Vince Vaughn as Norman Bates (Psycho)
Even if Hitchcock’s Psycho rework in 1998 was ill-advised from the start, Vince Vaughn has been a great frosting on the cake as Norman Bates. Although the storyline was partially responsible, Vaughn lacked the bizarre appeal utilized by Anthony Perkins to popularize Psycho in the beginning.
Robert De Niro as the Creature (Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein)
No mystery that Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was a disaster. This was owing to the unpleasant performance of Robert De Niro as “The Creature,” where, although sporting comically hideous prosthesis, the New York accent remained heavy.