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{{quote|''A boy's best friend is his mother.''}}
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It has two big famous plot twists; at the time, Hitchcock went to great lengths to keep them secret (including an ad pleading "Don't give away the ending -- it's the only one we have"), but these days, [[It Was His Sled|most people know about both]] through [[Popcultural Osmosis]] [[All There Is to Know About "The Crying Game"|even if they know nothing else about the film]].
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In 1998, Gus Van Sant released [[Psycho (1998 film)|an almost shot-by-shot remake]] starring Anne Heche and Vince Vaughn. To the extent that it was the same as the original, it was widely regarded as pointless, and to the extent that it was different, it was widely regarded as inferior (probably the most notable difference being a shot of Norman [[A Date with Rosie Palms|masturbating]]). But the fact that somebody thought it might be a good idea suggests what a big place the original film has in the public memory. Indeed, Van Sant may have been doing us a favor: in his own words, he did it "so no-one else would have to". Look at the trend of horror-film remakes that have been released during the Turn of the Millenium and [[The New Tens]] (''[[The Amityville Horror]]'', ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]'', ''[[Halloween (film)|Halloween]]'', ''[[The Hitcher]]'', ''[[Friday the 13th (film)|Friday the 13th]]'', and even a new version of Hitchcock's own ''[[The Birds]]'' came close to getting made at one point), and you'll notice he was ahead of the game in preventing Platinum Dunes from touching this one.
The shower scene is now part of movie culture, and [[Psycho Strings|the music used]], along with the film itself, is used in many scholarly courses as prime examples of their chosen subject.
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* [[The Shrink]]
* [[Sinister Shades]]: Worn by the cop who wakes Marion up in her car.
* [[Slasher
** While the movie does codify the short, vicious bursts of violence punctuating long set-ups, it's otherwise thoroughly averted. Only two people die on-camera, and a third is only threatened. While there's plenty implying that this isn't the first time Norman's killed, even since his mother, the gore is subdued and the violence mostly off-camera.
* [[Slashers Prefer Blondes]]. More accurately, [[Alfred Hitchcock]] prefers blondes.
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