Day 8 of Halloween - Silence of the Lambs
Jason: If you put a few movie nerds in a room and get them talking about horror films, they will inevitably get around to Silence of the Lambs . I remember watching this for the first time and being genuinely creeped out by it the whole time. It doesn’t have all the jump scares or scary monsters or lurking terror of other horror movies but it really goes to show that it is the monster you know that is the most terrifying. The reason this movie is so successful in making people afraid is because from the very beginning, it makes you identify more with the monster than with the hero. Throughout the movie, we are shown Hannibal Lecter as a gentleman who respects art and literature and decent conversation. Sure he talks about eating people and asks some pretty inappropriate personal questions, but he seems like a real person. He could be the guy next to you on the bus mentioning how much he likes your shoes. In the other direction, you are made to feel anger and disgust for th...