Breaking down Psycho's Shower Scene

Steve North, on Salon.com takes a moment to give us an in-depth look at the shower scene from Psycho, arguably the most famous scene on film. The scene at the time terrified viewers...

One angry father wrote to the brilliant director, saying his daughter had not bathed since viewing a bathtub drowning in the 1954 French film "Les Diaboliques," and now she was refusing to shower after seeing Janet Leigh’s character slashed to death in "Psycho." Hitchcock responded, "Send her to the dry cleaners."

Here's the scene, in case you've forgotten it...