Psycho

Pros: Interesting idea
Cons: not nearly as good as the original, acting was bad, added scene was useless

Having been a fan of the original Psycho I hadn't felt much need to see the 1998 updated version but as I was flipping channels the other day I saw the movie on HBO and decided to give it a chance. Let's just say it isn't nearly as good as the...

Pros: I am still thinking
Cons: actors, remake, scenes...how about the whole thing

Psycho
Starring::
Vince Vaughn
Anne Heche
William Macy

This review is in regards to a write off of Loved the book, hate the movie; or in my own strange way, Loved the book, Kill the movie...with torture,...

Pros: Follows the original script. Closer to the book.
Cons: not quite as suspenseful as the first.

Tagline: "A recreation of the nightmare that started it all" "Check in, relax. Take a Shower" "Marion Crane is in love with Sam Loomis, her boyfriend, and wants to get married but they need money. she works at a real estate office in ...

Pros: On-the-money casting makes Van Sant's remake worth watching...
Cons: Failure to deviate makes it all too predictable...

Gus Van Sant's remake of the classic 1960 thriller got bombed by fans and critics alike for all the wrong reasons. An excellent cast was lined up for this piece of work, and with a modern vision it would've worked like a charm. Instead, Van Sant chose to...

Pros: combining these releases, hard to pick - but the story line remains great
Cons: lost a little with the retelling of the tale :(

THAT WAS THEN 1960 .... The blood curling scream, the knife, the sound of water swirling down the drain, a shot to the drain, water and blood combined .... always the gurgling of the water slowly, slowly leaving the tub. One beautiful eye,...

Pros: An interesting film - BUT WHY DID THEY MAKE IT???
Cons: I think it could have been good - but it's not...

The makers of the new "Psycho" would have you believe that you need this film. And perhaps they're thinking that this new version will spur interest in the hearts of young people to seek out the original. At least that's the vibe I've been getting after...

Pros: None come to mind
Cons: It was made

Prologue
I saw this remake of Psycho as a chore. I was displeased about the whole ordeal as soon as I heard the news of its coming. Skip this movie and instead, see the original and, if you like, read my of it. Essentially, I saw...

Pros: None
Cons: Worst experimental film ever

Don't simply think of Gus Van Sant's "Psycho" remake as a bad movie, because it is most certainly that. Instead, think of it as the worst experiment in movie history going as wrong as possible. The explosion in the lab was too big...

Pros: I thinking...
Cons: The acting, the direction, it was in color, etc.

Psycho the classic 1960 movie directed by all time great Alfred Hitchcock has been remade into a pathetically acted, poorly directed shadow of the original by Gus Van Sant.

I first saw the original Psycho when I was about ten years old (if...

Pros: Van Sant's inclusion of scenes Hitchcock was not permitted to include
Cons: the acting, the chemistry, actors interpretation of their roles

Unfortunately as long as classic films are made, big name directors are going to want to try and recreate that magic. Such is the case with Psycho(1998). What was once a masterpiece is now a ball of fluff masked behind bad acting, bad chemistry, and a...

Pros: interesting concept to re-create a masterpiece
Cons: Too many to list! Bad acting, awkward pacing, embarrassing choices--a real turkey!

When I first heard of the Psycho remake project, I was disgusted with the idea--after all, why re-make perfection?

Besides, Psycho was one movie I had studied numerous times and had used for teaching in some upper level classes...

Pros: The New Shower Scene
Cons: The Color, The 60's Look

The new Psycho is a different movie. I definitely wouldn't call it better than the original, but it's not as awful as it is made out to be by some people.

We all know the plot to Psycho. But for the uninitiated, I'll go over it again....

Pros: Director Gus Van Sant's vanity production
Cons: Why mess with a classic?

I hadn't thought I was a huge fan of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) until I saw Gus Van Sant's remake. This version takes all of the complaints we've heard about Hollywood for the past 25 years--lack of original ideas, hiring no-talent big names,...

Pros: In color...
Cons: Poor special effects

I, being a big fan of the adrenaline rushes often received from horror films, decided to rent the remake of one of the greatest horror movies from the past (at least in my opinion). The 1998 release of the new "Psycho" sparked a great interest...

Pros: Heche is perfection in this role. Just as fun as the original.
Cons: Vince Vaughn miscast as Norman Bates.

PSYCHO: Horror. There has been a great deal of inflation since 1960, the year that Alfred Hitchcock first released “Psycho” , which starred Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh. For one thing, a cache of stolen money increased from $40,000 in 1960 to...