Still Screaming: 35 Years of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

35 years ago, Jonathan Demmes The Silence of the Lambs did the impossible by turning the "slasher" into high art. Its sweep of the big five categories at the 1992 Academy Awards was a coronation for the genre, essentially securing its legacy as the gold standard of the psychological thriller.With the increasing use of VFX and CG in modern-day cinema, returning to that damp Baltimore basement is a reminder of why the film is a masterclass in gaze, gender, and the terrifying elegance of th...