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Our need for horror and the thrill of fear feeds our unconsciousness. As a society we obsess on murder, death, and destruction. The media sensationalizes these events and those individuals who are the cause. Take for example the long followed lives of Charles ....

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.... by not letting us see the cutting and death in the shower scene. Films made after Psycho usually refer back to this scene, either working with or against the unseen cuts of the knife. An example of a film that works with the shower scene in Psycho is obviously displayed in de Palma’s Dressed to Kill. The scene that correlates is when Peter’s mother is killed the elevator by Liz. This scene is similar to Psycho because as in Psycho when Kate has her revelation and decides to return the money, and showers as a way to “clean” her once evil thoughts, Peter’s mother also has some sort of revelation when she realizes she has been infe ....