

involves kidnapping large women, starving them for up to two weeks, killing and skinning them, and dumping the remains in nearby rivers. Lecter is serving nine consecutive life sentences in a Maryland mental institution for a series of murders.Ĭrawford's real intention, however, is to try to solicit Lecter's assistance in the hunt for a serial killer dubbed " Buffalo Bill", whose M.O. Starling is to present a questionnaire to the brilliant forensic psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer, Hannibal Lecter. It won the Academy Award for Best Picture.Ĭlarice Starling, a young FBI trainee, is asked to carry out an errand by Jack Crawford, the head of the FBI division that draws up psychological profiles of serial killers. Its film adaptation directed by Jonathan Demme was released in 1991 to widespread critical acclaim and box office success. Hannibal Lecter, this time pitted against FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling. Both novels feature the cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Published August 29, 1988, it is the sequel to Harris's 1981 novel Red Dragon. The Silence of the Lambs is a 1988 psychological horror novel by Thomas Harris.
