Premise: The Silence of the Lambs (film) . Adapted by Ted Tally from the 1988 novel of the same name by Thomas Harris , his second to feature the character of Dr. Hannibal Lecter ; a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer , the film was the second adaptation of a Harris novel featuring Lecter , preceded by the Michael Mann-directed Manhunter in 1986 . The Silence of the Lambs (novel) . First published in 1988 , it is the sequel to Harris ' 1981 novel Red Dragon .
Hypothesis: The Silence of the Lambs was originally a Thomas Harris novel.
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