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• Pure Psychopath — for The Silence of the Lambs
  Written by Tienlee on 20.11.2012

  "Silence of the Lambs" by Thomas Harris has been widely recognized as one the most magnificent psychological thrillers of late 20th century.

  A freaky murderer abducts young ladies, skins them and eventually throws their bodies into rivers. Young FBI agent, Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) is appointed to investigate the case. Her superiors believe that other murderer, Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), will know more about the wanted psycho, which is why they send young agent Starling to interview him.

  "Silence of the Lambs" is in fact a journey to the core of murderer’s soul; a soul of a psycho, transvestite and madman. This journey is intriguing indeed. It keeps the spectator in suspension until the very end. Feast of acting skills, terrific script, thrilling soundtrack, and a unique intelligent arrangement of the whole make me mark the movie 10 for 10.

• Silence of the Lambs — for The Silence of the Lambs
  Written by OhLookBirdies on 11.09.2009

  Mention "Silence of the Lambs" to someone, and they will most likely say something involving Hannibal Lecter. Most notably portrayed by Anthony Hopkins, this psychologist/psychopath has become an iconic villain, and rightly so. His portrayal of the well-bred, intelligent, witty, and utterly sociopathic Lecter is eerily convincing.

  But Silence of the Lambs has more going for it than just Lecter. Most of the other actors are perfectly cast: Jodie Foster as the desperately-trying-to-escape-her-hillbilly-roots Starling, Anthony Heald as the slightly slimy and very unpleasant Dr. Chilton, and Ted Levine is terrifying as Buffalo Bill. One personal side note, Jack Crawford was nothing like I had imagined him upon reading the book. What I expected him to be like was more like Harvey Keitel in Pulp Fiction. But that's something you'll always get with film adaptations of books.

  When you cut right down to the core of the film, it is really just a basic "whodunnit." There's several crimes, some clues, and the protagonists have to find out who did it before he does it again. But it's the addition of Lecter that takes it to the next level, making this film one of the scariest I have ever seen. If you're not adverse to some gore, I very much recommend this film, which deserves its status of "A classic."