Psycho (1960)

Trivia: Though Psycho is a Paramount Picture, it was filmed at Universal Studios.

Trivia: The security guard who gives "mother" a blanket at the end of the movie has the door opened for him by a young Ted Knight.

Trivia: Psycho was made with a budget of under $1,000,000.

Trivia: The sound of the knife stabbing Marion's flesh in the shower scene was made by stabbing a melon.

Trivia: A body-double was used in the shower scene when anything else besides Janet Leigh's face, neck, shoulders, and arms are seen on screen.

Trivia: That freaky, shrill score of Psycho, created by Bernard Herrmann, inspired a well-known music producer to help create a popular song for a famous band. George Martin cites Bernard's score as an influence for 'Eleanor Rigby' by the greatest and most romantic band ever, the Beatles.

Allister Cooper, 2011

Trivia: Director Hitchcock hid the model of Mother in Janet Leigh's bedroom and listened to how loudly she screamed when she saw it to test its effectiveness.

Trivia: Walt Disney hated the film so much that he refused to allow Alfred Hitchcock to film at Disneyland for another film he directed.

Trivia: The CHP didn't use Fords in 1959 or 1960.