greatest and scariest movie of its time

Rating: Null/10 (8 August 2004)

i have seen 'halloween' and i have seen 'the exorcist' and neither scared me. but when i watched 'silence of the lambs' i was scared out of my mind. silence of the lambs has a great list of actors but none are as good as Anthony Hopkins who plays the role of hannibal 'the cannibal' lecter, a man imprisoned in a maximum security jail for cannibalism. though he is a deranged person he shows flashes of philosophical greatness throughout the movie. he helps young FBI agent clarice starling (played by jodie foster who will forever be remembered for how she plays her signature role)catch the gruesome, sexually-confused, frustrated killer known as buffalo bob (played by ted levine) who kidnaps overweight women then gruesomely kills them and sews their skin, the latest kidnappee being young catherine martin a daughter of a successful senator. the movie revolves around the meetings between hannibal lecter and agent starling because that is where lecter gives starling important information about buffalo bob's whereabouts. he also inadvertently helps her overcome childhood struggles involving the killings of baby lambs and how they appear in her dreams (hence the title of the movie). the movie gets a little gruesome at some points especially at one point were lecter engages in cannibalistic actions like biting the nose off an officer and numerous other to gross to tell moments but it only makes the good scenes in the movie worthwhile. on a scale from 1 to 10 this movie gets a 9.5 and gets a personnel nod from me as the best movie of 1991!