Although this film is insignificant to most film buffs mainly for being shot-for-shot, the remake does take some different stances that make the film more distinctive as a movie that can stand on its own. The most well-known critics had almost nothing good to say, with critic Roger Ebert calling the film an “invaluable experiment” and stating that it was completely pointless in every way possible. When Psycho was released in 1998 though, critics absolutely tore the film apart. When the remake was first announced, the anticipation was high due to the fact that it featured a pretty star-studded cast, including Vince Vaughn as Norman Bates, Anne Heche as Marion Crane, Julianne Moore as Lila Crane (Marion’s sister), Viggo Mortensen as Sam Loomis (Marion’s boyfriend), and Rita Wilson as Caroline, who is Marion’s co-worker. In 2021, it seems that every other movie that is released is a remake, but in the 90s, this was a bit of a more fresh take.
When Van Sant’s Psycho was released though, it didn’t have even close to the success of the original. The film was a huge hit for critics and fans alike, and Janet Leigh is still considered one of the best scream queens in the history of cinema ( next to her daughter Jamie Lee Curtis ). The famous scene in which Crane is stabbed to death in the hotel shower is perhaps the most famous scene in horror film history. The film is noted for being one of the first slasher films with an attention-grabbing plot: A woman named Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) is on the run after stealing $40,000, and ends up having to stay at the now-iconic Bates Motel due to a heavy rainstorm. RELATED: Horror Movies Need A New Iconic Slasher VillainĪlfred Hitchcock’s Psycho is often considered one of the best horror movies of all time, still extremely popular 6 decades later.
Is Gus Van Sant’s Psycho as bad as audiences and critics actually say though, or is it just another case of a pointless remake? The film is also notorious for, to put it simply, being a terrible movie. Gus Van Sant’s Psycho (1998) is infamous for basically recreating the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock original, by doing an indistinguishable shot-for-shot remake. Many times, remakes end up being tossed away and thought of as nothing but an unnecessary recreation of something that didn’t need to be updated. Remakes can do one of two things: stay nearly identical to the original or completely stray away and create something entirely different.
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