This lands Hannibal in a sanitorium for the criminally insane, under the constant supervision of Director Frederick Chilton ( Anthony Heald). Graham comes to the realization that the serial killer is a cannibal, leading him to almost fall prey to Lecter himself. Ironically, he is helping FBI profiler Will Graham ( Edward Norton) on a case in which a serial killer is removing parts of his victims. Red Dragonis set in 1980, and Hannibal Lecter ( Anthony Hopkins) is a well-established forensic psychiatrist. The movie ends with Hannibal making his way to the United States. Eight-year-old Lecter loses his entire family as a result of the fallout between retreating Nazi forces and a Soviet tank that has stopped at the family’s lodge.Īs an adult, Lecter (the late Gaspard Ulliel) hunts down the men who held him and his younger sister captive in the days leading to his sister’s gruesome death. Set in 1944 Lithuania, this movie serves as an origin story for Hannibal Lecter’s newfound taste for carnage… and for human flesh. Image via Orion Pictures Hannibal Rising (2007)ĭespite being the most recent release (both in movie and book format), Hannibal Rising is the first movie to watch in the chronological Lecter timeline.
Related: 'The Silence of the Lambs' Is Being Cooked in a Special 4K Release to Satisfy Your Hunger for Horror So if you’re planning on exploring The Silence of the Lambs series, here’s how you can watch the Hannibal Lecter movies and shows in order, chronologically and by release date. This article should help clear things up as a breakdown of the timeline of the life of Hannibal Lecter. What was his life like before his incarceration?Īs more movies followed, the timeline understandably got a little more confusing. Once he is formally introduced, it becomes apparent that everything he does is extremely calculated, leading people to wonder how he got caught in the first place. Lecter, or “Hannibal the Cannibal,” through dialogue between characters who know of the horrendous acts he committed prior to his incarceration. The movie is based on the book by the same name, written by Thomas Harris in 1981.īefore Hopkins even appears in the movie, the audience is forced to imagine the monstrosity that is Dr. Hannibal Lecter, famously played by Anthony Hopkins, in the movie The Silence of the Lambs(1991). Most movie-goers were first introduced to the highly intelligent and charismatic serial killer Dr.
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