There were a few Psycho nods during the opening scene of The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. Of course, there is Julian Hilliard (as David Glatzel) doing his best Janet Leigh impression in the shower as blood rains down on him. While Leigh had chocolate syrup for blood, we're not sure what Hilliard dealt with. Then there's the figure in the window when Father Gordon arrives.
"Putting the figure in the window was another shameless nod to Psycho, seeing Mother in the window," Chaves explained. "When we screened it, I was on the verge of cutting it out. I was like, 'It's too on the nose, you're just shamelessly stealing from the greatest movie of all time.' But I kept it and I was glad I did because when we started screening it, people loved it, they loved being able to see those references and make those connections."