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FBI agent Clarice Starling is assigned to help find a missing woman to save her from a psychopathic serial killer who skins his victims. Clarice attempts to gain a better insight into the twisted mind of the killer by talking to another psychopath Hannibal Lecter, who used to be a respected psychiatrist.Tags
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Absolutely fucking insane movie, but also a 90's classic. Anthony Hopkins really shines in this as Hannibal Lecter, including biting a police officer's face.
An FBI cadet interviews an incarcerated serial killer, hoping to catch a different serial killer.
Proof that people who make horror movies about ghosts and zombies have no idea what is actually scary.
Concept: B
Story: B
Characters: A
Dialog: A
Pacing: B
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: A
Acting: A
Music: C
Enjoyment: A
GPA: 3.4/4
(Sep. 2010)
Proof that people who make horror movies about ghosts and zombies have no idea what is actually scary.
Concept: B
Story: B
Characters: A
Dialog: A
Pacing: B
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: A
Acting: A
Music: C
Enjoyment: A
GPA: 3.4/4
(Sep. 2010)
I finally read the book that inspired the movie. I think most people saw the movie first, reading the book only added to my enjoyment of the re-watch of the movie. Anthony Hopkins is stunning as Hannibal Lecter. I can't imagine enjoying this book and NOT watching the movie.
A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims. And a really scary film! (IMDb)
It's certainly a better book than Black Sunday or Red Dragon but it's still so ridiculously improbable. I know Lecter is supposed to be the glue that holds the book together but honestly he bugs me. He's an unneccessary distraction from an otherwise interesting thriller/mystery.
This audiobook really illustrates how good this book is. May need to revist his others.
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- Canonical title
- The Silence of the Lambs [1991 film]
- Original title
- The Silence of the Lambs
- Original publication date
- 1991-02-14
- People/Characters
- Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins); Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster); Jack Crawford (Scott Glenn); Dr. Frederick Chilton (Anthony Heald); Barney Matthews (Frankie Faison); Ardelia Mapp (Kasi Lemmons) (show all 8); Catherine Martin (Brooke Smith); Jame Gumb (Ted Levine)
- Important places
- Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Maryland, USA
- Related movies
- The Silence of the Lambs (1991 | IMDb)
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- English
- Disambiguation notice
- This is the film. Do not combine with the book.
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- 9 — Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Korean, Polish, Spanish
- ISBNs
- 24
- UPCs
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- ASINs
- 66
