hitchcock original classic benefit tremendously not only from the performance of and but also the look of anthony perkins . he project a kind of clean cut innocence represent a young teen idol type of persona . he be not an actor who have portray baddie before this while nor be he physically suit to the role of what the public might have imagine a psychopath to look like and especially in the 50 when this ultra chill aspect of mental illness ( split personality psychosis ) be relatively unexplored in film . which be exactly why the casting of him a norman bat be a slice of true hitchcockian genius . audience be take by surprise to put it mildly . that why this re make do not work and even a little bit and in spite of try to be an exact copy . whereas anthony perkins look like someone you would never think of a be a serial killer and vince vaughn be easily imaginable a one . he lack the frail look of perkins and his acting chop be clearly inferior a well and at least in this role ( honestly have there ever be an actor who could convey nervousness as genuinely a anthony perkins . ) . while it be a pointless re make to begin with and the miscasting of the story most important character suck this film down completely . a a side note and i feel that hollywood propensity for re make great movie because young people refuse to watch anything that not film in color not only stink to high heaven of corporate greed but be exceptionally disrespectful to the original work . a for viewer who can not watch black and white it their loss . hopefully they will mature sometime in the future and no long require shiny colour to hold their attention . when they do they will discover that sometimes black and white work far well . with the background mute and the story and performance be that much more front and center . and in many case the mood or atmosphere create through black and white cinematography be just not attainable in colour .