Psycho is a Psychological horror (this is a sub-genre of Horror and it relies on abnormal psyche to scare the viewer). Psycho was produced in 1960 by Alfred Hitchcock. Even though there was mixed views about the film it made over $40 million dollars in the box office and is now ranked the greatest films of all time as it has had alot of influence on over horror films as it is considered one of the first Slasher films.
A very influential part of the film is the "shower scene" which has became iconic due to it being regarded as the most scariest scenes ever filmed. It uses a variety of camera angles and Eisenstein style montage this is where the camera cuts to create a message rather than continuity. The protagonist "Marion" played by Leigh who gets attacked in the shower was affected by this scene as she was unable to take showers unless she needed to showing how influential the film was as she knew what was happening wasn't real however it still scared her as it made her feel very vulnerable after watching the film back.
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