25 Years Later, An Infamously Divisive Horror Sequel Could Have Been Even Weirder

25 Years Later, An Infamously Divisive Horror Sequel Could Have Been Even Weirder

Phil Bray/Mgm/Universal/De Laurentiis/Kobal/ShutterstockThe Silence of the Lambs is one of the great thrillers in Hollywood history. Based on the novel by Thomas Harris, Jonathan Demme’s horror procedural reinvented the serial murderer narrative with a gothic edge, a pioneering heroine, and one of the great villains in the form of Hannibal Lecter. It remains a rare horror film to have won the Best Picture Oscar, and the figure of Hannibal the Ca…