Intertextuality is a term to describe the visual referencing between film. When films "borrow" ideas and specific scenes from eachother. This is used as it can enhance the film text as viewers often like realising the use of intertextuality.
Intertextuality is often used in modern day films as there is such a rich history to draw on.
For example, the legendary thriller "Psycho" released in 1960 is often copied with the shower killing scene.
Many films have copied this idea, by using a mixture of shower scenes, knife murders and the breaking of shower curtains, for example the film below.
This scene copies the bathroom location, aswell as the murder in the bathroom and repetitive stabbing, however it has a different twist as there are 3 separate people, and the victims also end up murdering the attacker.
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