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{{quote|''A boy's best friend is his mother.''}}
 
''[['''Psycho]]''''', directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]], was released in 1960, and is now one of the most famous thriller films of all time.
 
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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* [[The Shrink]]
* [[Sinister Shades]]: Worn by the cop who wakes Marion up in her car.
* [[Slasher MoviesMovie]]: Not a full member of the genre, but a clear influence on those that followed.
** 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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