Intertextuality

Intertextuality is a term to describe the visual referencing between films, you can make reference to another media text in a media product. Quite literally films borrow from one another, e.g. Scary movie, Shrek, The Simpsons have all ''borrowed'' ideas and aspects of other films. The audience may recognise the ''borrowed' ideas, making them feel included in the idea developed and may help them understand the film better and what might happen next, giving them a sense of familiality

The film 'The Stepfather' is an example of a film 'borrowing' ideas. The ideas in 'Step father' have very similar aspects and ideas as the thriller film 'PSYCHO'

This is Alfred Hitchcoks production of 'PSYCHO' many ideas have been taken from 'PSYCHO' and have been embedded into other films, 'The Step fathe'r is just one example of that.

We found that in most horror films it is very common that the victim is a female.
Just like in 'PSYCHO' and 'The stepfather'
Also 'The stepfather' have a scene just like 'PSYCHO' in a white bathroom that almost looks clinical 

Just like 'PSYCHO' , 'The Stepfather's weapon is a Silver knife to attack the victim.

(PSYCHO)

Although not very clear, this was an obvious part of the film from 'PSYCHO' that had been embedded into  'The stepfather' The Curtain pull. 

Again another intertextuality.....The female victim in 'PSYCHO' does the exact same position when falling down the bath tub falling.




These are all examples of Intertextuality, if we watch films carefully, or not even carefully because sometimes they are made obvious we will see that most films have gotten influenced by another