The tongue clucks in “Hereditary.” Ju-on’s death rattle.
The Babadook’s vocal fry.
There are some uncanny sounds in horror movies that invade more nightmares than any spoken line.
One such sound was ad-libbed by a knighted Oscar-winning Welshman on the set of a movie directed by a Roger Corman protege.
Any guesses? The answer is Sir Anthony Hopkins, whose portrayal of imprisoned flesh-eating psychiatrist Dr.
Hannibal Lecter in Jonathan Demme’s “The Silence of the Lambs” creeped out generations of moviegoers with a simple, slithered slip of the tongue.In Demme’s adaptation of Thomas Harris’ 1988 novel,…The post This Improvised Sir Anthony Hopkins Line Changed The Silence of the Lambs Forever appeared first on /Film.
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