Hitchcock's Psycho Vs. Van Sant

Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, since it’s release dating back to 1960, has been parodied- by shows like The Simpsons or Scream Queens- and have inspired spinoffs- Bates Motel- and remakes including Psycho (1998), Director Gus Van Sant’s attempt at remaking the iconic film with a major studio backing. The director Van Sant said at the time of release that he tried to recreate the film through a shot-by-shot remake and give people the chance to see Psycho but in full colour. As far as I can see, Van Sant was wrong in saying that it was a “shot-by-shot” remake and that he was faithful to the original as he once had claimed and there is proof of the differences between the original and the remake that changed the narrative and how the film was perceived.
In Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho Anthony Perkins acted as the original Norman Bates. Perkins’ version of Norman was quite quirky and he gave Norman a certain air of awkwardness. Norman in this film was by no means overly scary or seem off in the slightest in the beginning. With the slight giggle, his stumbling speech pattern and his overall vibe of awkwardness and slightly shyness it is almost hard to believe that this Norman could be the title Psycho, which makes his descent into his psychosis more compelling, more shocking even. Viewers can even sympathize with Norman whenever his mother- at the point of introduction and during the parlour scene- would yell at him. He was more easily liked, while the other Norman was verging on repulsive. This Norman is no where nearly as creepy and overtly sexual in nature as Vince Vaughn’s version of the famous role. The way we see Norman in Psycho (1998) is exactly what the title suggests; a psycho. There is no hiding of the fact that he is probably a murder, just based on how behaves, making this Norman a “campy” character since the audience can easily read and see clearly who and what he is. Even Marion- who is supposedly unaware of her walking into her impending death- seems to sense was very off from the start. His sexual nature is shown time and time again, even as he just meets our protagonist. He is seen checking her out, looking at her is a sexual- but very much creepy and certainly unwanted way- biting and licking lips- in a sexual way. Eventually he even ends up masturbating as he peeps through the hole in the wall, something that most certainly did not happen in the