Phycho (1960) - 'Shower Scene' copied in what films?

[RandomTom]

I'm just thinking about the shower scene in Hitchcock's version, and I know it's been copied, reproduced etc but for my media studies I'm looking through the IMDB list as to what exact films have clearly copied / referenced that scene just for a bit of knowledge? Thanks if you know of any.

 

[Belmit]

One that came instantly to mind was the one from National Lampoon's Vacation. Where Chevy Chase angles the shampoo bottle so the shadow looks like a knife as he creeps up on his wife in the shower. I'm sure there are more sophisticated references though!

 

[RandomTom]

lol, it doesn't have to be a 'shower scene' it can just be the imagery of the knife in the shadow with the shriek of a woman, everyone says it's been copied to death but no-one can ever mention any films related to it, which is just what i'm thinking about now.

 

[Christo]

This might be of use

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_(1960_film)#Popular_culture_references

 

[alexakasloth]

How about the bath scene in Nightmare on elm street?

There's also a scene but I forget which film, a guy get's into a bathtub in a not so great looking US apartment, put's a flanel on his face. I think someone tries breaking down the door.

Scream aswell, 'we all go a little crazy' line.

 

[RandomTom]

How about the bath scene in Nightmare on elm street?

There's also a scene but I forget which film, a guy get's into a bathtub in a not so great looking US apartment, put's a flanel on his face. I think someone tries breaking down the door.

Scream aswell, 'we all go a little crazy' line.

Cheers for that; I've just looked at Scream with the Norman Bates line, thanks for the Nightmare on Elm Street reference too.

 

[Chronos-X]

I studied film, and I don't get what's so special about that scene. The music's great - but the stabbing actions look like those of a robot.

 

[alexakasloth]

I studied film, and I don't get what's so special about that scene. The music's great - but the stabbing actions look like those of a robot.

It's more of a cult reference thing, Psycho landmarked the shower scene as a horror norm. Not to mention being one of the first big name slashers.

[late edit] It was also one of the most popular horror flicks which summed up the type of horror films at the time, that is crime-horrors, you later get films like Cape Fear (1962). It can be seen in Scream, a human killer on the lose who is just a normal guy, the police don't know who it is and are pretty much useless (relfected in Dept. Dwight).