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Psycho's shower scene took 78 camera setups

The sequence runs about 45 seconds and has roughly 52 cuts

Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho contains a shower scene that lasts about 45 seconds on screen but needed 78 camera setups and around 52 cuts to film over about a week. The rapid editing creates the impression of violence the audience never actually sees.

Alfred Hitchcock and Dorothy Lamour at the Stork Club (cropped) — Photographer not credited · Public domain · source

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The sequence runs about 45 seconds and has roughly 52 cuts. The figure is taken from British Film Institute, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a movies & tv fact?: Yes. It sits on the Movies & TV shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.