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The Silence of the Lambs

...förblir en av de bästa filmerna i modern tid. Med eller utan en fin chanti till.

Foster's journey makes the film a terrifying fable, and far more than the sum of its overflowing case file.

...sleek and tantalizingly creepy...

...its sheer confidence in tackling Harris complex characterisation head-on, and its ability to scare the shit out of its audience without ever once resorting to amateur hour frightwigs and hands-over-the-eyes. Fingerlickin' good.

Not that one should need a special reason to watch a blockbuster horror-thriller as breath-quickening and elegantly crafted as this one.