For definite, the killer in Manhunter is real creepy, he wears stockings over his face, but you do get to see him.
I get a shiver down my spine everytime I think about it.
I'll have to check this new version out, but I doubt that it's superior, Manhunter really freaked me out as a kid.
But then again I haven't seen it in a while, so my memory might just be getting ahead of me.