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Watch If You Liked: Mindhunter
Hannibal is one of the best horror television shows ever made. Bryan Fuller crafted this project with such care and passion for detail, the love in this work is palatable. It is jaw droppingly beautiful to look at, meticulously written, and well acted. From a horror perspective, its subject matter and extreme sequences of gore make it one of the most gruesome shows to ever grace broadcasted television.
The show owes much of its strength to its prolific source material, the Dr. Hannibal Lecter series by Thomas Harris. Harris’s series also brought us Manhunter (1986), The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Red Dragon (2002). NBC’s Hannibal is based primarily on the events of Red Dragon, as the relationship between Will and Dr. Lecter exists entirely before Lecter’s imprisonment and the introduction of Clarice Starling.
Hannibal is one of my favorite pieces of horror media, with Hugh Dancy’s iteration of Will Graham being my favorite horror character of all time. I wish I could give this a 5, I really do. But the series loses so much of its trademark strength in its third season, becoming watered down, rambling, and less impactful. The series finale does bring back the familiar gut punch of the first two seasons, but the last season was a huge let down.
If you can stomach the gore, Hannibal is an absolute must watch. If you’re here for the queer subtext, don’t worry - we all are.
Know Before You Watch: Features extreme gore, blood, death, nudity, sex, animal violence.
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