Still Scary

Rating: 8/10 (14 December 2014)

I've seen this film literally dozens of times, but every time I see it, it still has the same disturbing effect on me. It's a thriller in the truest sense. I dare even call it something of a horror film. An eternal classic. Still very scary. As a writer, it inspired some of my best writing. It made me want to write better, and gave me a better appreciation of the genre, as well as introducing me to Anthony Hopkins. I would recommend this film to anyone. Beyond its creepiness, it is a wonderfully character driven piece, as it brings us into the world and mind of Jodie Foster's young FBI agent Clarice. We root for Clarice and are at every turn afraid for her life. What she must endure is chilling an inhuman, but he desire to see justice done compels her, quite literally through the depths of hell, a hell lorded over by one Hannibal the Cannibal.