An acute case of cinephilia
Riverdalehas never met a pop culture reference it doesn’t like.
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Both titles are books by Truman Capote, as well as films.
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Hitchcock was famous forhis blonde leading ladies, women whose icy, poised exterior masked inner fire or turmoil.
He took it almost to the point of obsession (a deliberate plot point inVertigo).
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Betty and Archie (K.J.
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Is it working?"
She was eventually run out of town and then murdered for her improprieties.
Crimson Peak
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
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It was room 237 the same designation as the notoriously creepy room at the Overlook Hotel inThe Shining.
“We wanted it really to get underneath everyone’s fear and paranoia.”
Though Betty is certainly far less overbearing than Tracy.
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Hmm, a lumbering paranormal monster what don’t we know about Hal Cooper?
Leopold and Loeb
This one’s a cinematic reference by way of a true story.
The grisly murder was so sensationalized that it eventually inspired another Hitchcock movie, 1948’sRope.
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Its surrealist techniques still make it one of the most visually influential films of all time.
But in the season 3 episode “Manhunter,” his role inScreamgot some direct nods.
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