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Alfred Hitchcock, the world renowned master of suspense, has had many imitators over the year. Almost every thriller that is released has had some influences from the great director, since he practically invented the thriller genre. Two films that were released this year, David Fincher’s “Panic Room”, and Christopher Nolan’s “Insomnia” blatantly borrow many elements from Hitchcock’s signature style. Both films can be compared thematically as well as structurally to the best of Hitchcock’s suspense thrillers. “Panic Room,” starring Jodie Foster, acts exactly like an Alfred Hitchcock thriller from beginning to end. The opening credits of the film in which the cast and crew’s names are arranged according to the positioning of city skyscrapers and buildings quickly brings upon the opening credits of Hitchcock’s “North by Northwest” as well as Hitchcock’s “Psycho.” There is even a Hitchcock look a like who appears briefly in the first five minutes, recalling one of Hitchcock’s famous cameo appearances. The plot of the film is quite simple like many of Hitchcock’s film. Instead of focusing on plot, both style and the character situations take over the film. Like many of Hitchcock films “Pani