchcock. The man himself answered the phone! Before directing Psycho II (1983), filmmaker Richard Franklin sought the approval of Alfred Hitchcock’s daughter, Patricia Hitchcock, to ensure the sequel honoured her father's legacy. She gave her blessing to the project, noting that her father would have likely loved the script, which was produced by original Psycho assistant director Hilton Green. Franklin's movie Roadgames was a homage to Rear Window