Produced on a constrained budget of $800,000, it was shot in black-and-white on a spare set.
The unprecedented violence of the shower scene, the early death of the heroine, the innocent lives extinguished by a disturbed murderer became the defining hallmarks of Hitchcock's new horror movie genre and have been copied by many authors of subsequent horror films.
The public loved the film, with lines stretching outside of theaters as people had to wait for the next showing.
It was the most profitable black-and-white sound film ever made, and Hitchcock personally realized well in excess of $15 million.
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