Seen it over 20 times and still I am as thrilled as during the very first time I watched it!

Rating: 10/10 (15 May 2018)

"Silence of the Lambs" is riveting from beginning to end, made with such excellent craftmanship that it deservedly won multiple oscars and dozens of awards worldwide. "Silence of the Lambs" is considered to be one of the all time greatest classic movies. You just gotta see it, to believe it...
What's the story about? Jodie Foster plays a FBI agent in search for a serial killer who rips off the skin of his female victims. In order to better understand the way this serial killer thinks, she starts interviewing another notorious serial killer in jail, played by the legendary Anthony Hopkins. The first half of the movie is a cat and mouse game between Jodie Foster and the locked up serial killer Anthony Hopkins to retrieve information from him, that will lead to the capture of the serial killer on the run. Will they find the serial killer before another victim is slashed up?
What makes "Silence of the Lambs" so irresistably horrifying yet riveting at the same time, is it's psychological mindgame played by the locked up serial killer Anthony Hopkins. Add to that magnificent acting performance an extremely suspenseful story and you have got a classic. Man oh man, I must have seen it 20 times or more and I still get goosebumps at the end. I know exactly what is gonna happen and STILL I am THRILLED TO THE BONE! It is one of those movies that just wont break. To this very day it is as brilliant as it was back in the nineties.
There have been said so many things about this movie and I recommend you dive into that AFTER you have watched this classic, because there are lots of fun trivia to be learned. There is even a special blu ray version released by classics distributor "Criterion" of the making of this movie. I wont reveal anything here, about all the ins and outs of the making of this thrilling classic, because during the first viewing it is better you know as little as possible, in order to enhance the shock effects. Because shocked you will be, but in the most pleasant "hollywood way"!
Personal endnote: I still remember when I saw it first. 30 years ago there was a new cinema in my hometown that featured discounted reruns of popular movies. Only 1 dollar tickets for a movie. The weirdest mix of people flocked to that theatre, who wouldnt normally go to movies: mothers with kids, drunks and drifters and students skipping school. The atmosphere in this theatre was great, packed full every time . "Silence of the Lambs" is the perfect example that excellent movies CAN be made for the masses too.
This is nr. 1003 of all the reviews on Imdb for "Silence of the Lambs". Gives me a good understanding how popular this movie still is to this very day, 25 years after it's first release. What a thrill!