 The song is based in part on Alfred Hitchcock's movie "Psycho" and also makes a reference to the Federico Fellini film "La Dolce Vita".The title and lyrics in Dylan's song reference Hitchcock's classic thriller "Psycho", which was released in 1960.The song is a parody that also draws on traveling salesmen jokes, where the main character shows up at a farmhouse looking for a place to spend the night, only to be lured by the temptations of the farmer's daughter.