Psycho, 1960

Everyone knows the shower scene from Hitchcock's horror film, Psycho. I know it's very dated now but it is undeniably a scary scene. Everyone gets a bit nervous around a shower curtain for a bit after watching this film. But have you watched this scene on mute? It is all about the music. That screeching sound effect, the loud jagged tones are terrifying. The fake knife and shadowed man are not. It is amazing how much the music in a movie is taken for granted. At school ,I remember we tried to compose our own music for this scene. It never worked. Despite special effects and the huge budgets films have today, without the music there is no horror.