Closely follows original, but updating adds graphic nudity, and doesn't have original's artful touches. Specifically, updated version has great color, but loses original's subtle use of shadows, eg preceding Alice's murder. Update's Walter lacks original Walter's fall from innocence down to dark, psychotic evil, resulting from Alice's premeditated murder in original. Alice's murder in update is less premeditated and more result of his anger, being stoked by Alice's scorn for his manhood.
Original's use of bright lights and shadows before Alice's murder accentuated her bombshell charms, buttocks and hourglass shape. Use of shadow in remake before Alice's murder does not enhance her stunning figure, but then she appears fully nude and voluptuous, so maybe use of shadow was a deliberate downplay of her charms. The original could not have the full, frontal nudity of remake and retain a rating allowing more widespread showings, so it relied on Alice's shadow to display her stunning shape. Note remake's use of Alice's arms to cover her breasts as Walter strangles her. The original reportedly attempted a similar "coverup", drawing out Alice being strangled from views waist up, with alternate views of Alice, then Walter, then Alice, then Walter, but censors disallowed it because too much of Judy Bamber's breasts were exposed. So viewer only sees her being strangled from neck up and behind with her back bare. In original Alice does not die on camera, as scene fades out to saxophone music as Walter continues to pull her scarf with a sweaty face. Remake has Alice die as her neck snaps during her strangulation, making her murder more a crime of passion than cold blooded murder, as is case in original.
Also, original's Alice - though a snob - is still a classy, flirty, "mean" girl, while remake's Alice comes across more as a slutty, mean vamp. Alice in original actually treats Walter well, after agreeing to pose for him, so his slowly strangling her is all the more heinous, and the pivotal act turning him into a psychopath. Alice in remake insults Walter right up to the point of unwisely tying a slipknot in her scarf and throwing its ends behind her back facilitating her murder.
Original's use of bright lights and shadows before Alice's murder accentuated her bombshell charms, buttocks and hourglass shape. Use of shadow in remake before Alice's murder does not enhance her stunning figure, but then she appears fully nude and voluptuous, so maybe use of shadow was a deliberate downplay of her charms. The original could not have the full, frontal nudity of remake and retain a rating allowing more widespread showings, so it relied on Alice's shadow to display her stunning shape. Note remake's use of Alice's arms to cover her breasts as Walter strangles her. The original reportedly attempted a similar "coverup", drawing out Alice being strangled from views waist up, with alternate views of Alice, then Walter, then Alice, then Walter, but censors disallowed it because too much of Judy Bamber's breasts were exposed. So viewer only sees her being strangled from neck up and behind with her back bare. In original Alice does not die on camera, as scene fades out to saxophone music as Walter continues to pull her scarf with a sweaty face. Remake has Alice die as her neck snaps during her strangulation, making her murder more a crime of passion than cold blooded murder, as is case in original.
Also, original's Alice - though a snob - is still a classy, flirty, "mean" girl, while remake's Alice comes across more as a slutty, mean vamp. Alice in original actually treats Walter well, after agreeing to pose for him, so his slowly strangling her is all the more heinous, and the pivotal act turning him into a psychopath. Alice in remake insults Walter right up to the point of unwisely tying a slipknot in her scarf and throwing its ends behind her back facilitating her murder.