You know a director has done something right when a scene in his movie is parodied and referenced 50 years later. Even more impressive is the fact said scene is a murder scene in which the audience doesn't see any blood except the one it imagines is flowing from the victim. Psycho (1960) is indeed quite an oddity given it is based on a novel that itself was based loosely on the horrid crimes of Ed Gaines. Yet Alfred Hitchcock, who apparently never backed away from a challenge, thought this was just the right material for his next movie. Good thing, because cinema history was never the same again. This is one of those movies that you have seen even if you have never seen it before, mainly because of that shower scene and the titular psycho doing the stabbing. It has been parodied countless times by everyone from Wes Craven to Mel Brooks, and even Bugs Bunny. Bernard Herrman's iconic music, which practically screams in unison with Janet Leigh as the blade strikes, has