The Silence of the Lambs: A Legacy of Terror

  More than 30 years have passed since the release of the most critically successful horror film: The Silence of the Lambs (Demme, 1991) to date. In fact, it’s the only horror film that has won the statuette for best film, in addition to the Oscar for the best-adapted screenplay, best director, best actor, and best actress. A milestone in this particular genre that, even three decades later, hasn’t been equaled. Hannibal Lecter is a villain par excellence, the perfect representation of a psychopath in a movie. Furthermore, the legacy of The Silence of the Lambs goes far beyond the…