Manhunter (1986) KILL COUNT 

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FUN FACT: The producers were interested in Anthony Hopkins to play Hannibal in Manhunter; but he was busy on the stage in England, so they cast Brian Cox. Then, when The Silence of the Lambs was being made, they offered Cox the chance to reprise the role; however, he was busy on the stage in England, so they cast Hopkins. And here's the wild part: It was the same play, at the same theatre, both times.

“My heart bleeds for him as a child. Someone took a kid and manufactured a monster. At the same time, as an adult, he’s irredeemable.” is such a raw fucking line

The podcast Blank Check described the three (good) performances of Hannibal this way: Brian Cox is playing Hannibal as a human being. Anthony Hopkins is playing Hannibal as a vampire. Mads Mikkelsen is playing Hannibal as the Devil. I think that’s the best description of the different performance styles in these movies

I'm so glad James is finally covering the Hannibal Lecter movies. Manhunter is so underrated, William Petersen and Tom Noonan give such incredible performances and I love Brian Cox's Hannibal. Every actor who's potrayed him does a great job, but Cox gives him a reserved subtlety that makes him feel all the more like a reall psychopath.

Can't we just appreciate that Hannibal Lecter had some really great actors portraying him on the screen. Not a miscast so far

Absolutely fair that Dead Meat can't cover the 2013 Hannibal TV series, but anyone in the comments who hasn't seen it needs to check it out. One of the best TV shows ever made, a wonderful take on the title character, and shockingly violent for a series that premiered on USA network TV.

16:24 I like that scene especially. He's empathetic to what Francis went through as a child but acknowledges that those events in no way excuse what he is doing now and he must be stopped.

I’m actually stopping this video less than halfway through because this movie looks so damn good???? Gonna watch and report back before all is spoiled. I’ve somehow never even heard of this despite LOVING Silence of the Lambs. I’m excited

What really amazes me about Brian Cox's portrayal of Lecter, is that while he does act like a completely normal person, you can just tell that something's off. It feels like an act, like he's trying too hard to act normal. That's hard to pull off and I can't even tell how exacly he's doing it.

the thing i love about cox’s hannibal is that he feels unnervingly real. as brilliant as hopkins is, i never feel like i could run into someone like his hannibal, but cox’s feels like a real life psychopath. for me, that’s what makes him so much scarier.

2:31 "yeah because it's 1986, and we're stills using the DSM 3." James. My guy. Mental Health Provider here. I feel heard. Thank you.

I absolutely love everything about this movie. The neon 80s glow that engulfs it is glorious. It’s perfectly dark and noir with a tremendous score. Should be so much more well known than what it is.

I totally get not Kill Counting the TV series, but a podcast episode about it would be awesome.

How Mann shoots the Graham/Lecktor scene is amazing. Walls are identical, both shown through bars. Lecktor may have been caught but Graham is still in his own prison. Michael F'n Mann, man.

Here's hoping a James covered franchise helps bring viewership up. These scripts, sponsor segments, editing, etc are some of the finest ever put out on this channel.

i’m glad James points out one of the legendary things about Michael Mann, the beautiful use of scenery, lighting, and color.

That Succession “fuck off” cut made me spit out my coffee laughing.

So many people are surprised when I tell them that Silence of the Lambs is a sequel. And I always found it so intriguing that this version of Will Graham isn’t entirely sane either. He’s terrified of his inner monster that dwells within him. He could become a terrible killer himself but uses his inner psycho to catch monsters like Lector and Dollarhide

I’m glad James called out the scene right after Graham meets with Lecktor and runs back and forth down the stairs. The first time I saw the film I fell in love with that shot and it’s always the first thing I think of when I hear this film mentioned. I’m not even sure why it spoke to me so much, but it’s a fantastic scene.

Truly the underrated film of the bunch. Michael Mann’s direction is sublime, the cast is quite wonderful & that gritty realism that Mann is so well known for works perfectly for his take on the material. More people should check it out (thankfully it’s gotten more appreciation over the decades) even though “Silence of the Lambs” will always be my favorite in the series; first one of the films I ever saw so a bit unfair sure but it’s one of the best thrillers especially in the ‘90s

One of the most famous lines in Silence of the Lambs (as shown here), is a mis-quote of the book and a joke, the real line is 'I ate his liver with fava beans and a big Amarone.' Firstly Amarone is thought to have been less well known as a wine, also it goes with liver whereas Chianti does not typically, secondly it is a medical joke, Lecter the medicine he would have likely been on MOAI's, three things you can't be on are, liver, beans, but especially alcohol, so he is telling Clarise he's not on his meds.

24:59 THEY BROUGHT IT BACK!!! Finally. I missed these kill count trailers. Thank u Dead Meat crew. Also love the videos you guys make. I love the Kill counts and it helps me get through the week of school knowing I have something to look forward to.

Ah, Brian Cox. From Hannibal, to McDonalds ads, to angry old man. What a range.

A few months ago I met Brian Cox at work (he was doing a show at the Bath Theatre Royal) I didn’t get to serve him but he was being served on the till next to me and I got to speak to him. I was literally so shocked that Logan Roy was stood in front of me that I just kept laughing at him jokes and only managed to squeak out a “Have a nice day.” To him and his wife. He was so lovely though and my co-worker (who didn’t know who he was) was shocked at how nice Brian was after I showed them some clips of him in Succession lmao.

This Kill Count got me excited for the Hannibal Lecter franchise. Much thanks to the Dead Meat for covering classics like this with new releases on a weekly basis.

13:02 one thing that all of versions of the Tooth Fairy fail to live up to book is how ripped he is. Dude was described as being the level of a regional champion power lifter.

"Weighing heavily on killo-Grahm's mind" is SUCH a brilliant pun

Michael Mann always uses pop music very well in his work. The sequence with "strong as i am" is great, and so is the scene with "in a gadda da vida".

I had no idea Manhunter even existed. Silence of the Lambs was my dad’s Saturday morning movie of choice, and Red Dragon was the first movie I ever bootlegged because I was too young to rent or buy a rated R film. I absolutely understand not covering the TV series, but it’s hands-down the best part of the franchise.

Tom Noonan KILLED IT as Francis Dolarhyde. William L. Petersen (Will Graham) is amazing aswell. I’m so excited to see you tackle the Hannibal Lecter Mythos.

As someone who lives near Atlanta and LOVES visiting the High, it always floors me that that one scene was filmed there!

Trailers are back and starting Kill Count on Thomas Harris's _Hannibal Lecter_ 👏🏻🍹 Wife Molly is played by Kim Greist - I've seen her as Laura in _Homeward Bound_ movies (Incredible Journey / San Francisco sequel - dogs Chance and Shadow and cat Sassy)

An underappreciated aspect of this movie is William Petersen's absolutely perfect stubble.

Leprechaun in the Hood, Terror Train, and Tammy and the T-Rex is a very prestigious group to be joining.

Thank you, James. I really appreciate the reference to actual clinical terms (like the DSM) in the beginning, and how you don’t linger on trying to specify Hannibal’s condition. ASPD and similar conditions are highly stigmatized, and ‘movie psycopathy’ is a huge reason for that.

"Manhunter"(1986) is an excellent crime mystery thriller movie!This movie has a very strong Direction,creepy atmosphere,and an amazing Soundtrack!

It made me so happy to hear "On the next Kill Count" after those next time trailers have been absent for what feels like a year.

I totally forgot that the killer in this film is played by the same dude who played Sammy, or Caden’s stalker, in Synecdoche, New York which is my second favorite film ever made.

Cool Tidbit: The Hotel used for Graham's stay in Atlanta is the Marriott Marquis, also seen in Loki and the Hunger games Mockingjay as well as Ms Marvel. The High Art Museum was used for the Killmonger art heist in Black Panther

For those new to the Hannibal franchise and the Kill Count, I suggest you prepare for Hannibal 2001. That movie's main antagonist is deplorable, some might even say more than Dr. Lector himself

No bloody way!? This week its Manhunter? Yes James!

Adore this film, Michael Mann’s style just suits the mythos of Red Dragon perfectly. Visually perfect and one of my favourite soundtracks ever. Really needs way more appreciation than it has.

My 80s video store co-workers and I were obsessed with this movie! You're right about the sound mix-- you can just listen to the audio and discover lots of new details/dialogue. I think Cox was just as creepy as Hopkins. "Would you like to leave me your home number?"

Dennis Farina has been a personal favorite since I saw him play Jimmy Cerano in Midnight Run back in the 80's. The guy just had THE BEST delivery of those lines. There's a scene were he threatens to kill one of his underlings with a pencil and I'll never forget that. I say that line often still to this day (as a gag, obviously. I don't threaten people in real life).

I love seeing others appreciate Manhunter and for the same or similar reasons as me. I’m glad it has gotten the love and respect it deserves in the years since it’s release. Cox made seeing someone talk on the phone interesting.

For those that don't know, Hannibal's actor Brian Cox also voiced Dark Yabu, the villain of the video game "Vexx."

20:22 Wow, I didn’t realize Spinotti was the cinematographer for “Munhunter” and “Red Dragon.” He worked with both Hannibals.

I love the new style of videos. The pace is great and learning how their made is really what the kill count has always been for me.

The Hannibal show is by far my favorite piece of this universe and one of my favorite shows in general. Maybe you could cover it in a podcast episode or something

Had no idea Hannibal lecters first appearance predates “Silence of the Lambs”

Can't wait for the kill count of Red Dragon and Hannibal Rising!!!

This has always been my favorite verison of Will Graham even including the original version in the book. Will in other interpretations play as a follower of Crawford but here Peterson plays Will as someone who isn't afraid to get in someones face. That exchange between WIll and Crawford right before Will figure out how the killer is picking his victims is AMAZING! Crawford tell him its too late and Will snapping back about Crawford manipulating him with the photos to the look on Farina's Crawford face when the second label is pulled off. To this day I can't tell if Crawford is amazed by Will's brilliance or disturbed by Will's imagination in that moment. Favorite scene in the entire series.

YES KILL COUNT TRAILERS ARE BACKKKK

James, you have the best team of people! You do an amazing job in front of the camera and ofc all the behind the scenes stuff you do too. It's obvious that you have a great support staff as well. I thoroughly enjoy every episode beginning to end. Including the ads...Well done to whoever writes the scripts for the sponsor ads. They are always creative unique cute and funny. It makes them enjoyable to watch whether or not it's a product that I would use/need for myself or not. Thats why they are the only ones I actually watch without fast forwarding over. I think it important to give props to the support team. To run a channel this large this well, it takes an amazing 👏 team. Good job!! 😊

Doing a series like this gives some old school Dead Meat vibes and I’m all for it! Love it and excited for the upcoming counts!

The hills have eyes would be awesome too!

Haha @2:12 "Good PO-lice" The Wire was such an awesome show.

I think Brian Cox does the perfect portrayal of that character. Makes it make sense how Hannibal Lecktor made it so far along in society prior to getting caught.

Anytime I talk about Manhunter and Grissom from CSI everyone around me gives me a blank stare! Thanks Dead Meat Team for bringing my "Faniboy Lectern" of the whole Hannibal franchise to the Stream screens everywhere!!

I love this one. It was awesome. It has Shriekback on the soundtrack.

The scene with Inagaddadavida was beast. good job on a great film.

One of the things I love about Brian Cox's portrayal of Lecter is that he's closer to a genuine psychopath, even if that isn't exactly a proper diagnosis anymore. The part that sticks out to me is when he perks up with genuine interest when Will says he read Lecter's (or "Lecktor's") article in a psychiatric journal. It demonstrates Lecter's inner vanity, his narcissism that most psychopathic or antisocial individuals display. They want to hear about themselves, know about themselves, be acknowledged by those around them, especially if it's for something that they feel deserves recognition and positive feedback. As soon as Will tries to take the focus off of Lecter himself and back to the case, Lecter becomes bored and begins toying with Will, always trying to get the focus back on him. I don't think this is so much as an obsession with Will in particular but the inner narcissism of a serial killer coming out in force now that he has someone to talk to again. Brilliant performance by Cox.

Absolutely incredible "To the numbers" bit.

Jailer: Shenanigans? Hannibal: 😡

manhunter is basically gil grissom's in his early years before going to las vegas to become a full time crime scene investigator

This is possibly my favourite kill count of all time

Madds Mikkelson is my favorite version of Hannibal. That series is perfection.

Omg finally, the Hannibal series

The 'realisation' scene is one of the greatest scenes of all time IMHO

Wow, I'll definitely have to check this movie out, I've only seen Silence and the NBC show, and I had no idea the NBC show took so much from Manhunter, down to names and direct quotes!

I'm so glad that you covered this movie. It is still so underappreciated, considering nearly every crime-drama has been inspired by it, and you could say that it was the birth of Gil Grissom before CSI became a thing. Personally I think Cox's performance is the better version, because as you remarked, it is a lot more realistic and believable, which actually makes it much scarier. I still rate this movie extremely high on my list and it is great to see it getting the recognition it deserves.

I can't wait for next week! Silence of the Lambs is one of my favorite movies!

James, I want you to know that I'm an aspiring filmmaker, and everyday I wait for the day I get to hear "The movie begins..." over a clip of my movie.

Manhunter is one of my favorite 'hidden' gems! The whole series is one of my favorites and love that James and team are able to cover it! Love the new logo and so happy to see the trailers are back. Can't wait for next week!

James looks snazzy as hell

It's been so long since we got a "on the next kill count" bit. I'm Happy😊

I’m so happy Dr Hannibal is finally on the count! He’s my favorite horror villain ever ❤ such good stories and even sicker makeup! ❤

wait wait wait, THAT'S STEPHEN LANG? holy fucking shit that's insane

Woah! Silence of the Lambs next week! This is gonna be good

YYOOOO, that new Dead Meat logo is sick!! Love the subtle change yet still honoring the predecessor!

I've been loving all these by the numbers bits, you guys are doing great work! Thank you!

Omg, I got re-focused on the Hannibal series last year, also watched all the movies and just finished reading Red Dragon last week! Thank you, James, I'm rewatching the movie now and after that the Kill Count 🖤

This film’s soundtrack is amazing. My personal favorite was “Heartbeat”. That was on constant rotation for months after watching this film.

I friggin love this movie. It is so good and so criminally overlooked. Thank you so much for covering it. :)

Saw this video uploaded and luckily had time to check out Manhunter so I can watch and support the kill count & channel :) can’t wait to rewatch The Silence of the Lambs for next week!! Keep up the great work James, Chelsea, & Dead Meat team ❤️

I'm so glad you started this series. I'm currently in the process of reading all the books and watching the movies. I'm gonna have to start speed-reading though so that I can keep up.

We’ll go beast….WE’LL GO FULL FUCKING BEAST - Hannibal Lector Roy 😂

Hey nice to see the return of Kill Count trailers, they do a great job of hyping up the next week's movie and I've been missing them. Looking forwards to the rest of the Hannibal series

Love to see you’re finally covering the Hannibal films! I’ve waited for this for a long time and while I’m disappointed you aren’t doing the show (though I completley understand why) I’m still very excited to see this series unfold!!

yessss I’ve missed the “on the next kill count” segments, so glad they’re back!!

Seeing the video get almost 100k views in 2 hours makes me really happy for james and the whole crew. i hope all of the videos can thrive and get even more recognition i know its usually 15-25 minute videos but i cant even imagine the amount of manpower needed just for editing these thats not even talking about the writing, or having to actually and everything in between it really is kickass and insanely inmpressive to me. god i love you dead meat

No ones's talking about the return of "The Next Kill Count", it finally returned after a year.

I'm so glad you're finally covering this series. It's my favorite after Scream and I was so bummed when it kept getting pushed back. Can't wait to hear more about the BTS of everything.

Probably my new favorite “to the numbers” bit

Loved the books and some of the movies. So excited to see James cover the series.

I enjoy watching kill counts with some fava beans and a nice cianti

The new logo in the corner is sick props to the designer

I LOVE THIS MOVIE! Still have it on VHS. The acting is amazing and Cox does an incredibly job of expressing evil.

I been subscribed since early 2018 and ever since then you just have kept getting better and better. Huge respect❤