Spectacular and Chilling! What other horror classics should we experience!? Thank you all for the support!

Despite feeling like a dominating presence throughout the film, Anthony Hopkins is only onscreen as Hannibal Lecter for about 16 minutes. It's such a captivating performance!

Foster and Hopkins always get all the recognition in this film (deservedly so), but a shout out to Buffalo Bill actor Ted Levine. He was truly disturbing and perfectly played.

This was one of the best paced movies I have ever seen. There is no moment wasted.

You figured out what Bill was doing with the skins way before most do. Well done.

Foster's acting in the pitch black basement gets me every time. Great work!

Winner of 5 Oscars including Best Picture. It was the first Horror Thriller to win!

Red Dragon and Hannibal are both movies in the same "universe" with Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal👌🏻

I wouldn't have imagined watching two people watch a movie would be entertaining, but you two make it happen. Great channel!

This is how you do a horror movie. The more realistic the scarier it is. Not one jump scare. Love it and loved your reaction to it. Best 40 minutes I’ve had in a while.

One fun little detail: Clarice's one friend at the FBI academy is Kasi Lemmons, who also played the friend of the protagonist in Candyman. She has gone on to be a director, doing Eve's Bayou, and more recently, Harriet.

Let that sink in...Anthony Hopkins won best actor at the Oscar for playing Hannibal Lector 16 minutes in that movie...That tells you the level of acting we are dealing here !!! The scene where Clarice pass in front of Hannibal and he is just standing there...that is pure improvisation ! Makes complete sense too for the character...What a great movie !!!

Jodie Foster was a young teenager in the classic Taxi Driver. Years later her performance "inspired" someone to shoot the President of the United States, Ronald Reagen. She contemplated quitting acting after that.

One of my favorite behind the scenes facts is that Ted Levine (Buffalo Bill) and Brooke Smith (Catherine/Survivor) became each other’s best buddies on set and are still friends to this day. Which makes me so happy. lol It makes sense too when you hear them explain it in interviews. 90% of their work on the movie was in scenes exclusively between the two of them.

I saw this in the theater back in 1991. I couldn't take my eyes of the screen! It was so hypnotic! One of the greatest films ever made.

When Anthony Hopkins was rehearsing for the role of Hanibal Lector, he trained himself to stare for long periods of time. This means that Hanibal hardly ever blinks during the whole film. When you notice, those staring eyes are just creepy as hell.

If you haven't seen "Seven" - watch it.

Saw it in the theater. Had me on the edge of my seat and my stomach was in knots. One of my fav movie of all time. Total classic.

Two fun facts: 1. You did well picking up on all the shots with people looking directly into the camera. It was a choice by the director to create a certain uneasy feeling, to put us in Clarice's perspective as a young, female cadet in a male-dominated environment. 2. Throughout the entire movie, Anthony Hopkins almost never blinks, he is only seen with a constant stare, again to create an uneasy feeling within the viewer, and make him all the more chilling to behold.

I'd recommend the Hannibal TV series. It takes place before Hannibal is in prison and meets up with Clarice. Mads Mikkelsen is excellent as Hannibal.

One of my favorite takes on this movie is that Hannibal has one of the greatest entrances in Film History and he doesn’t actually walk into the scene. He’s standing in the middle of the room like a creep as the camera’s panning reveals him. It’s chillingly effective. I freaking love this movie! So glad you guys are watching it. Condolences on it being your first viewing ♥️, that is always a little rough. lol

As others have said Red Dragon with Edward Norton is a prequel. Hannibal the TV show is also quite good. The rest are a disappointment. If you haven't seen it David Fincher's Se7en and Netflix show Mindhunter are other excellent serial killer centric stories. Prisoners is another excellent movie.

The psychological dynamic between Starling and Lector is really interesting, he manipulates her to escape, while simultaneously counselling and advancing her FBI career

Anthony Hopkins has been in films since the 60s. His most well known film prior to this one is 1980s The Elephant Man.

This won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor - not a jump scare movie, Jodie Foster is much older than you think, she was almost 20 years into her career when this was released, and this was released 30 years ago

The horror on Jack Crawford face when he realized Clarice was alone with Buffalo Bill that’s the only time he wasn’t the coolest ice water in veins G-man in the room , thanks for sharing your reactions are always exciting and entertaining

Funnily enough, as scary and bone chilling as his performance was here. Anthony Hopkins is one the most real, sweetest people in film history. It's only a testament to his amazing, amazing work as an actor.

If you look closely Anthony Hopkins did one thing on purpose to make his character even more frightening and creepy. He never blinks once throughout the entire movie!

At the 1992 Oscars show where the movie swept the awards- Host Billy Crystal makes his entrance wheeled in strapped like Lektor is in the movie. Hopkins in the audience has the biggest smile and laugh about the joke. Check out the highlights on KZfaq.

At 20:23 that swat guy is Chris Isaak. The singer of "Wicked Game". He also was in Married to the Mob. A great movie with Michelle Pfeiffer and Matthew Modine. Worth a watch!

"i'm having an old friend for dinner" hmmm😋, yummy 🤤🤤

This is such a well-done movie. You guys should've seen this in the theater back in 1991. The end scene in the basement with the night vision was absolutely terrifying on the big screen. I don't think one person in that theater was able to take a breath during that whole scene. It does lose a bit of it's effect on the smaller screen, but it's still great.

Yes, Jodi Foster was a child star. One of her first movies was the original Freaky Friday. She was the teen (Lindsay Lohan's role in the remake).

You should watch Manhunter movie which is the first movie from the Thomas Harris books. Brian Cox played Hannibal. Michael Mann directed it William Peterson played Will Graham, the original profiler who caught Hannibal. It is really good.

SUCH fun watching you two watch this brilliant film! In the history of the Oscars only three films have won the Big Five -- Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay. "Lambs" was one of the three.

interesting call back: when the doctor at the beginning says his pulse never got above 85 when attacking the nurse, the paramedic in the ambulance gives lecture's pulse at 84 after he kills the policemen.

The sequel is called "Hannibal" and it was released in 2001 with Julianne Moore taking over the role of Clarice.

The part with luring the woman over to his car with a sofa was based how Ted Bundy would lure his victims to him, he'd pretend to drop some books or papers and while the woman was helping pick them up he'd knock them out

I saw it when it came out in the theatre, imagine Hannibal's face 30 feet wide staring at you LOL.

The doorbell thing got all of us the first time. 😄 Great reaction to an excellent movie.

You guys should see the first Hannibal Lecter movie, 1986's Manhunter with William Petersen.

This is a sequel to Manhunter (1986) Hannibal (2001) (Anthony Hopkins) is 3rd Red Dragon (Anthony Hopkins) is a remake of Manhunter Hannibal Rising is a prequel to Manhunter

Awe you guys. This is a real masterpiece. It rubs the lotion on it it's skin. It does this or it gets the hose. I'm so glad you all delved into the lair of the RED DRAGON.

The POV shots of actors looking directly into the camera during interactions was a visual trademark of director Johnathan Demme. Other movies where he utilized it to great effect include 1994's PHILIDELPHIA and 2004's THE MANCHURIAN CANIDATE. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS is the closest thing to a horror film that has ever won the Oscar for Best Picture. Anthony Hopkins was a shoo-in for winning Best Actor, but it ended taking the Oscar night by surprise winning Best Actress, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Screenplay.

All the other films in the series don't hold a candle to this master piece.

This is one of my favorite movies!! A true masterpiece of a psychological thriller! Jonathan Demme really delivered the fear factor with this film. And the first to win those Oscar’s; we’ll deserved. I’m so glad y’all finally watched this. You need to watch Red Dragon. It’s a prequel. It’s a great movie as well.

So I'm 43 and was introduced to the concept of reaction videos by my kids. I used to think it was...well, I didn't know what to think because we didn't have reaction videos in the nineties but I like your content! The fact that you watch a lot of the movies I grew up with has something to do with it but I like that your reactions aren't that phoney, surprised-at-everything style of reaction video designed to get clicks need on your mouth agape thumbnail. Your reactions seem real. You don't sit there with perpetual smiles or looks of shock on your faces. You smile when something's funny and you raise your eyebrows when something shocks you. It's also interesting to hear the perspective of people that are a little younger and didn't grow up with these movies. In the late 80s/early 90s graphic violence and so-called strong language was just normal. My mother took me to see Aliens and Total Recall in the theater. I saw the criminally underrated Predator 2 in theaters. There was no discussion of the nudity, squibs or explosions or anything afterwards. It was just what young boys saw. I saw Silence of the Lambs in the theater too! When Lecter says the line, "Love your suit!", that was a laugh line that made theaters erupt in laughter and eased our tension. I know how effective was because I saw it twice: once here in New York with friends, and once while on a 2-day class trip to our sister school in Philly. Yes, a class trip! Through your eyes, through modern sensibilities about race, politics and violence-violence against women in particular-I have a different perspective of this and a few other movies now. It's interesting. You guys do good work. Keep it up!

Yeah it's a great movie. You two should definitely react to Hereditary as well. It's one of the best horror films in years. Some other really good ones are The Babadook and Midsommar.

Actually both Hopkins and Foster have been working in TV and films since the 1960's. Anthony after some time on stage and Jodie was a child actor. The roles did get them Oscars, along with five more for the film.

Also the direct to camera is Jonathan Demme's signature. Philadelphia (1993) with Tom Hanks, The Manchurian Candidate with Denzel Washington.

Original: Manhunter* (1986) - Brian Cox Prequel: Red Dragon* (2002) - Anthony Hopkins Sequel: Hannibal (2001) - Anthony Hopkins Series: Hannibal (2013-2015) - Mads Mikkelsen *Based on the same book

When he looks away during the Quid Pro Quo scene, that's a technique used by Therapists and/or Psychiatrists to allow a patient to speak without feeling judged. Likely Hannibal could tell she was resisting, trying to wall him off, so he looked away to allow her some comfort in speaking. As, strange of a statement as it sounds. Late comment, I know - but I hadn't seen it before. And I felt the need to explain. :)

6:55, yes, always check your surroundings.

It's a regular quirk of Jonathan Demme's directing that the camera is placed in a character's point of view, with the other actor talking directly to it. This is put to especially good use in Married to the Mob, where the same POV shot is repeated several times with increasing differences, to show the character's thought process as he figures something out.

Another chilling and tense performance from Anthony Hopkins is Magic (1978) . Great movie

my god, the collective "ohhhhhhh!" at 25:16 is spot on. EVERY time I see this scene, I express the very same sentiment, and it's SUPER chilling every time. and that MUSIC....

Yes, there are two sequels. "Hannibal" and "the red dragon" - both good movies, highly recommend. Anthony Hopkins plays Hannibal Lecter so well. The psychopathic stare - like a predator is haunting, and so one point. Not every body can pull of such a terrifying and intense stare.

This might be a little off topic, but I find it really cute that you stay so close bunched together during your reactions! Keep up the good work!

This is one of those rare franchises where all 3 films are good. This one is the best but Hannibal and Red Dragon are both great in my opinion. Red Dragon is universally liked, but Hannibal is polarizing. I loved it but I'm also a huge Ridley Scott fan. I think you guys would like them both.

The piano tune that plays when Hannibal kills the two police officers is the Aria of Bach’s Goldberg Variations. It features in every Hannibal film (not sure about Red Dragon/Manhunter).

This movie has a Prequel and a sequel movie all with Anthony Hopkins as Lecter. The Prequel is called Red Dragon and the sequel is just called Hannibal. Red Dragon is very good too! Hannibal isn't bad, but Red Dragon is very very good.

It’s got an atmosphere that no other film can touch. And it’s all done without gore and violence. The actor who played Buffalo Bill was close friends with the woman in the well actress, and found it very hard to film the scene. The first adaptation of SOTL was 1986’s fucking excellent Manhunter. Both are equally as amazing - check it out! It’s more of a police procedural drama but that too has incredible atmosphere and attention to detail

Quite simply, a modern day classic. Whenever I happen to catch this while channel surfing, I always watch it again from that point. The acting, screenplay, and directing were all phenomenal.

I've shared this with other reactions but here we go. The scene where Hannibal talks about eating the liver with fava beans and a nice Chianti, the ending where he makes that hissing sound was adlibbed. Anthony Hopkins had a friend on set that day and they talked about him doing it and then his friend dared him to do it and on the next take he did it. The director called cut and his friend exclaimed "oh my god, you're so sick" Kind of a weird thing to laugh about but I just imagine the faces of the people on set when he did that.

great reaction! it's always so interesting to see someone react for the first time to such a classic. The director, Jonathan Demme, seems to like to use that cinematography technique of having the close ups with actors speaking directly into the camera for important conversations or speeches- he directed the movie "Philadelphia" with Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington as well, and I noticed he uses the same technique for some parts of the movie- that is a great movie too, btw. I don't know if you've seen the movie "Man on Fire" with Denzel Washington, speaking of him, but that is a FANTASTIC movie!

I saw this in the theater when it was first run. If you think Hannibal was creepy on the small screen, imagine that stare from the big screen. Dead silent when he was on the screen and some people were looking away or covering their eyes. The house thing got a lot of people in the audience, too.

Another fun thing is, despite how dark and chilling the story and performances are, they actually kept things really warm and goofy on-set while they were filming the movie. There's even a hilarious blooper reel you can find on youtube. :)

Love your early calling out of Demme's mise en scene -- those close up, face-on shots that completely isolate the character and break the fourth wall. They are a crucial part of his filmmaking and really create an intimate relationship that keeps you pulled in.

If you want to know what happens to Hannibal, I hope you'll check out the direct sequel. The tv show is great too, but it's a seperate continuity.

Thomas Harris did a lot of research for this book. That trick of Bill's with the arm cast was what Ted Bundy used to lure his victims, playing on women's trained tendency to want to help someone in distress. The technique of direct address (actors looking right into the camera) was Jonathan Demme's trademark. He did it in every film. It's a particularly good way to connect the audience to the characters. Check out his film of Toni Morrison's "Beloved", starring Oprah Winfrey. One of the most amazing ghost stories ever.

Did you notice Hannibal rarely blinks. Makes his scenes incredibly intense. Hopkins said something about that in an interview where he met a crazy guy in London that never blinked

Hannibal did not know that Claricewas lying, thats why he delighted in telling her , "That was good!" when they met again.

You fly along now, little starling. Fly, fly, fly Fly, fly, fly

4:57, Hello, Clarice.

Seeing this in the theater was great - those close up shots of the actors on screen filling up the entire screen in a huge theater made each eye like 30' in diameter.....scary stuff

27:48 -- Hannibal just strolling, with that smooth walk.

Seriously one of my favorite films ever. I'm glad you two covered it.

Oh man. This is an amazing choice! Love your reactions.

when hollywood makes a big budget horror film that they not only nominate for best picture (among others) but actually award best picture (among others) they call it a "PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER"

Just noticed something based on your description of the facial closeups. In the main scene hannibal and clarice are talking about the "silence of the lambs". I noticed at first hannibals face is framed by the bars in his prison cell. Then as the scene progresses his face is no longer framed by the bars but hers is. then both arent. Its like hannibal and clarice are both imprisoned. First we focus on hannibal in a literal prison then he isnt (foreshadowing his escape), then we focus on clarices prison, her childhood trauma that forced her to become an agent, then as they talk and she tells hannibal about it there are no bars on her because telling him all this allows her to get the info from hannibal to catch bill and free herself from her psychological prison. They both freed each other in a sense. And ive seen this movie countless times. Thanks for your observation!

Really loved your guys' reaction to this film. It is such an amazingly well-done film. Did you guys know this is based on a series of books written by Thomas Harris? Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs, and Hannibal. All three films have been made into films. Also, the first appearance of the character Hannibal Lecter was in the film Manhunter, which was directed by Michael Mann, and actor Brian Cox played him in that film. It would later be remade under the original title "Red Dragon" in the 2000s by Brett Ratner and starred Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, and Anthony Hopkins. Just a little bit of trivia for you. Finally, I have seen the Hannibal tv series and it is excellent. Every bit as good as this film was, and just as creepy. And yes, Clarice, is the tv show about Clarice Starling from this film and the books.

As the credits begin to roll, you are dismissed from Jodie Foster's and Anthony Hopkins' master class in acting. To this day my wife gets creeped out whenever she sees him in anything.

Still stuns me that other adults don't know movies like Silence of the Lambs. Guess I'm older than I like to think I am. btw the sequels are great, too. Not as well know because Silence was so groundbreaking, but just as darkly fascinating imo.

"She did, like, all that by herself." AMEN.

You asked about other ones, there actually are two other movies in the series. 'Hannibal'(the movie, not the show) is a proper sequel. 'Red Dragon' is a prequel. They both came out about 10 years after this movie. Neither was bad, but they definitely weren't the same caliber as Silence of the Lambs.

I've always thought of this as a psychological thriller more than horror. Scared the crap out of me when I first saw it. Another one that scared me was Copycat with Sigourney Weaver. After seeing it my roommate and I looked at each other and I said I'd check the locks on the doors and windows downstairs and she took the upstairs.

You guessed every plot twist! I was mindblown when I first saw this

Seeing you both make the connections right before it's shown is fantastic!!

Fun fact: the SWAT officer who opens the elevator hatch is singer Chris Isaak.

The sequel is called Hannibal later there is a 3rd movie called “HANNIBAL RISING” it’s a prequel telling the backstory of who he is and what happened to him to make him the way he is

Sequel is 'Hannibal' (2001), prequel is 'Red Dragon' (2005), prequel to the prequel is 'Hannibal Rising'. Two tv series, 'Hannibal' which went for three seasons and the new show 'Clarice' which is unrelated.

This director does the speaking right into the camera in several of his movies.

Manhunter 1986!!!

Silence of the Lambs had my two favorite brains bouncing ideas all movie long to decipher the plot and the misdirection. Excellent reaction. Excellent teamwork. TBR would get an idea, Samantha would fill in the pieces, the TBR would. File in more pieces of the puzzle. Love to see the interaction. Keep it up. And watch "Red Dragon"

So, just a fun fact: Buffalo Bill ist played by Ted Levine, the same actor who plays Cpt. Stottlemeyer in the series Monk. You have to look twice to see it and then can never again unsee it.

Made a drinking game. Every time you said OHHHH, OH---NO or OMG, you take a sip. I was slammed by the end. Great reaction to an amazing movie!

The Hannibal tv show is great, you should definitely check it out! Always a pleasure watching your reactions :)

A movie on par with this one is "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994)

Anthony Hopkins is such a goddamn good actor. I hadn't seen him in awhile and then Westworld came out and reminded everyone who he is Another movie I probably shouldn't of seen as a kid. I was probably 12-13 when I saw this, explains some things......lol

Funny enough: Jodie Foster (Clarice) said in an interview that she was so scared of Anthony Hopkins (Hannibal) after the first scene they filmed together that she completely avoided him on the movie set and never spoke to him until the VERY LAST DAY of the production where Anthanony Hopkins approached her to ask why she avoids him. He surprised her by saying he was just as scared of her. I like to think he invited her out to dinner after that. ;-)