I think it will be better. It stays truer to the book, which the original did not. I read the book, and it is actually scary, which is what made the original disappointing.
By the way, don't believe the Hype, people. It says "Based on a true story". The only truth to that story is that the boy actually did kill his family. Everything after that was proved to be a hoax many years later.
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.