'Silence of the Lambs' by Jonathan Demme (1991)

movie fiction

Silence of the Lambs
Author: Thomas Harris and Ted Tally
Director: Jonathan Demme
Producer: Gary Goetzman
Year: 1991
Country: US
118 minutes

Warnings

Sex

Violence

Other images

Description:

A novice FBI agent must track down a serial killer who puts women down in a pit, tortures them and removes their skin to make dresses. Her only help? The killer's former psychiatrist who likes to eat people.

QVamp says:

A classic movie staring Jodie Foster as detective Clarice Starling and focusing on a killer psychologist Hannibal the Cannibal. Hannibal helps lead Clarice to a killer who is stalking large woman and taking their skins.

The killer, is certainly a transvestite who also admits to killing his male lover. This movie really pissed on GLAAD in their portrayal of queer characters as psychopathic killers.

Rating

Queer Vampire Rating

C-

Amount of Queer Content

alluded to

User Ratings

By: condreye b.

Overall Rating: A Queer horror Rating: C

As much the story of Clarice Starling's triumph as a serial killer story, the fault of the Jame Gumb character must be laid at feet of author Thomas Harris. He doesn't give us a character, he gives us a collection of traits that don't add up. This is really more of a woman's picture. You should see the cut used by Lifetime.

By: Kalima

Overall Rating: A+ Queer horror Rating: C+

Dr. Lecter is the nicest, kindest and most helpful of all the people Clarice meets, but you wouldn't want him over for dinner now, would you?

By: ms. Sexy

Overall Rating: A+ Queer horror Rating: B

Oh my goodness, in spite of the subject matter, I have to admit that this was one of the funniest movie ever. Though I am sure that it wasn't exactly supposed to be.