Query: Film franchises that are also Films about murderers excluding Slasher films
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Red Dragon (2002 film)
The Silence of the Lambs (film)
Murder by Decree
Bates Motel (film)
Manhunter (film)
The Amityville Asylum
Sherlock: Case of Evil
Hannibal Rising (film)
Hannibal (2001 film)
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight
BloodRayne 2: Deliverance
Evidence from documents: Red Dragon (2002 film): '''''Red Dragon''''' is a 2002 psychological thriller film based on the 1981 novel by Thomas Harris. It was directed by Brett Ratner and written by Ted Tally. A prequel to ''The Silence of the Lambs'' (1991), it sees FBI agent Will Graham (Edward Norton) enlisting the help of serial killer Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) to catch another killer, Francis Dolarhyde (Ralph Fiennes). Harvey Keitel, Emily Watson, Mary-Louise Parker, and Philip Seymour Hoffman also star.
The Silence of the Lambs (film): Films about murderers excluding Slasher films: a 1991 American psychological horror film directed by Jonathan Demme and written by Ted Tally, adapted from Thomas Harris's 1988 novel. It stars Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee who is hunting a serial killer, "Buffalo Bill" (Ted Levine), who skins his female victims.
Film franchises that are also: A sequel, ''Hannibal'', was released in 2001, followed by the prequel films ''Red Dragon'' (2002) and ''Hannibal Rising'' (2007).
Murder by Decree: Films about murderers: The film's premise of the plot behind the murders is influenced by the book ''Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution'' (1976), by Stephen Knight, who presumed that the killings were part of a Masonic plot.
Film franchises: The film stars Christopher Plummer and James Mason as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson respectively, and presents a largely different version of Holmes from the Basil Rathbone movies of the 1940s, with the aesthete still prevailing, yet tinged with humanity and emotional empathy
Bates Motel (film): Film franchises: The film premiered as part of ''NBC Monday Night at the Movies'' on July 5, 1987. It continues after the events of ''Psycho'', ignoring the other sequels.
Films about murderers: Alex West (Bud Cort) is a mentally disturbed youth who was admitted to the asylum nearly twenty years ago for killing his abusive stepfather.
Manhunter (film): Films about murderers excluding Slasher films: a 1986 American neo-noir psychological horror crime thriller film directed and written by Michael Mann. Based on the 1981 novel ''Red Dragon'' by Thomas Harris, it stars William Petersen as FBI profiler Will Graham. Also featured are Tom Noonan as serial killer Francis Dollarhyde, Dennis Farina as Graham's FBI superior Jack Crawford, and Brian Cox as incarcerated killer Hannibal Lecktor.
Film franchises that are also: The film has also been noted as a thematic precursor to the series ''Millennium'', ''John Doe'', ''Profiler'', and ''The X-Files'', and to films such as ''Copycat'', ''Switchback'', ''The Bone Collector'', ''Seven'' and ''Fallen''.


''The Silence of the Lambs'', a film adaptation of Harris' next Lecter novel, was released in 1991
The Amityville Asylum: It is the eleventh film to be inspired by Jay Anson's 1977 novel ''The Amityville Horror''. Sophia Del Pizzo stars as Lisa Templeton, a young woman who is hired to work as a custodian at High Hopes Psychiatric Hospital, an asylum that was built on the site of a haunted house in Amityville, New York.
Sherlock: Case of Evil: Films about murderers excluding Slasher films: Together, they start an investigation into the murder of several crime lords and become convinced that Moriarty is alive and behind a plot to organize drug dealing.
Film franchises: '''''Sherlock: Case of Evil''''' is a 2002 made-for-television movie focusing on Sherlock Holmes (James D'Arcy) as a young adult in his late 20s.
Hannibal Rising (film): a 2007 psychological thriller drama film and the fifth film of the ''Hannibal Lecter'' franchise. It is a prequel to ''Red Dragon'', ''The Silence of the Lambs'', and ''Hannibal''. The film is an adaptation of Thomas Harris' 2006 novel of the same name and tells the story of Lecter's evolution from a vengeful Nazi hunter into a cannibalistic serial killer.
Hannibal (2001 film): . A sequel to the 1991 film ''The Silence of the Lambs'', the plot follows disgraced FBI special agent Clarice Starling as she attempts to apprehend cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter before his surviving victim, Mason Verger, captures him
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight: '''''Batman: Gotham by Gaslight''''' is a 2018 American animated superhero film produced by Warner Bros. Animation and distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, featuring an alternate version of the DC Comics character Batman. It is the 30th film of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies. It is directed and produced by Sam Liu and written by James Krieg, loosely based on the standalone graphic novel of the same name by Brian Augustyn and Mike Mignola.
BloodRayne 2: Deliverance: '''''BloodRayne 2: Deliverance''''' (also known as '''''BloodRayne 2''''' or '''''BloodRayne: Deliverance''''') is a 2007 direct-to-DVD Western horror film, set in 1880s America, and directed by Uwe Boll. The film is a sequel to the 2005 film ''BloodRayne'', which was also directed by Uwe Boll, and stars Kristanna Loken. In ''Deliverance'', Natassia Malthe replaces Loken in the lead role.