Movies Orion Pictures ByBJ ColangeloSept. 30, 2023 5:00 am EST While most horror icons wear memorable masks or possess some otherworldly abilities, the intelligent and enigmatic serial killer cannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter is one of the most beloved human monsters. Sir Anthony Hopkins won the Academy Award for Best Actor in Jonathan Demme's "The Silence of the Lambs," part of the film's sweep at the Oscars in all major categories. While Hopkins' performance may have been the introduction to the character for a majority of the public, Dr. Lecter was first introduced in a series of books by Thomas Harris, or a film released five years before Demme's controversial classic.Nicknamed "Hannibal the Cannibal," the brilliant Dr. Lecter is both a genius and a deeply disturbed individual, forcing the audience to reckon with the fact that some of the most monstrous people look just like us, sometimes in positions of respectable power. Thomas Harris' books were released in the order of "Red Dragon"...
