davidl@mako.UUCP (David Levine) (06/01/84)
There were takeoffs on the "Shower Scene" from "Psycho" in "Phantom of the
Paradise," in which the Phantom socked the lead singer Beef in the mouth with a
toilet plunger, and in "Fade To Black," in which the movie-obsessed main
character just cut and ran when the lady in the shower screamed. I haven't
seen "High Anxiety," but I am assured there was a Shower Scene there too. Any
more?
By the way, did you know that the blood in the Shower Scene in Psycho was
actually chocolate syrup? Did you know that Hitchcock got Janet Leigh to
scream like that by turning on the COLD water in the shower?
More to the point, did you care?
David D. Levine (...decvax!tektronix!tekecs!davidl) [UUCP]
(...tekecs!davidl.tektronix@rand-relay) [ARPA]
P.S. Did anybody else like "Fade To Black"?toma@tekchips.UUCP (Tom Almy) (06/01/84)
--------------- There was also a spoof in National Lampoon's Summer Vacation. Of course, High Anxiety is the definitive spoof (?) since the entire move spoofed Hitchcock's movies. Tom Almy
jay@umcp-cs.UUCP (06/03/84)
There is a brief spoof of the shower sequence in Mike Nesmith's "Elephant Parts". In the skit "Have a Nice Day", a take off on slasher film trailers, a man wearing a smiley face mask attacks a woman in a shower with an electric drill. -- Jay Elvove ..!seismo!umcp-cs!jay
david@tekig.UUCP (David Hayes) (06/05/84)
There was a great spoof of the shower scene in Mel Brookes High Anxiety. It was complete with a newspaper as the weapon and an ending shot of ink stained water swirling down the drain. dave
doc@ism70.UUCP (06/06/84)
#R:tekigm:-9500:ism70:13100014:000:323 ism70!doc Jun 5 08:16:00 1984 In the Psycho shower scene parody in _H_i_g_h_ _A_n_x_i_e_t_y, Brooks is attacked by a bellboy carrying a newspaper. The bellboy is played by Barry Levinson, one of the movie's co-writers, and more recently known for writing and directing _D_i_n_e_r as well as directing _T_h_e_ _N_a_t_u_r_a_l.
sdi@loral.UUCP (06/07/84)
Don't forget! After the bellboy finishes "stabbing" Mel Brooks with the newspaper Brooks says "That kid gets no tip".