3 years ago. I always wish I had more friends into horror but it’s hard for me to find more people who are, which feels weird because I feel like it shouldn’t be that hard but it definitely has been for me. Silence of the Lambs is hugely overrated. That's about it. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) is a prime example of this--a film so different and unique that it today has almost transcended the horror genre itself. The horror genre is basically a type of heightened drama that revolves around a horrifying, macabre situation.It has a wonderful and rare acting appearance from Roger Corman.When it comes to defining "horror," there doesn't seem to be a consensus definition. His stagey, theatrical acting doesn't mesh well Jodie Foster and Ted Levine are absolutely fantastic, though!I thought I liked Hopkins as Lecter until I started watching the TV series with Mads Mikkelsen. Silence of the Lambs is hugely overrated.
adventure/horror, Alien? It gets old. thriller/horror.
By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. Personally, though, its tone feels more like a crime/psychological thriller. This is one of my favorite movies. science-fiction/horror, Misery? Although the status of horror films in the United States during the 1990s is often debated, this era still produced a variety of classics, such as in the mixture of horror and crime. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcutsCookies help us deliver our Services. Themed Dessert. Man, that guy is creepy...New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castR/HORROR, known as Dreadit by our subscribers is the premier horror entertainment community on Reddit. I thoroughly dislike Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter. save. I don't think of these as horror but I wouldn't say they fit as action or drama either.One of the greatest, regardless of genre. Posted by.
Archived . I feel that the 'thriller' genre isn't necessarily a real thing. Interestingly, not only is The Silence of the Lambs (1991) the only horror movie to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, but it is also just one of three films ever to join the Big Five Club (Meaning that it won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay).What do you think about The Silence of the Lambs (1991)? Still regarded as the cause of a renaissance in the Thriller genre, it spawned an army of films that wanted to imitate and mimic the stylistic tropes of the film and garner even a minor amount of the success the film achieved. It’s structured in such a unique way and is well crafted.
On and on...P.S. And yes, I don't see why it can't be considered horrorI consider it a thriller, but I still added it to my IMDB list of horror movies I'd seen to get my numbers up lol (I did draw the line at Aliens though. It’s my barometer for suggesting movies. A horror movie that gets high praise = 'thriller.' I have seen it so many times that I can practically quote the whole movie. It is a masterpiece.I remember being very affected by this movie. Time for op to make a new poll.It's a movie in which a man wears another man face as a mask to escape prison while another man makes a woman suit out of the bodies of women held captive for months in a pit. Anyway, it's a film about a man that skins women alive. 4 years ago. Do you consider it a horror movie?Yes I definitely consider it to be a horror movie. On the other hand, that scene in 'Trainspotting' is pretty scary, or certain scenes in movies that scared you as a kid are scary, even though the movie itself doesn't focus on horror as a whole.Final verdict: 'The Silence of the Lambs' is a crime drama and horror movie, much like how 'Beetlejuice' is a comedy horror.Yeah I consider it a horror movie.
3. But most people don't realise Dr Hannibal Lecter is making a medical joke. What is the lotion Buffalo Bill uses?
For example, most of Hitchcock--Vertigo, Rope, North by Northwest, The Man Who Disappeared, etc.? Compared to a more 'pure' thriller like Fatal Attraction, for instance, Silence has many more horror elements, cannibalism, disemboweling, faces and skin peeled off, mass murder, etc.I don't like to overly nit-pick 'categories' which is mostly subjective anyway? People who look down upon the genre usually labels it a "psychological thriller", though.As for the film itself. I just think the slow build of tension and the emphasis on character is more of a thriller thing, but the lines between the two genres have always been blurry, and they're VERY blurry in SotL, so I think either opinion is completely valid.Plus it just feels so real, in the way it's shot and acted.
For more than a decade /R/HORROR has been reddit.com's gateway to all things Horror: from movies & TV, to books & games.Press J to jump to the feed. As a psychiatrist, Lecter knows this. "I would consider horror movies to pretty much be exactly that even without looking it up.