Followed by
Psycho II (1983)
Psycho III (1986)
Bates Motel (1987) (TV)
Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990) (TV)
Remade as
Psycho (1998)
Edited into
"A-Z of Horror" (1997)
- Segment American Psycho refers to the movie and uses the music, and features scenes from both the movie and trailer.
Spin off
Bates Motel (1987) (TV)
References
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Referenced in
Taste of Fear (1961)
Homicidal (1961)
Lolita (1962)
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
- Replicates a shot of a shower head
The Haunting (1963/I)
Maniac (1963)
Mépris, Le (1963)
Strait-Jacket (1964)
Marnie (1964)
I Saw What You Did (1965)
- has a scene where a man stabs a woman to death in a shower
Torn Curtain (1966)
- The killing of Gromek strongly resembles Psycho when the peasant wife uses the big knife and stab Gromek.
Wonderwall (1968)
- He spies on women through a wall in a room full of taxidermied animals and his mom comes in and tells him to stop - later he see that his mom is apparently dead.....
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Liebe ist kälter als der Tod (1969)
- mentioned during the Irm Hermann scene: "I want sunglasses that the policeman wears in Psycho with Janet Leigh"
"Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Ant, an Introduction (#1.9)" (1969)
- Referenced during the barber scene
Strano vizio della Signora Wardh, Lo (1971)
- the famous shower scene is immitated in this film
Gatto a nove code, Il (1971)
Duel (1971) (TV)
Three on a Meathook (1972)
Images (1972)
- the shrieking violins that accompany Cathryn's stabbing of Marcel and the final shot of the water streaming out of the shower head
Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble (1972)
Bluebeard (1972)
Terror House (1972)
- gothic locations and house
Home for the Holidays (1972) (TV)
The Killing Kind (1973)
Schoolgirls in Chains (1973)
- controlling mother has died and body kept around, her voice imitated by son
The Crazies (1973)
- scene where the grandmother stabs the soldier withe the knitting needles is filmed like the murder in the shower in psycho
Sisters (1973)
Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973) (TV)
Sexorcist Devil (1974)
- Features a scene where a man is killed while showering by an assailant holding a knife in the same manner as Norman Bates.
Deranged (1974)
The Conversation (1974)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
The Ghoul (1975)
- Several key plot points and the staging of the first murder
Secret Desire (1975)
- Bernard Herrmann's theme is played is scenes featuring Mary's father.
Wet Wilderness (1975)
- Bernard Herrmann's theme is played over the opening credits
Taxi Driver (1976)
"Saturday Night Live: Anthony Perkins/Betty Carter (#1.16)" (1976)
- mentioned in several skits
Family Plot (1976)
Up! (1976)
- scene with girl in shower who is attacked by person with knife is a homage
Carrie (1976)
Schizo (1976)
Communion (1976)
- Multiple references: A Psycho poster can be seen in the background in one scene; Aunt Annie's stabbing on the staircase is designed to resemble the shower murder; and the music imitates Bernard Herrmann's score in some moments.
Jubilee (1977)
Suspiria (1977)
- The indentations in the bed Helena Markos lies on, as well as her voice (similar to "Mother"'s)
Eaten Alive (1977)
The Rescuers (1977)
- Jeanette Nolan, who voiced Ellie Mae, used the voice she had 'faked' for Norma Bates to fit her character better.
"Saturday Night Live: Mary Kay Place/Willie Nelson (#3.7)" (1977)
- Mentioned during the monologue
Mad Max (1979)
The Evictors (1979)
Last Embrace (1979)
Salem's Lot (1979) (TV)
Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog' (1980) (TV)
Yi dan er li san gong fu (1980)
The Silent Scream (1980)
The Nude Bomb (1980)
Dressed to Kill (1980)
Arrebato (1980)
- A poster of Hitchcock's PSYCHO can be seen in the film
He Knows You're Alone (1980)
Funeral Home (1980)
Raging Bull (1980)
Mulher Objeto (1981)
The Funhouse (1981)
Ms .45 (1981)
- blood circling down the drain turns into close-up of an eye
Bloody Birthday (1981)
Stripes (1981)
- Psycho's name is Francis. Francis is Norman Bates' middle name in Psycho.
Blow Out (1981)
Deadly Blessing (1981)
Halloween II (1981)
- The discovery of Dr. Mixter's body
"The Fall Guy: The Human Torch (#1.6)" (1981)
- Colt and Howie stay at a 'Bates Motel' and subsequently discuss 'Psycho'
Coming Soon (1982) (V)
I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982)
- Libby says that Herbert's shower curtain looks like the one Janet Leigh got stabbed in Psycho.
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
- Checking the registry at the motel, and other lines of dialogue
Psycho II (1983)
Vivement dimanche! (1983)
Sleepaway Camp (1983)
- The scene where one of the campers gets killed in the shower is simular to the scene where Janet Leigh's character gets killed.
Davitelj protiv davitelja (1984)
Ren zhe da jue dou (1984)
The Super Ninja (1984)
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
Girls Nite Out (1984)
Sesión continua (1984)
- The film is mentioned in a conversation
Crimes of Passion (1984)
"Knight Rider: Halloween Knight (#3.5)" (1984)
- The character of Norman Baines is a reference to Norman Bates, a version of Bernhard Herrmann's original score and the famous Bates House are also used in the episode.
Fright Show (1985)
- The father and son in the Frightnight segment are watching a horror movie on TV (one made for this film, not a real one) featuring a shower scene and music inspired by Psycho.
Crimewave (1985)
- in the car chase scene,we see the anxiety at the womans face when she understands that she's being followed by someone.she looks at the mirror all the time and music that reminds the one of psycho can be heard
The Toxic Avenger (1985)
- In one of the scenes you see a murder with a siccor taking place on wall with a shadow
Day of the Dead (1985)
- A tape recording reveals Dr. Logan to be talking to his dead mother - with him answering in her role as well.
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
- When Pee Wee discovers that his bike is missing, the background music is the same violin riff as was played in the famous shower scene in Psycho
Weird Science (1985)
- shot of the shower
Compromising Positions (1985)
- Close-up of blood spiraling into a drain after a murder.
Hard Rock Zombies (1985)
Re-Animator (1985)
Killer Workout (1986)
- The shower scene is a clumsy homage to /ripoff of the one in Psycho
Quando Os Morcegos Se Calam (1986)
- The "spooky old house" the man goes into at the end of the film, resembles the Bates mansion in Psycho (1960).
The McGuffin (1986)
"The Golden Girls: The Way We Met (#1.25)" (1986)
- The film is mentioned by name.
Maximum Overdrive (1986)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Playing for Keeps (1986)
Deadtime Stories (1986)
Killing birds - uccelli assassini (1987)
- copies the swinging light fixture in the fruit cellar
Morgan Stewart's Coming Home (1987)
Evil Dead II (1987)
- Professor Knowby's dead wife is said to be in the "fruit cellar"; already listed in the trivia section
Creepshow 2 (1987)
- violin shower scene music plays when the wooden Indian raises his knife
Psychos in Love (1987)
- characters rent this, but no clips from it are shown.
Dragnet (1987)
The Rosary Murders (1987)
- Copied sequence
Howling III (1987)
- A director who resembles Hitchcock assures an actress she did as well as Janet Leigh in her shower scene in Psycho.
Deranged (1987)
Slumber Party Massacre II (1987)
"The Charmings: Lillian Loses Her Powers (#2.8)" (1987)
- After being urged to read a self-help book by a guy named Norman, Lillian rants something like, "What does he suggest, that I move to California, open up a motel and stab women while they're taking a shower?"
Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
Non aver paura della zia Marta (1988)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: A Family Portrait (1988) (V)
Rorret (1988)
- The opening scene and the shower scene are remade, and the music is used.
Olgami (1988)
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
- Shower scene
Beyond Dream's Door (1989)
Charles Manson Superstar (1989) (V)
- The narrator mentions Psycho.
Murder Story (1989)
The Dream Team (1989)
Santa sangre (1989)
Splendor (1989)
- Actors speak about these Movie
A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Crawling Eye (#2.1)" (1989)
- Crow: (as Mrs. Bates) Norman, I told you not to bother guests.
"The Kids in the Hall: (#1.3)" (1989)
- mentioned trying to remember the title of Citizen Kane
¡Átame! (1990)
- Score frequently references Psycho theme
Bad Influence (1990)
The Last of the Finest (1990)
- strings heard while person is stabbed in shower
Darkman (1990)
The Grifters (1990)
"The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror (#2.3)" (1990)
- The house in the "Bad Dream House" segment is based on the house from Psycho's appearence.
Child's Play 2 (1990)
"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Talking Turkey (#1.12)" (1990)
- The Psycho theme is briefly played
Fear in the Dark (1991) (TV)
- Storyboards for it are shown, Robert Bloch is introduced as the author of the novel, Saul Bass is incorrectly identified as the director of the shower scene.
Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra (1991) (VG)
- the game borrows music from the film
Speed Freaks with Guns (1991)
- There is a scene where a woman is stabbed to death in the shower. Fittingly, the victim's shower curtain has the "psycho" silhouette on it, as well as a framed picture of Janet Leigh in the bathroom.
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Deutsche Kettensägen Massaker, Das (1991)
The Art of Dying (1991)
Setta, La (1991)
Lik Wong (1991)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Pod People (#4.3)" (1991)
- Crow: (while a character is taking a shower) Norman, Norman.
"Golden Years" (1991)
- One character refers to Norman Bates
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera vs. Guiron (#4.12)" (1991)
- "Mother! Oh god, Mother!"
"Married with Children: God's Shoes (#6.8)" (1991)
- When Al sees the 2,500 $ portrait of Peggy, music from this film can be heard.
Cape Fear (1991)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Unearthly (#4.20)" (1991)
- Servo: Mrs. Bates? Mrs. Bates? Crow: Norman?
The 7th Guest (1992) (VG)
- In the credits of The 7th Guest, the following appears: "All cast members of the 7th Guest stayed at the luxurious Bates Motel."
"Murder, She Wrote: Incident in Lot #7 (#8.13)" (1992)
- This episode is takes place on the set of this film and the title is referred to by the characters.
Wayne's World (1992)
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)
Basic Instinct (1992)
Ladybugs (1992)
Monster in a Box (1992)
Batman Returns (1992)
Raising Cain (1992)
- The sequence when John Lithgow watches a car sink into a lake is an homage to the same scene from Psycho, with Lithgow smoking a cigarette instead of munching on the candy that Anthony Perkins' character prefers.
Braindead (1992)
- Lionel is subservient to his mother.
Sneakers (1992)
Léolo (1992)
Exclusive (1992) (TV)
- "I even took a shower. Janet Leigh would be proud of me."
Gato, El (1992) (V)
- homage
Bikini Squad (1993)
Ed and His Dead Mother (1993)
Illegal Entry: Formula for Fear (1993)
Super 8½ (1993)
Hexed (1993)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Bride of the Monster (#5.23)" (1993)
- Crow: Check the Bates Motel.
"The Simpsons: Brother from the Same Planet (#4.14)" (1993)
- When Skinner looks home to his mother, the house is the famous Psycho house and the sillouette of his mother can be seen in the window just like in this film. The music is similar to the film and Skinner starts talking to his mother even though she isn't there in a mad way, just like this film.
The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993) (TV)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Swamp Diamonds (#6.3)" (1993)
- Theme hummed
Naked (1993)
"The Simpsons: Cape Feare (#5.2)" (1993)
- The camera angles and lighting used in Sideshow Bob's hotel when he plans how to kill Bart are inspired by this.
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
- Daniel once mentions Mrs. Sellner as Norman Bates, the main character from Psycho.
Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers (1993)
- Feathers McGraw believes to be a chicken, just as Norman Bates believes to be his mother. The way that the scenes are structured is largely based on Hitchcock style.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Atomic Brain (#6.18)" (1993)
- Servo: (as Mrs. Bates) Norman.
Paul Calf's Video Diary (1993) (TV)
"Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man: Gripes of Wrath (#1.3)" (1994)
- The crazed gunner in Duckman's day dream goes crazy after Duckman spilled tomatoe juice on the floor and quoting Norman Bates from the film.
Mammo (1994)
Shrunken Heads (1994)
Nattevagten (1994)
- Music, when Inspector Wörmer murders Joyce and when Kalinka is in Joyce's appartment. It closely resembles that famous string-motive
Greedy (1994)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
"The Simpsons: Homer Loves Flanders (#5.16)" (1994)
- The haunted house the Simpsons visit is made too look exactly like the famous house from Psycho.
Pulp Fiction (1994)
- The shot of Marcellus turning his head to see Butch in his car is taken directly from Psycho.
Shallow Grave (1995)
The Return of Jafar (1994) (V)
Past Tense (1994) (TV)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Bloodlust! (#7.7)" (1994)
- Forrester: A boy's best friend is his mother.
"Homicide: Life on the Street: Fits Like a Glove (#3.2)" (1994)
- A collector of macabre memorabilia mentions this movie while being questioned by the detectives who are investigating an apparent serial killing.
"Friends: The One with the Butt (#1.6)" (1994)
- Phoebe does the theme music to this movie.
Snow White and the Magic Mirror (1994) (V)
- Snow White visits a hotel in the woods where a young man and his "mother" live, the sign for the place says "Ye Bates Inn". The man tells Snow White she'll need a room with a private shower.
"NYPD Blue: The Final Adjustment (#2.6)" (1994)
- Andy refers to a suspect as Norman Bates
The Bitch Is Back (1995)
- Silouetted blade-wielding figure pulls back shower curtain to attack person in shower, blood spiralling down drain, as in Psycho.
Gunsmith Cats (1995) (V)
"The Nanny: Canasta Masta (#2.16)" (1995)
- The film is mentioned by name.
Your Studio and You (1995)
- The Psycho house can be seen in one of the scenes
"The Nanny: Lamb Chop's on the Menu (#2.20)" (1995)
- The shower scene music from the movie is played during a "terrifying" scene.
Skinner (1995)
Sawbones (1995) (TV)
The Net (1995)
Confessionnal, Le (1995)
"The Nanny: Oy Vey, You're Gay (#3.7)" (1995)
- The shower scene background music is playing during a "terrifying" scene.
Copycat (1995)
It Takes Two (1995)
The Making of Steven Spielberg's 'Jaws' (1995) (V)
Entführung aus der Lindenstraße (1995) (TV)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Alferd Packer: The Musical (1996)
- The famous music from the shower scene in "Psycho" plays when Bell attacks Packer.
Jack Frost (1996)
Red Rain (1996)
The Tomorrow Man (1996) (TV)
Sindrome di Stendhal, La (1996)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Night of the Blood Beast (#8.1)" (1996)
- "Mother! Blood!"
Lögn (1996)
Fargo (1996)
Diabolique (1996)
Twister (1996)
Kingpin (1996)
The Frighteners (1996)
Kondom des Grauens (1996)
Foxfire (1996)
Nacht der Gaukler (1996)
"The Nanny: The Car Show (#4.10)" (1996)
- The shower scene background music is played during a terrifying scene.
"The Simpsons: Lisa's Date with Density (#8.7)" (1996)
- The interior of Skinner's house is identical to the famous Psycho house, a reference to Skinner's relationship with his mother.
Scream (1996/I)
Little Cobras: Operation Dalmatian (1997)
A Very British Psycho (1997) (TV)
- mentioned once
"The Simpsons: The Springfield Files (#8.10)" (1997)
- An orchestra of string players are playing the screeching string music from Psycho on a bus.
Nightwatch (1997)
Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Invasion of the Neptune Men (#9.19)" (1997)
- Mike: This really is disappointing as the follow up to Psycho.
Scream 2 (1997)
Finding North (1998)
- The son of the motel clerk dresses up as the statue of liberty for halloween. He told his mom he was tired of dressing up as Norman and this was his way to express his liberation.
Half Baked (1998)
"Dawson's Creek: Pilot (#1.1)" (1998)
- Dawson: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Universal, 1960. Little known fact: Did you know that Hitchcock surprised Janet Leigh with freezing cold water in order to get her to scream so effectively?
"Dawson's Creek: Dance (#1.2)" (1998)
- Dawson mentions the film
Serial Lover (1998)
Mørkeræd (1998)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (1998) (TV)
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
- Janet Leigh, who played Marion Crane in Psycho, drives the same Ford she did in Psycho and a snippet from Bernard Herrman's Psycho score can be heard as she talks to Laurie by her car.
Razor Blade Smile (1998)
Free Enterprise (1998)
Bride of Chucky (1998)
"The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror IX (#10.4)" (1998)
- A person is credited as "Norman 'Bates' MacLeod" in refernece to Norman Bates, the character from this movie.
"Just Shoot Me!: The Mask (#3.3)" (1998)
- Elliot and Dennis discuss it.
American History X (1998)
I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998)
- Shower scene music played when fake liver in esky uncovered on bus.
Playing by Heart (1998)
Als Hitchcock in Auerstedt auf Eiermanns Else traf (1999)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (1999) (V)
- mentioned once
The Prophet's Game (1999)
Ruang talok 69 (1999)
Tomorrow by Midnight (1999)
My Friend Paul (1999)
"The Sopranos: Meadowlands (#1.4)" (1999)
- in Tony's dream, a chair spins around to reveal his mother
Payback (1999/I)
"Homicide: Life on the Street: A Case of Do or Die (#7.14)" (1999)
- One of the movies Blowen ruined by shouting at the screen.
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999) (V)
The Out-of-Towners (1999)
Dead Air (1999)
Dead Air (1999) (V)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Horrors of Spider Island (#11.11)" (1999)
- Mike: The Dukes of Dixieland also did the Psycho soundtrack.
Deep Blue Sea (1999)
Amants criminels, Les (1999)
- The filmmaker takes considerable trouble to arrange for Saïd to be stabbed to death in the shower.
'Halloween' Unmasked 2000 (1999) (V)
Kolobos (1999)
"Spaced: Battles (#1.4)" (1999)
- Duane Benzy hiding a knife behind his back followed by Psyco-ish music.
"The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror X (#11.4)" (1999)
- As a halloween-themed credit, someone is credited as Norman "Bates" MacLeod onscreen in reference to the main character Norman Bates in this film.
Schrei - denn ich werde dich töten! (1999) (TV)
One Special Night (1999) (TV)
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest' (2000) (V)
Paranoid (2000/III)
- one of the charactors name is normen
American Psycho (2000)
Scream 3 (2000)
Final Destination (2000)
Flashback - Mörderische Ferien (2000)
Harry un ami qui vous veut du bien (2000)
Columbo: Murder with Too Many Notes (2000) (TV)
- Musical theme played and identified in dialog
Freeze Me (2000)
- when she kills the first guy in the shower, there are several references to the famous shower scene in Psycho
Scary Movie (2000)
- Bobby's "We all go a little crazy (mad) sometimes.." towards end of film.
What Lies Beneath (2000)
Cherry Falls (2000)
- young man is dressing to look like his dead mother and kills with a knife
Iki-jigoku (2000)
Snatch. (2000)
Wild Zero (2000)
- the shower scene
Hellraiser: Resurrection (2000) (V)
- mentionned once
In the Light of the Moon (2000)
"Angel: Are You Now or Have You Ever Been (#2.2)" (2000)
- Angel says "68 rooms, 68 vacancies". Later we meet Judy, a young woman who stole a lot of money from a bank and regrets it. But she never leaves the hotel, that is host to evil, alive.
22 (2000) (V)
- poster in living room
"That '70s Show: Too Old to Trick or Treat, Too Young to Die (#3.4)" (2000)
- Kelso takes a shower, and Laurie draws back the curtains and yells at him that he knocked over her red shampoo, which goes down the drain like the blood in "Psycho"
"The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XI (#12.1)" (2000)
- Norman MacLeod's onscreen halloween credit for this episode is "Norman 'Bates' MacLeod" in reference to the main character's name from this film.
Little Nicky (2000)
- A poster can be seen.
Cast Away (2000)
Changing Faces (2001)
- I was very influenced by Hitchcock's style and the main character's multiple personalities were inspired by Norman Bates
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' (2001) (V)
Donnie Darko (2001)
- The scene where the boy imitates Norman Bates when he makes fun of Gretchen's father stabbing her mother, complete with the sound effects
Valentine (2001)
Do You Wanna Know a Secret? (2001)
- While discussing a teenager with an attitude problem, another teenager mentions he's likely to crazy and makes stabbing motions while imitating the famous screeching sounds from "Psycho." Even the closed-captioning references "Psycho" at this point.
Plotting 'Family Plot' (2001) (V)
- mentioned once
The Trouble with Harry Isn't Over (2001) (V)
Morsures de l'aube, Les (2001)
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
Children of the Living Dead (2001) (V)
AFI's 100 Years, 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001) (TV)
Visualizing 'Carrie' (2001) (V)
The Glass House (2001)
The Making of 'Cape Fear' (2001) (V)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
- The famous string score is heard when Sully tries to evade Boo in the men's bathroom.
.com for Murder (2002)
Battle-Axe: The Making of 'Strait-Jacket' (2002) (V)
The Making of 'Frailty' (2002) (V)
Mysteries of Love (2002) (V)
Psychette: William Castle and 'Homicidal' (2002) (V)
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog' (2002) (V)
One Hour Photo (2002)
Resident Evil (2002)
The Back Lot Murders (2002) (V)
- the house
Hitchcock: The Final Cut (2002) (VG)
American Psycho II: All American Girl (2002) (V)
Spider-Man (2002)
About Schmidt (2002)
Diminutos del calvario (2002)
Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
Signs (2002)
Lilja 4-ever (2002)
- After Lilja has been raped in the shower. she sits with her head against the wall, like Janet Leigh in Psycho. The showercurtain is also torn down, like in Psycho
Drive (2002)
Poppitz (2002)
My Little Eye (2002)
- Charlie imitates the theme song and makes stabbing gestures.
Red Dragon (2002)
The Ring (2002)
Jackass: The Movie (2002)
- The shower scene music plays when they are about to shave each others heads.
Runaway: A Road Adventure (2002) (VG)
- Norman Bates is mentioned
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
- Camera shot: spinning down to and up from Gandalf's eye.
"Baantjer: De Cock en de moordfilm (deel 2) (#8.10)" (2002)
- Video footage of a woman getting murdered in the shower, and blood flowing into the drain.
Adaptation. (2002)
Bits and Pieces: Bringing Death to Life (2003) (V)
The Saw Is Family: Making 'Leatherface' (2003) (V)
A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
- mentioned in documentary
Darkness Falls (2003)
Dhund: The Fog (2003)
- signature strings prominent in soundtrack
Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain (2003)
- character mentions it by name
Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt (2003) (TV)
Willard (2003)
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: A Night at the Movies (#3.19)" (2003)
- The clue of the pink flier advertising the Hitchcock retrospective is found not entirely flushed down the toilet, like the clue found in the toilet in Hitchcock's Psyco.
Love & Haight (2003) (V)
- mentioned once
Identity (2003)
Daddy Day Care (2003)
- 37 minutes into the film, Charlie enters the bathroom, when the older films famous screeching violins are heard.
Kangaroo Hitchcock: The Making of 'Road Games' (2003) (V)
- The film is mentioned.
Mystic River (2003)
- The line "wouldn't hurt a fly" in the context of a police interrogation.
Jubilee: A Life Less Golden (2003) (V)
- mentionned once
Finding Nemo (2003)
- The famous score from the film is played when Darla enters the dentist's office.
Filthy (2003)
- musical score
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003) (TV)
29th Telluride Film Festival Aug. 30 - Sept. 2, 2002: Terry Gilliam Interviewed by Salman Rushdie (2003) (V)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
Latter Days (2003)
- The two lead characters do impersonations from Psycho.
"Just Shoot Me!: Rivals in Romance (#7.14)" (2003)
- Elliot refers to Clark as Norman Bates.
The Chameleon Killer (2003) (V)
'Halloween': A Cut Above the Rest (2003) (TV)
China White Serpentine (2003) (V)
- A character has the poster for this on the wall of his writing workspace.
Love Actually (2003)
- stabbing scene from Colin Firth with Aurelia
Shredder (2003)
Curse of the Forty-Niner (2003)
- Character says something like"its the house from Psycho"
Now Showing: Unforgettable Moments from the Movies (2003) (V)
- film clip
The Year of the Rat (2003) (V)
The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (2003) (TV)
- Makes the countdown, is talked about.
The Sims: Bustin' Out (2003) (VG)
- background music in horror movie
Paycheck (2003)
- Shower scene
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre (2004) (V)
- This title is referenced in my documentary.
Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield (2004) (V)
Making 'Murder on the Orient Express' (2004) (V)
- mentioned once
Maquinista, El (2004)
- shot of hand gripping shower curtain, overhead shot of body on bathroom floor
"Garth Marenghi's Darkplace: Once Upon a Beginning (#1.1)" (2004)
- The score and camera angles when Liz falls to the floor.
Club Dread (2004)
- The scene where Britanny Daniel decides not to go in the shower pokes fun at the shower scene in Psycho (1960).
The Hazing (2004)
- "I had Norman Bates for a teacher"
The Suffering (2004) (VG)
- After the Asylum there is a place with lots of bodies, hidden in the bushes is a phone, if you pick up the phone you hear a voice that sounds exactly like Anthony Perkins reciting dialogue from Psycho: "Mother! Oh God, Mother! Blood! Blood!".
Secret Window (2004)
- Police officer with sunglasses staring into side window of car
Dead & Breakfast (2004)
- ...
Taking Lives (2004)
- When searching Martin Asher's house,Leclair opens a shower curtain just like Norman Bates in Psycho (1960)
Terkel i knibe (2004)
- Famous shower scene theme is heard
Transamerican Killer (2005) (V)
- quote from night club scene - "it was like a scene out of Psycho"
Fantôme d'Henri Langlois, Le (2004)
- Mr. Langlois shows an authentic prop skull he received from Hitchcock himself. The skull was used in the filming of Psycho
The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan (2004) (TV)
- Referenced as one of Shyamalans favorite films.
Daniel - Der Zauberer (2004)
- music, Norman Bates reference
'Duel': A Conversation with Director Steven Spielberg (2004) (V)
- mentioned once
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
- When Jill enters the church study, she sees a woman with gray hair, tied in a bun, sitting on a chair, facing the wall. Jill calls out to her, only to find out that the woman is not quite alive. It's an exact copy of the climatic scene from "Psycho."
"Baantjer: De Cock en de moord op afstand (#10.1)" (2004)
- A scene where a murderer approaches his would-be victim with a knife is an obvious reference to psycho.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) (VG)
- On WCTR in The First "Lonely Hearts with Christy Mcintyre" A man calls in and says "I'm watching you Marion in the shower" Which is a refrence to the shower scene in Psycho and Marion Crane who is killed in the shower in the movie
Seed of Chucky (2004)
- A fly crawls across a doll's hand. We hear his inner thoughts say, "I would never hurt a fly." An earlier scene has a stabbing of a woman in the shower, who drags a curtain down with her.
"South Park: Cartman's Incredible Gift (#8.13)" (2004)
- A psychopathic murderer is also being driving by a mannequin he thinks is his mother and talks to (with himself).
Dishdogz (2005)
- when Kevin is mad at someone, he stabs a plate with a plastic knife and makes the violin stabbing sound from the shower scene
The Squid and the Whale (2005)
- Bernard has a poster of this film in the room with the ping pong table.
Couperet, Le (2005)
- When he drives into the motel and takes a shower, you can see a billboard with a hand holding something similar to a knife, like it is held in the showerscene in Psycho
Ti piace Hitchcock? (2005) (TV)
- References to the shower scene and a poster from the movie is shown
Zodiac Killer (2005)
- videotape in stack
"Lost: Born to Run (#1.22)" (2005)
- In the very beginning, Kate's arrival at the Motel and then the shower scene.
"Smallville: Forever (#4.21)" (2005)
- When they see a wall with photographs of the kidnapped persons Lois says: "That's a little Norman Bates."
Epopeja o bureku (2005)
- The famous bathroom murder scene
Conceiving the 'Seed of Chucky' (2005) (V)
- mentioned once
Her Minor Thing (2005)
- shower scene music heard as friend says "Kill, Jeana, kill."
AFI's 100 Years, 100 'Movie Quotes': The Greatest Lines from American Film (2005) (TV)
Bowser Makes a Movie (2005)
- mentioned when talking about Anthony Perkins
Cruel World (2005)
- several times when a knife is pulled out, high pitched violins are heard
Tideland (2005)
- House, Mother, Taxidermy
Murder Inn (2005)
- Characters are named after the real names of the actors in Psycho.
Yamim Kfuim (2005)
- in several scenes.
The Perfect Scary Movie (2005) (TV)
- Referenced by name
Homestarrunner.com: Everything Else, Volume 1 (2005) (V)
- In "Experimental Film", the swinging lightbulb is from the famous penultimate scene in this movie.
Striptease Baby Dolls from Cleveland Meet the Unkillables (2005)
"Kokkino domatio, To: I diva (#1.16)" (2006)
- Referenced by title, music & shower scene
"Kokkino domatio, To: Oi menounoi: Part 1 (#1.30)" (2006)
- dialogue
Never Sleep Again: The Making of 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' (2006) (V)
- Title referenced.
Sweet Insanity (2006)
- when someone is seen holding a knife, the shower scene music plays/a girl is killed in the bathroom and pulls down the shower curtains before she dies/last scene has the killer in jail looking at camera as double identity speaks
"Masters of Horror: Pick Me Up (#1.11)" (2006)
- When Fairuza Balk's character reminisces about the shower she just took while being hassled by Walker, she mimes the infamous stabbing move from Psycho.
The Night Listener (2006)
- gabe and anna try to figure out pete and donna they say she might have a mother son relationship like in psycho
Twisted Sisters (2006) (V)
- a girl does a stabbing motion and makes the violin sound (reee! reee!) from the shower scene
"Criminal Minds: Machismo (#1.19)" (2006)
- Transvestite killer's dead mother appears as rotting corpse in chair, revealed when turned around by female character.
Mr. Hell (2006)
- chair is spun around and there is a dead body in it
Another Gay Movie (2006)
- when the mother sees the wire hangers, the shower scene music plays
Severance (2006)
- The famous stabbing scene
"Robot Chicken: Massage Chair (#2.9)" (2006)
- security man grabs knife and makes shower scene stabbing sounds
Mustang Sally (2006)
- shrieking violins during stabbing
Night of the Dead: Leben Tod (2006) (V)
- during scary scenes, the violins from the shower scene play
Accepted (2006)
- violin shower scene music plays when a dead body falls through the ceiling
The Connecticut Poop Movie (2006)
- the violins when the toilet starts backing up
The Departed (2006)
- When Sullivan's wife listen to the tape in the livingroom, Sullivan takes a shower, where we see several shots identical to the shower scene in Psycho
Blood & Guts (2006)
- Ryan looks through the keyhole and watches Tiffany as she takes off her clothes, getting ready to take a shower.
Dark Ride (2006)
- movie guy mentions Norman Bates and a line from this movie
"Criminal Minds: The Boogeyman (#2.6)" (2006)
- Garcia mentions this movie.
The Utah Murder Project (2006)
- The film makes several references to Hitchcock's classic
Exhuming 'The Messengers' (2007) (V)
- Title referenced.
Code Name: The Cleaner (2007)
- when Jake sees the dead body in bed, the music sounds like the violin shower scene music
"One Tree Hill: Everything in Its Right Place (#4.11)" (2007)
- Peyton says that everyone in her life either dies or leaves or turns into Norman Bates.
The Hitcher (2007)
- Shot of shower head, and shot of blood washing into drain in shower
"Ghost Whisperer: Delia's First Ghost (#2.19)" (2007)
- Melinda tells Delia, that she and Ned intend to watch the film on DVD that night.
Sympathy (2007/I)
- The motel room Sympathy takes place in, is structurally modeled after the famed room in the Bates Motel in Psycho.
Vacancy (2007)
- Several stuffed birds can be seen in the office of a small, rural hotel.
"Have I Got News for You: (#33.4)" (2007)
- Bill Bailey says that Alfred Hitchcock's father used to strangle chickens "after luring them to a remote hotel"
7eventy 5ive (2007)
- Music is immitated by character
Hack! (2007)
- Mentioned in dialogue
No Country for Old Men (2007)
- Llewelyn Moss on the lam with stolen money hides in an out of the way motel. Anton Chigurh murders a hotel guest through a shower curtain.The framing of Carson Wells climbing the hotel staircase echoes the shot of Detective Milton Arbogast climbing the stairs of the Bates home just before he is murdered.
Strongbad_email.exe: Disc Five (2007) (V)
- In "retirement", Marshie's line, "Just walk away, mother," is a reference to this movie
Dead Heist (2007)
- Bates Motel mentioned
"ProSieben Märchenstunde, Die: Schneewittchen - 7 Zipfel und ein Horst (#4.1)" (2007)
- Bernhard Hoecker playing the Psycho Theme on violin
"Tripping the Rift: Skankenstein (#3.1)" (2007)
- Referenced during murder in bathroom
The Tattooist (2007)
- "'Friday the 13th' raps like 'Psycho'" (lyrics)
Experiment in Torture (2007) (V)
- girl does violin stabbing sound/motion
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' (2007) (V)
- mentioned once
"Ugly Betty: A League of Their Own (#2.5)" (2007)
- Cliff asks Marc to see Psycho with him at the Film Forum
Oliver Twink (2007) (V)
- shower scene music is played during black and white scene where Oliver is kidnapped
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
- The peep-hole scenes.
Be Kind Rewind (2008)
- Video Seen
Caos calmo (2008)
- When Pietro (Nanni Moretti) approches to the newsstand the adv of the movie on DVD is visible.
"Fila ton vatraho sou: (#1.15)" (2008)
- Shower scene & music
"Neues aus der Anstalt: (#2.3)" (2008)
- After Josef Hader gets brought to the backside we hear the typical Psycho music and it is implied that Josef Hader was killed or at least harmed.
Baby Mama (2008)
- Rob describes being stalked by someone like Norman Bates
"The Bachelorette: (#4.2)" (2008)
- Sean mentions Psycho when the piano plays scary music
The Happening (2008)
- "I feel like I'm going to take a shower and see your silhouette on the shower curtain!"
The Psycho Legacy (2009)
- Features stills from Psycho
Featured in
"Telescope: A Talk with Hitchcock" (1964)
- The two murder scenes are shown
Aroused (1966)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock (1973) (TV)
Halloween (1978)
Psycho II (1983)
Terror in the Aisles (1984)
The Hitchcock Classics Collection (1985) (V)
Precious Images (1986)
Stephen King's World of Horror (1986) (TV)
- Trailer Footage
Psycho III (1986)
"Amazing Stories: Welcome to My Nightmare (#2.4)" (1986)
- Boy watches Psycho on TV.
The Horror Hall of Fame (1990) (TV)
Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann (1992)
Cinemacabre TV Trailers (1993) (V)
- trailer
100 Years at the Movies (1994) (TV)
100 Years of Horror (1996) (V)
The Making of 'Psycho' (1997) (V)
"Dawson's Creek: Pilot (#1.1)" (1998)
- Mr Gold watches the movie
Mørkeræd (1998)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (1998) (TV)
'Psycho' Path (1999) (V)
"The Century: America's Time" (1999)
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius (1999) (TV)
'Torn Curtain' Rising (2000) (V)
- clip shown
The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked (2000) (V)
- clips shown
Little Nicky (2000)
- Poster on wall
'Topaz': An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin (2001) (V)
- clip shown
AFI's 100 Years, 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001) (TV)
Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation (2001) (V)
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002) (TV)
Odinochestvo krovi (2002)
- Mention in credits
"SexTV: Dark Desires: Sexuality in the Horror Film (#5.15)" (2003)
- Clips from movie used in episode.
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003) (TV)
Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
- Excerpts appear in the film.
The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (2003) (TV)
- Voted as a scary moment (shower sequence)
Murder by Numbers (2004)
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
- Clip included; editing analysed.
The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005) (TV)
- Shown during the In Memoriam tribute (Janet Leigh)
"How Art Made the World" (2005)
- Clips are shown.
AFI's 100 Years, 100 'Movie Quotes': The Greatest Lines from American Film (2005) (TV)
The Perfect Scary Movie (2005) (TV)
- Clips are shown
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer (2006)
- Part or all of the trailer is shown and discussed.
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006)
- excerpt in movie
Hitchcocked! (2006) (TV)
- Clips featured.
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006)
- clip featured
The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV)
"Best! Movies! Ever!: Hotels (#1.10)" (2007)
- clips featured to illustrate the best movie hotel scenes
"20 to 1: 50 to 01: Great Movie One Liners (#4.10)" (2007)
- Some clips from this movie are shown in a segment on the line "Ee-ee-ee...", though this line comes from the music, and is not actually spoken.
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Greatest Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition (2007)
- #14 film
Halloween (2007)
- On TV.
"20 to 1: Movie Heroes & Villains (#5.1)" (2007)
- Some clips from this movie are shown in a segment on Norman Bates.
"The O'Reilly Factor: Miller Time!" (2008)
- Clips from the film are featured during a reference.
Spoofed in
Psycosissimo (1961)
Goof on the Loose (1964)
- A character parodies Mrs. Bates.
Sirène du Mississipi, La (1969)
- The scene where the detective is killed and he falls down the stairs after being shot recalls a similar shot in Hitchcock's Psycho
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971)
- Shower scene spoofed in the "Wrath" segment
Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Supervixens (1975)
- the bathroom murder scene obviously parodies Psycho's shower sequence
High Anxiety (1977)
- The shower scene is spoofed when Mel Brooks' character is attacked by a paperboy in the shower, he hits him with a newspaper and the ink runs down the drain like blood.
Foul Play (1978)
Friday the 13th (1980)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Fade to Black (1980)
Elephant Parts (1981) (V)
- the shower scene
Full Moon High (1981)
The Funhouse (1981)
Pandemonium (1982)
Good-bye Cruel World (1983)
Wacko (1983)
- A character named Norman has a dead mother
Vacation (1983)
Davitelj protiv davitelja (1984)
The Mean Season (1985)
- The Mean Season features a parody of the famous Psycho shower scene, including similar music.
¡Qué tía la C.I.A.! (1985)
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)
"Amazing Stories: Welcome to My Nightmare (#2.4)" (1986)
- There's a Twilight-Zone-type sequence where a boy winds up getting trapped inside of the film, taking over the Janet Leigh role.
Shallow Grave (1987)
Video Violence 2 (1987)
- A character dressed as Norman Bates dressed as his mother tries to stab someone in a shower, and gets shot.
Monster in the Closet (1987)
Evil Dead II (1987)
She's Having a Baby (1988)
Cane Toads (1988)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
The Colonel's Bequest (1989) (VG)
- This game copies the Psycho shower scene
Beim nächsten Mann wird alles anders (1989)
Wicked Stepmother (1989)
Killer Tomatoes Strike Back! (1990)
"The Simpsons: Itchy and Scratchy and Marge (#2.9)" (1990)
- mallet on head
The Art of Dying (1991)
- The character of the filmmaker recreates famous film deaths and in one scene stabs a girl to death in the shower while he's wearing the female clothes Norman Bates wore in "Psycho."
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)
Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College (1991)
Bride of Killer Nerd (1992)
- Spoof of shower scene.
"The Simpsons: Black Widower (#3.21)" (1992)
- reveal scene, Act 3
Singles (1992)
Ei, Das (1993)
"The Simpsons: So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show (#4.18)" (1993)
- One clip of Maggie attacking Homer to psycho music with a hammer instead of a knife, ending with Homer lying in a pool of red paint (like blood).
Shrunken Heads (1994)
Silenzio dei prosciutti, Il (1994)
New Nightmare (1994)
Caged Heat 3000 (1995)
Guang Zhou sha ren wang zhi ren pi ri ji (1995)
- Shower Scene
"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: As the Will Turns (#5.20)" (1995)
- The Psycho theme is heard as Will screams
Alferd Packer: The Musical (1996)
Escape from It's a Wonderful Life (1996) (TV)
The Cable Guy (1996)
- In one scene, a character spies on another which clearly spoofs a scene from Psycho
Kondom des Grauens (1996)
The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield (1997) (VG)
- Principle Skinner and his mother in the old house spoofs Norman Bates and his own mother
That Darn Cat (1997)
The Fifth Province (1997)
- (sequence takes off on Bates Motel and incidents in Hitchcock movie)
"Dexter's Laboratory: Dee Dee's Rival/Pslyghtly Psycho/Game for a Game (#2.35)" (1998)
- The shower scene is spoofed
Ngon na ma dak lin na (1998)
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
"Just Shoot Me!: The Mask (#3.3)" (1998)
- Elliot enacts shower scene to spook Finch; Climactic scene spoofed when Elliot and Dennis go to see Binnie.
The Misadventures of James Spawn (1998)
"Whose Line Is It Anyway?: Show No. 111 (#1.8)" (1998)
- Ryan's quirk in Party Quirks is The Many Films of Alfred Hitchcock and this is one of them.
Films That Suck (1999)
Psycho Too (1999)
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999) (V)
"Boy Meets World: The Psychotic Episode (#6.21)" (1999)
- The situation with Eric's roommate is a spoof of Psycho.
"Spaced: Art (#1.3)" (1999)
- The agressive zoom ins on a stuffed bird to Psycho-ish music.
Soplo de vida (1999)
- The first scene about the peephole in the hotel is servile of the Hitchcock classic.
Casper's Haunted Christmas (2000) (V)
- Copy of famous shower scene
A Crack in the Floor (2000)
- spoof of the shower scene
Psycho Beach Party (2000)
Snow Day (2000)
Biohazard Code: Veronica (2000) (VG)
The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000) (TV)
- The opening spoofs the shower scene.
"Family Guy: Running Mates (#2.10)" (2000)
- The last picture in Stewie's photo album is a parody of the shower scene
AFI's 100 Years, 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (2000) (TV)
Scary Movie (2000)
- some scenes spoofed
What to Do? (2000)
- stabbing scene played to Psycho music
"The Lone Gunmen: Eine Kleine Frohike (#1.3)" (2001)
- Shower scene with the accompanied trademark soundtrack.
The House of Morecock (2001) (V)
- as Jonas is in the shower masturbating, someone opens the shower curtain holding a spade, Jonas falls over and pulls the shower curtain down (as color switches to black and white) and the camera zooms in on his eye, which fades into a shot of the drain
Viernes 13: XXL (2001) (V)
- black and white sequence that takes place in the Bates Motel has variation of the shower scene music playing as a girl takes a shower and a guy opens the curtain and joins her
Postal 2 (2002) (VG)
- There is a Bates Hotel in the game, advertising "relaxing, murder-free showers"
Big Fat Liar (2002)
Silver Scream (2003) (V)
- the Bates Motel scene
Locos por el cine (2003)
- The main character does a fun imitation of a scene of this film (also others)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
- shower scene spoof
The Intuition Shorts (2004) (V)
- A full length trailer spoofs the 'tour of the set' trailer that Alfred Hitchcock filmed for Psycho.
Survive Style 5+ (2004)
- the scene in the bathub
Seed of Chucky (2004)
- At the start of the movie, while Glen is dreaming, he attacks a woman while she is in the shower and all you can see is the knife stabbing her over and over again ala Psycho
Vet hard (2005)
- Showerscene
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
- When Teavee is in the television, he is transferred into an altered scene from the movie Psycho.
Camp Cuddly Pines Powertool Massacre (2005) (V)
- Music when the killer clown attacks sounds like famous shower scene music from Psycho
Daisy Does... (2006)
- Daisy Dog recreates the shower scene
"Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: The Big Cheese (#4.8)" (2006)
- spoof of shower scene
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (2006) (VG)
- A film in this title called 'Twilight Knife' spoofs elements of this film.
"30 Rock: The Baby Show (#1.9)" (2007)
- Kenneth seems to refer to a skeleton in a wig as 'mother'
Da Vinci Load 2: Electric Twinkaloo (2007) (V)
- shower scene music plays as a drag queen stabs with a weapon
"Sayonara zetsubô sensei: Watashi wa shukumei teki ni hikage mono de aru (#1.8)" (2007)
- the shower killing scene is copied, with the murderer being several persons, including the mask of Scream
"ProSieben Märchenstunde, Die: Schneewittchen - 7 Zipfel und ein Horst (#4.1)" (2007)
- When Ingo Appelts character should kill Snowwhite, the cameres closes up on the dagger as he stabs, just like in Psycho. The very same music gets played also.
Cookies for Sale (2007)
- The music cue when the girl appears on the doorstep with an axe in her chest parodies Bernard Hermann's score for PSYCHO.
"Pushing Daisies: Bitches (#1.6)" (2007)
- Harold Hundin's stabbing is a spoof of Marion Crane's shower murder.
American Pie Presents: Beta House (2007) (V)
- shower scene music plays as an ostrich pecks a geek
Tripping the Rift: The Movie (2008) (V)
- princess is stabbed on the toilet like in the shower scene
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