Psycho’s Legacy
(Dimension Films)
You can’t swing a dead mom without hitting a horror movie influenced by Psycho, but even nearly 40 years later, it was still shocking when the biggest star of Scream, Drew Barrymore, died within the first 12 minutes of the movie in a clear homage to Janet Leigh. One of the killers is also named Billy Loomis, which is actually a callback to Halloween’s Dr. Samuel Loomis, so it’s a reference within a reference inside a reference quilt. Which is what most horror movies are these days anyway.
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