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The Shower Scene — Psycho (1960)
The Shower Scene remains the most influential murder sequence in film history, a 45-second montage of 78 camera cuts that shattered every censorship boundary of 1960. Bernard Herrmann's screeching violin strings—played by sixteen musicians sawing in unison—created a sound as iconic as the image itself. Janet Leigh's genuine terror was so convincing that she never took a shower again in real life.
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