Hannibal Rising (2007) movie poster

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.

Why it matters

Horror DNA

Gore
85
Slow Burn
66
Psychological
86
Supernatural
0
Creature
36
Disturbing
100
Fun Factor
33
Cerebral
57
Survival
50
Crime HorrorCrime ThrillerRevenge

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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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