The Soap OperaOne Life to Live, combined this with Wait Until Dark when convicted rapist Todd Manning escaped from prison and began stalking his lawyer Nora, who'd sabotaged the case when she realized that he was guilty, getting a sick thrill out of realizing that she was blind due to a brain tumor.
Rocko's Modern Life: In "Popcorn Pandemonium", a warthog smoking a cigar is disrupting a theater, much like Max Cady did in the film. Tammy, having mistaken Rocko for an usher (due to his trademark shirt being the same as their uniforms) orders him to kick him out.
An episode of The Simpsons is titled "Cape Feare". In this episode, Sideshow Bob is let out of prison on parole, forcing the Simpson family to go into witness protection and move away to Terror Lake to prevent Bart from getting killed. It also features a scene where Bob goes to harass his targets at a movie theater by smoking and laughing loudly during the film a la Max Cady...only for Homer to drive him crazy by smoking a bigger cigar and laughing even louder. It irritates him enough to make him blow his cover.
