“Good evening, Clarice.” How many of you have never thought of fava beans and chianti in the same way since then? Quite literally inventing a new genre that combines elements of horror, suspense, and crime to create the crime thriller, “The Silence of the Lambs” remains the motion picture that typifies the genre. Essentially, “Silence” is an indie film that flew in under the radar but soon grew to be immensely popular and critically acclaimed. It is arguably a dark crime-thriller, but it is also very much a horror film.

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