There's a new serial killer of women on the loose.
Profanity is extreme.
There are other equally disgusting scenes which I can't detail without giving away the plot. Then there's the creepiness of the interchanges between Starling and the imprisoned Lecter as each tries to manipulate and play mind games with the other. That's not a problem today. The primary cause of the great increase in psychopathy is not the media, it's the large number of children growing up without a traditional family structure and not being allowed to bond to anyone as infants. Although Silence of the Lambs has higher production values than The Texas Chainsaw Massacre or I Dismember Mama , the release of any film of this type creates an increased risk of violence in society.