Editing Shock Corridor (section)

===Reception===
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 94% based on {{nowrap|17 reviews}}, with a [[weighted average]] rating of 7.86/10.<ref name="rottomatoes">{{cite web|title=Shock Corridor (1963) - Rotten Tomatoes|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shock_corridor/|website=Rotten Tomatoes.com|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=13 August 2019}}</ref> 
Author and film critic [[Leonard Maltin]] awarded the film three out of a possible four stars, calling it a "[p]owerful melodrama with raw, emotional impact."<ref name="MaltinGreen2010">{{cite book|author1=Leonard Maltin|author2=Spencer Green|author3=Rob Edelman|title=Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hLtaAAAAYAAJ|date=January 2010|publisher=Plume|isbn=978-0-452-29577-3|page=594}}</ref> [[Andrew Sarris]] praised the film as "...an allegory of America today, not so much surreal as subreal in its hallucinatory view of history which can only be perceived beneath a littered surface of plot intrigue... a distinguished addition to that art form in which Hollywood has always excelled: the Baroque B-picture."<ref>[https://366weirdmovies.com/shock-corridor-1963/ 366 Weird Movies]</ref>

In 1996, ''Shock Corridor'' was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref name=Registry/>

[[Martin Scorsese]]'s 2010 film ''[[Shutter Island (film)|Shutter Island]]'' is said to be influenced by this film.<ref>[https://film.list.co.uk/article/24050-how-shutter-island-invokes-the-spirit-of-sam-fuller-and-shock-corridor-martin-scorsese-interview/ How Shutter Island invokes the spirit of Sam Fuller and Shock Corridor - Martin Scorsese interview|The List]</ref><ref>[https://www.kpbs.org/news/2010/feb/19/shutter-island/ Shutter Island|KPBS]</ref>