Will you walk in, read and c.c. "Shower Curtain" an overnight stay on way home?

Yes I have seen a black and white of the original, and Hitchcock was a master in the genre, hardly emulated today. The references however did not detract from the prose poem form.

Janet Leigh opened the door in the genre.

I like the way you construct this prose, just

as Hitchcock would have done in his landmark film.

In perspective, up until "Psycho", there had

been no true "shocker" film made, edited in this fashion.

Also having the star of the film murdered in the first

15 minutes was unheard of (Janet Leigh was one of

the biggest stars in 1960).

This is a masterful example of how Hitchcock threw his audience off guard.

Hitchcock once quipped, It took almost as long to film

and edit the almost 100 separate pieces of film together

for the shower scene than it did to make the rest of the film.

During the final "harming a fly" fade-out that ended the film

Anthony Perkins face terms to a skeleton the last few frames.

Film composer Bernard Hermann's "screaming violins" background

music for the shower scene was one of the film's many "firsts" and

has since been copied over and over.

Very creative way you lead your story into this, Bri,

(mirroring the way Hitchcock would have written this).

Bravo in the cleverness of your juxtaposition.

Is that how it was written in a book, if it was a book originally?

Ever since I first saw the movie, I can picture a similar, where Norman has a flash camera rather than a knife, and snaps pictures of her in the shower.

It'sso Freudian. I hat Mother Bates!

This is a well written piece, but if meant to scare didn't induce any fear in me. waited too long for the fear, didn't create an atmosphere of ominous dark clouds with rains made of a razor blades love. The blood is still stuck in my throat choking me slowly as i wanted to imagine the same ill fate manifest in her.

If only Norman had slipped and said "I'm sorry I forgot to lay out the knife for you" But he was so meticulous, and as we all know he wouldn't hurt a fly(because of corpse they don't take showers) otherwise it would be fly souffle! Thomas, nice job keeping his/her memory alive, one of the all time evil ones of filmdom. I enjoyed the write and your title was spot on(maybe that's the wrong wording) it was very good.------william

Psycho is probably one of the scariest films I have ever seen. You didn't need to see the gore to understand what was going on. The imagination was in overload and the music did the rest. My mum and dad had gone out for the evening and both myself and my younger sister were too scared to go up to bed after watching it. We waited up for them to come back.

Ah so glad you posted this it shows what a diversity you have in your writing style. I was stimulated but a little frightened by the poem. I think it shows how closely you have watched and gathered the information to create this piece.

It is well-written, by the theme is so well-known. I knew from the first phrase what was going to happen.

I should clarify this. I meant the first phrase, "I am a female," of the 2nd stanza. I would have preferred, "I am a woman," because "female" should, in my opinion, be used for non-human animals.

'O God , you're scaring me Bri .. The one movie I don't like is 'Psycho ' If I'm in the shower and my imagination starts to run away with me I get out quickly Good story .. :)

One of the scariest movies ever made.Haha,reminds me of my Dad,Old sawed off Pete,who put on a wig and Mom s bathrobe and scared the crap out of me with a large kitchen knife while I was taking a shower...complete with those strange notes as sound effects of terror...Cree Cree Cree!!!