How To Terrify The Audience

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"I do wish we could chat longer, but... i am having an old friend for a dinner."

How to Terrify the Audience: Step 1: Hire Anthony Hopkins Step 2: Marvel at the talent.

No matter how visibly insane and out of control a psychopath is, it will never be comparable to one who is completely composed and in control

Hannibal is like all the three inmates in one body, he’s creepy but civilized, he has no real empathy and feels no guilt, but he also has an animal side to him since he eats people, now that I think about it these traits go hand in hand throughout the movie. At first he’s cunning but terrifying like the man in the first cell, then you see his lack of empathy when told about the killer, and then you see the terrifying animal part of him when he escapes. It’s like he has these traits are balled up inside of him waiting to come out for the kill.

“I’m having an old friend for dinner” is the most terrifying line I ever heard and I love it

You call him a terrifying villain. I call him my next door neighbor. He is a very nice man. I just don't eat anything he cooks.

Anthony Hopkin's girlfriend saw the movie when it came out and she was so terrified of his face she dumped him almost overnight... Plus, when the movie had its premier Hopkins would creep up to people's seats and say in a sudden, calm voice "how are you liking the film?" and scare everyone senseless. This guy is fricken awesome. great vid btw

For me, he's terrifying for two main reasons; 1. He has no motivation, he kills because he is simply able to do so. 2. He is looked in that place just because he wants to. We clearly see he has massive manipulation skills, how come he didn't leave yet.

I always loved that look Lecter gives after Clarice said "no, you ate them." the look of... oh, yeah...

He's standing straight and greets you like an Oblivion NPC

Anthony Hopkins said the director asked how he'd like to be seen, i.e drawing, laying on the bed etc. Hopkins said he'd like stand there anticipating her arrival, because Lecter can smell her. He plays down how good an actor he is. (He also envisioned him as a cold machine or computer) Also, I think him being behind glass is more powerful than metal bars, you can't really see there's glass there, gives more the illusion he could harm her.

Something that adds to the affect is when Clarice first meets Hannibal, his eyes are in the shadows. The rest of him is bright and normal but you can’t see the eyes. It’s a “I might look normal but I have a terrible secret” feel.

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Hopkins said in an interview once that he had coffee with a madman in London who he never saw blink during their lengthy conversation, so he made sure that he didnt blink whilst playing lecter.

4:00 it's called tasking. You ask someone to do something and if they do, then you have established a power hierarchy. Could be as simple as asking for a light (common when people smoked), a glass of water, even asking the time. It can be refused, eg by handing the other party the matches (No, light your own.) But Clarice didn't refuse and so gave power to Lecter. She could have approached the cell right away, shown the ID and withdrawn. She might even have asked 'Mind if I sit?' knowing he had no choice but to accede. That way she would have retained the balance of power. (He's basically a caged animal, she has all the aces ) Lecter, of course, would have understood what she was doing and could have upped the ante. However by playing this hand as she did, Clarice handed power to Lecter, which he was too much of a gentleman to exploit. She called out his protective instinct, in other words and throughout their relationship, Clarice maintains power over Lecter in repeated, similar power plays. He realises early on that he's met his match, which is why he never harms her, indeed becomes her protector.

It's all on the eyes. Always in the eyes. Sir Anthony's acting with his eyes is what tells the audience that this guy is THAT ONE. 😳 Superb. 👌🏽✨️

He actually terrified the actress (Jodie Foster) so much that in interviews Jodie says she never spoke to him off-set ! ! !

He's just standing there... MENACINGLY

Hannibal seems like such as gentleman. That is one of the things that makes him so scary.