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Hannibal Rising

2007 ·2h 1m · ★ 6.3 (2,377)

The story of the early, murderous roots of the cannibalistic killer, Hannibal Lecter – from his hard-scrabble Lithuanian childhood, where he witnesses the repulsive lengths to which hungry soldiers will go to satiate themselves, through his sojourn in France, where as a medical student he hones his appetite for the kill.

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Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
85
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
66
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
86
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
0
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
36
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
100
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
33
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
57
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
50
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Tone

Suspenseful

Content Warnings

Child in DangerTaboo ContentBody HorrorCannibalismDehumanizationTortureMedical Gore
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TMDB Keywords

1940s1950sbased on novel or bookbitingbluntbrutal violencecadavercannibalcannibalismchateaucrucifixdecapitationdistressingdisturbedexcitedfrightenedhannibal lecterhorrifiedincineratorinfluential aunt or unclelithuaniamacabremaskmedical studentnazi collaborationismpost world war iipsychological horrorpsychological thrillerpsychopathsinisterstrangulationvengeancewinterworld war ii

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