The Hannibal Lecter Anthology: Hannibal/The Silence of the Lambs [3 Discs] [Blu-ray]

It is the Hannibal Lecter Package, but to an extent. There are five Lecter flicks: Manhunter, SIlence of the Lambs, Hannibal, Red Dragon, and Hannibal Rising. This package has the first three. You are basically getting the original flick with Brian Cox as Hannibal, and William Peterson as FBI Agent Will Graham. Silence of the Lambs, which is one of the greatest movies ever made, is in here with a plethora of extras, and Hannibal is along as a movie too. Now, those who are fans of Sir Anthony Hopkins's rendition as Lecter will be slighted by this package. But to me, I feel that the package does encompass the most balanced trinity of the movies. Some will argue that Red Dragon should have been in this instead of Manhunter, but I think Manhunter is the better of the two flicks. Red Dragon is just a 'Hopkinized' update of Manhunter to satisfy the fans, and Hannibal Rising is just a prequel that is for the Lecter fans but not required. For the TL;DR Crowd, the set is worth it if you can find it for a great price. Visuals and audio are good, but not the best. Extras lie mostly with Silence of the Lambs. This is more or less buying Silence of the Lambs and getting two Lecter flicks along for the ride.

This includes Michael Mann's version of The Red Dragon called Manhunter which I liked a lot better than the more recent Red Dragon remake but that is just my opinion. The movie Hannibal is the lesser of all 4 in my opinion but Julianne Moore's version of Clarice Starling was extremely well acted as always for her. She makes the movie worth watching in my mind and it's not too knock Anthony Hopkins but the script wasn't the best to work with. The original Silence of The Lambs was a classic the day it was released so not much to review there. Overall a great collection, sans any great extras and behind the scenes looks. Just 3 great movies for a great price!

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Great movie set, the only con would be not including the special features discs but at guess at such a low cost I don't blame them. And I was disappointed with Manhunter, not the best version. And it would be nice to finally get a complete ultimate Hannibal Lecter collection that included Hannibal Rising, Manhunter, Red Dragon, Silence Of The Lambs, and Hannibal with all known special features all in a matching disc set. HInt hint studio execs.....

For less than $15, if you can get this collection for that price, you can't go wrong. It's probably worth more than that, honestly. It's a trilogy of movies that range from good to great to classic. Very glad I picked this up for the right price! Video quality is good, special features are alright, but the price is right for the movies alone.

Couldn't pass this up at ten bucks. Had the films already on DVD, but wanted to upgrade to Blu. Red Dragon is absent from the collection and there are no extensive extras to speak of, but can't complain due to the price-point. I'll pick up Red Dragon another time and I don't really need the extras on Blu, since I have the DVDs. Picture on these discs are very good and an improvement over the DVD film transfers. Kind of a no-brainier at this price.

The Silence of the Lambs is one of the greatest movies of all time and Anthony Hopikins portrayal as Hannibal Lecter is amazing. Hannibal suffers from the casting of Julianne Moore in the role of Clarice Starling, which was brilliantly portrayed by Jodie Foster in Silence of the Lambs. Moore is fine in the role, but it should've been as a different character instead of Starling. Red Dragon is a remake of Manhunter and it's a very well made remake. Everyone is top notch and it pulls off the rare feat of a prequel actually being good.

Three movies from three Thomas Harris books featuring Hannibal Lecter. Manhunter (based on Red Dragon) features William Petersen as FBI profiler Will Graham. The Silence of the Lambs, starring Jodie Foster, swept the top Academy Awards. Hannibal is a Gothic thriller that is not quite as good the other two.