Hair-raising suspense

Rating: 9/10 (2 April 2005)

I have always wanted to see this movie. I mean, I was always told that it would creep me out, and it was exciting and beautiful (okay, that's just going a little overboard)and it would scare the living crap out of me, but it was on TV, so I watched it. I taped it, and watch it every chance I get.
I did not get the scares that you would normally get from a thriller, but from the movie, I got the emotion of each character, and the suspense that made it simply irresistible.
The plot for this movie is outrageously original. You don't just get one serial killer, you get two for the price of one. Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) is so spine-tingling and ominous, that it is hard to imagine how he could of been a psychiatrist. Clarice Sterling (Jodie Foster)is the perfect choice for THomas Harris, the man who wrote the novel, to have chosen for a mission such as the one she is facing in the movie.
Buffalo Bill (ted Levine) is disturbing as well. He has contributed one of the most famous lines from a thriller into pop culture: "it rubs the lotion on its skin, unless it gets the hose again" The acting is so realistic, that you can hardly believe that this is not really happening, but it is actually playing out in front of your eyes, almost as if its true. The suspense is almost hard to bear. You can't wait to see what happens next. I know that when I saw it, I was called away, and I practically hung on to the television to see what would happen.
YOu wouldn't want to let go either. I gave it a 9 out of 10