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When a film is good as it is, what's the answer? That's right, Hollywood! REMAKES.
No wait...not a remake. Perhaps a Reboot? Re-imagining? Yes...that way we can exploit the title and change everything else about the film...but make more MONNNNNEYZ!
I appreciate that your taste in "scares" requires excessive gore and grit - if that's what frightens you, great. But I just think they need to be kept as separate entities. Make all the gorefests you like, but leave the suspenseful/creepy thrillers alone. Imagine this - a remake of DeadAlive where in place of the Lawnmower scene, we saw Lionel quietly walk through his house, hearing the occasional creepy noise. If executed well, yes, it would be frightening. But it's not DeadAlive (or Braindead).
Similarly, Psycho achieves what it sets out to perfectly. Norman Bates is scary BECAUSE he's just a little bit creepy - a little bit not right. If he was a weird biker guy with long hair and a beard who dresses as his mother to go and be a transvestite prostitute, and murdered people with a sledgehammer...it wouldn't work. There are plenty of original films which do what you describe. Please seek them out, rather than hoping to taint the greats.
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