Can’t bitch about this pick. Silence of the Lambs is most definitely one of the 31 Scariest Movies of All Time. A great movie based on a great book, It makes me want to punch everyone who thinks Manhunter is a better movie. Don’t get me wrong, Manhunter is a great flick, but Silence of the Lambs is a masterpiece.
And for me, it isn’t Hopkins that does it for me. It’s easy to think that, but he’s not in the movie all that much. I think that the whole movie would have failed if it weren’t for the dude who played Buffalo Bill. I can’t imagine any other actor saying: “Was she aaaaa bigfatperson?” Seriously that’s guy is gold.
I’ve seen it so many times and now I can’t think if Hannibal even actually helped Jodie Foster solve the case. Did he give her any clues? Also, how come the cops who were guarding him in that giant room were all alone but there were 50 cops downstairs? Why weren’t there 50 guys in the room? If my job was to guard someone and they gave me 52 guys to do it, I would put a lot more guys in the room where the guy I’m guarding actually is. But then again I’m a tactical wizard, so of course I would think like that.
Now, going into a house where a crazy serial killer whose house was a big pit in it is not something a tactical wizard would do. But it is something that Jodie Foster would do. And she kicks ass. This movie has suspense, gore, fear, good acting, and a cock-eyed bug expert! If you haven’t seen it, you’re frigging crazy. It’s part of the canon! Trailer after the Jump! Now. If you’ll excuse me, I’ll just go back to practicing for the role of Miggs in the stage version.
Loved this movie. I saw it in the theaters and it totally gave me the heebie jeebies as I walked out into the mall. Kept looking over my shoulder.
I damn near wrenched the arm-rests off my seat during the “night-vision goggles” scene.
And if nothing else, this movie contributed “The Pit in the Basement” into the culture. So now my friend Sitcom Kelly can work on her plan to so entrap her favorite hockey player.
“Put the puck in the basket. Put the fuckin’ puck in the basket.”
“I damn near wrenched the arm-rests off my seat during the “night-vision goggles” scene.”
I haven’t seen the movie but I read the book and no, I don’t know why I read it because Ghostbusters was scary to me… the night vision goggles shit fucked me up.
DON’T YOU HURT MY DOG!
I keek yor dog.
pssssst: WHAT ABOUT IRON BUTTERFLY, folks?
Just what the EFF? This should be number 2! Right behind The Exorcist.
shitty ass list people!
Oh wait – who made this list?
Someone here?
My sincerest, dearest apologies. lol!
The night I saw this movie, I also walked down 15 flights of stairs.
And the place where I saw it is a Panera now. At least, it had better be a Panera, because if it isn’t it’s either a Blockbuster or a Payless shoe store.