Intertextuality

 Intertextuality is a term to describe the visual referencing between films. Quite literally, films "borrow" from each other and the audience may recognize certain camera angles, aspects of mise en scene, use of sound or editing techniques that they have seen before.

The "shower scene" from "Pshyco" made in 1960 is a famous scene that has been borrow (intertextuality) from many movies. The scene is a classic that has helped to create the sub-genre of "horror Thriller" The sequence is telling the moment where a woman get stabbed by a unknown character. The mise-en-scence is the most technical element borrowed from the scene.

This picture is from the original scene "shower scene" from "Pshyco"

The character in the bath dying or already dead is the main idea borrowed for other films.

This picture is from "What lies Beneath" made in 2010

It is shown with a different type of shot but the mise en scene is the same.

This is what is called intertextuality.