10 Best Horror Movie Shower Scenes

Really, was it ever in doubt as to which shower scene nabbed the top spot here?

Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho is viewed as one of the absolute greatest films not only in horror history, but in the history of cinema, period. And in its shower scene, Hitch's 1960 picture has one of the most memorable scenes in film history.

That scene, of course, sees Janet Leigh's Marion Crane deciding it's time for a well-needed refresh during her stay at the Bates Motel. Stepping into the bath tub to take a shower, it's there that a shadowed figure slashes away at Marion as Bernard Herrmann's iconic screeching score plays out over the action.

It was initially suggested that the figure in question was obviously Norma Bates, but the eventual reveal detailed how Norma was long dead and it was in fact her son Norman taking on the persona of his deceased mother.

The shower scene itself was filmed over an eight-day period, utilising a total of 78 different camera angles, making 52 cuts as the frenzied attack on Marion and her resulting panic was expertly transmitted to the watching audience.

Such an important part of cinema history, that scene has even been the sole focus of documentaries in the years since it first left audiences in a state of shock.