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MidtermEssay ArmstrongR 3
The Silence of the Lambs
Rymario Armstrong
LE300 Integrative & Interdisciplinary
Donna J. Strong
July 7, 2019
The serial killer sub-genre is the most eminent in the
movies for a long time now. The serial killer in real life as
well in movies are anathema to the people. Indeed their
terrifying way of the taking human lives is what battered
the audience and people in real life. Many movies have
released rendering the serial killer inspired from real life.
True stories behind the notorious murder made the movies
horrifying and entertaining. Some renowned Hollywood
movies which inspired by the true life events are "The
Silence of the Lambs (1991)", "Seven (1995)" and "Psycho
(1960)". Psycho is a real-life inspiration of Ed Gien, who
shot and killed two women. Psycho is one of the most
eminent movies ever. The two predominant characters of
Psycho Norman Bates and Gein were fond of their mothers
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and obsessed with them. The scenario gave an inkling to
the pundits that Gein murder women and make a dress to
look like his late mother from their skin. Wisconsin a store
owner went missing and Gein was the last one who saw
her when he purchased antifreeze. Gein mysterious nature
gave an inkling to the police who later one searched his
place. They found Worden's body and his whole house
covered with the human remains. It was discovered
subsequently that Gein visits the local graveyard very
often to exhume bodies. Gein and Bates were sent to the
mental institution where Gein died but Bates was released
in the sequel.
The Silence of the lambs is vehemently petrifying movie
based on the three killers who confined and tortured three
women and killed two of them. Gein in psycho used the
skin of his victims, Gary Michael Heidnok kept his
captives in a basement. So, these serial killers are the
gruesome elements of society. The serial killers have long-
standing history which conspicuously implies that they
are not the phenomenon of the contemporary society only.
The way serial killer have rendered within the film have
evolved with the time. Indeed producers now revel on
newly and highly aggravating ways of violence practiced
by the grisly characters of the serial killers to make batter
the audience.
The Silence of the Lambs had received 5 Oscars due to its
realistic depiction of the serial killer which potently inspire
the audience. In The Silence of the Lambs, the young FBI
cadet elicited the help of a manipulative and incarcerated,
cannibal serial killer to help and catch another serial killer
who is vacuous skins his target. Inspired by the true story
of Gary Heidnik who is rendered by Buffalo Bill in the
movie who was a petrifying assortment of the four other
murderers Gein, Gary Heidnik, Ted Bundy, and Edmund
Kemper. There are many points to focus on such as Gary
M. Heidnik solely targeted the African-American women.
This could be a depiction of his anathema for African-
American. Gary was defended by his lawyer who
attempted to prove him legally insane. However, his
insanity was rebutted successfully by the prosecutor as he
had $550,000 in his bank account which signified that he
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was not insane. Gary in real life was not diagnosed with
any sort of psychological disorder which made it
limpid that his action was truly based on his
abhorrence and his vehement contempt towards the
African-American women. It was a sheer example of
racism which was soft-peddled due to the severity of the
gruesome practiced by the serial killer (Demme, 1991).
The reason why The Silence of the Lambs was admired by
the audience was partly due to its realistic depiction of
the serial killer's horror and terror. Dr. Hannibal Lecter is
another imperative character of the movie. Dr. Hannibal
got blue perturbing eyes and a horrifying smile. The
terror and mystery of the Hannibal character are rendered
in an influential way. Even though in the movie Hannibal
is depicted as a serial killer and psychiatrist and surgeon by
occupation. In real life, Hannibal was not a serial killer.
The character of Lecter was inspired by the Mexican
doctor named Alfredo Balli Trevino. Alfredo was an
inquisitive , well-spoken and psychologically intricate
surgeon who was convicted for a brutal murder. In the
movie, Hannibal was shown as one of the creepiest and
nuanced villains ever (JEDDI, 2016).
Throughout the movie, an eerie, dark motif is profound.
The perpetual eerie musical theme is one of the effective
non-visual technique opted by the director of the film
Jonathan Demme. This music and the dark theme influence
the audience especially when Clarice found the dark
incidents brought about by Hannibal and Buffalo Bill. The
music possesses some real sounds that are mixed by the
experts, these realistic sounds give meaning to the
scenes. In one of a scene , Dr. Frederick Chilton tells
Clarice how Lecter took the life of one his victim and
revealed that "His pulse never got above 85, even when he
ate her tongue." During this scene one could clearly
hear the background sound of the heartbeat, stirring an
eerie effect and depicting the height of evil within the
frightening statement. The diegetic sound could be heard
when Clarice entered Buffalo Bill's house. But she
becomes jittery and frenzy when a light goes out
downstairs. The sound of heavy breathing left audience
tizzy. The terror batter Clarice in these scenes which
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obviously did not utilize the relentless eerie musical
theme.
The film has ample cinematic technique that aptly imparts
the scenes. The horrifying film is indeed relishing to watch.
The psychological disorders possessed by the serial killers
have not depicted. The agitating words said by Hannibal to
Clarice were baleful and horrifying. The Silence of the
Lambs is a radical depiction of a real-life serial killer
named Gary Heidnik and Alfredo Balli Trevino. This is one
of the reasons behind the unprecedented success of the
movie. We can see a significant resemblance of the events
to the real-life incidents and the narration given in the
novel by Thomas Harris. The psychoanalysis of the movie
is indeed hard (Lighting, Lambs, and Lecter, n.d.).
References
Demme, J. (Director). (1991). The Silence of the Lambs
[Motion Picture].
JEDDI, M. (2016). TV and Film portrayals of serial killers
compared to real life cases. MEDIA PSYCHOLOGY.
Lighting, Lambs, and Lecter. (n.d.). Retrieved from
https://hhholmesscaresme.weebly.com/the silence-of-the-
lambs-film-analysis.html
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