My wife watches The Silence of the Lambs for the FIRST time 

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Jen’s obstetrician: “so I told you to avoid stress and you husband showed you Silence of the Lambs?!”

Even though he's only in it for 16 minutes, Anthony Hopkins became one of the most iconic film villains of all time.

This movie is 1 of only 3 in history to win all of the Big 5 Oscars. Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Actress.

Hannibal murdering the guard and taking his face has got to be one of the most unexpected twists I have ever seen in a movie especially when they showed the scenes simultaneously of the cops finding Pembry them Hannibal taking off the face in the ambulance. An unforgettable scene.

Jodie Foster refused to interact with Anthony Hopkins outside of their scenes together. She said it was partly to make their interactions more authentic but partly because he scared the crap out her.

I'd think you'd both enjoy the NBC series Hannibal, with Mads Mikkelson as Lector. It takes place before his imprisoned so there's a different protagonist. Not quite as graphic but they do push the envelope a bit. I also has a great cast, including Gillian Anderson as a former psychiatrist of Hannibal.

Red Dragon is extremely well done! Worth watching for sure. Ralph Fiennes (Pronounced Rayf Fines) kills it as Francis Dolarhyde, Edward Norton kills it as Will Graham.

Jonathan Demme really nails it with this film. The casting of the two main roles along with the screenplay and Demme's on point control of tone, pacing, the great editing choices, and the way the big reveal scenes are done and Catherine's time in the pit are fantastic.

Is funny how both of you are assuring you're subscribers that since the baby is coming there are still going to be reactions coming to the channel, is like parents telling there older children that mommy and daddy are going to love them just as much as before 🤣

Congratulations to the both of you! Silence of the Lambs is a fantastically crafted horror movie. A lot of the mounting dread being not shown but described makes it so much better.

So fun fact. The third psych patient/prisoner on the other side of Miggs was the same actor who played Chef Brockett a recurring character on the famous kids show Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. For a number of years he had cameos in any movie filmed in Pittsburgh.

Massive congratulations on the pregnancy to the both of you! 🥳

Congratulations guys!!! Silence Of The Lambs is not a one off. Hannibal & Red Dragon are both so good and Jen will love them

I absolutely love Hannibal Lecter and Silence of the Lambs, I look forward to seeing her reaction to it. It makes me wish you two would watch Hannibal the show with Hugh Dancy, Laurence Fishburne and Mads Mikkelson. My second Favorite show of all time.

Holden, Silence is technically part of a series. There is Hannibal as well as Red Dragon, a prequel. I laughed a little when she commented on Jodie Foster being so young. She started out as a child actor in the late 60's. By this film she was already a veteran.

The first movie in the Thomas Harris novel series was Manhunter, directed by Michael Mann around 1986. It was based on his first novel, Red Dragon. Excellent movie.

The Hannibal franchise is a lot of fun if you can handle the dark and dreary vibes! They are based on a book series where Silence of the lambs actually is the second one, and they filmed both the previous and later books, so it gets a bit messy. The first book Red dragon was adapted in 1986 as Manhunter, you should definetely watch that as its so underrated. It has a different cast though, but after the success of Silence and Hannibal it was adapted again in 2003 as Red Dragon, with Anthony Hopkins this time.

Congratulations on the baby guys! I may just be speaking for myself, but as much as I enjoy all the content you all provide. Baby comes first and as long as both of you stay healthy and in good spirits. This guy can wait. Again Congratulations

Congrats both of you!!! Even if you decide it's best to take a break, that's totally okay, having a baby is rough! Excited for you both to have a healthy, happy baby boy! Best of luck to both of you!!!!

Even if you guys have to take an extended break, go ahead and do it. You certainly deserve it for how consistent you are as content creators and how diligently you work on making sure everything gets up despite any internet issues, home issues, etc. Don't worry, there will be an eager audience waiting for whenever you return!

FUNFACT: This was going to be Gene Hackman's directorial debut, but he had a change of heart due to the violence. It would've starred Robert Duvall as Hannibal and Michelle Pfeiffer as Clarice. This is also considered one of (if not The) most faithful adaptations of a novel to film.

I'm surprised Jen didn't recognise the actor that played Dr Chilton. He was played by Anthony Heald. He was in Season 7 of The X-Files, in the episodes "Sein und Zeit" and "Closure," where Mulder finally finds out what happened to his sister Samantha. Anthony Heald played Harold Piller, whose son was also missing but had a psychic link to Mulder's sister's ghost.

Congratulations on the baby. There is a crucial part of the story that many viewers miss. This was a chess game between Jack Crawford & Hannibal Lecter. Both were using Clarice for their own ends. Crawford wanted the glory of catching Buffalo Bill. Hannibal wanted 2 things. (1) To leverage for his own escape. (2) To make certain Clarice got the glory & not Jack Crawford. Hannibal tells Clarice at the beginning he intends to help her catch Bill. Hannibal gave enough misleading information to make Jack Crawford go to the wrong address. Hannibal knew Crawford was using Clarice for his grunt work. He knew Crawford would accidentally send her to the right address. The moment when Crawford is at the wrong house and exclaims "Clarice!" is the moment when Crawford realized he was played by Hannibal the whole time. As Hannibal arranged, Clarice got the credit and Jack got none.

Great reaction! I love watching Holden trying to restrain his excitement when he knows pivotal scenes are approaching! For more excellent Dr. Lechter drama, I highly recommend the "Hannibal" TV series! For more awesome Anthony Hopkins, I recommend the "WestWorld" TV series. "Contact" is my second favorite Jodie Foster movie, but this one is number one!

We are really very proud of Sir Anthony Hopkins here in the U.K. he’s one of the finest gifted actors that has come from this island. It’s true he does command the on screen presence in a lot of movies because he has just a natural affinity to his craft. It’s why he was knighted as a knight of the realm.

Absolutely loved Jen's reaction to this movie gave me the best laughs was also good to see you both watching one of my fav movie's of all time

I saw a vid on the making of this movie once I forget who they were talking to but I'll never forget the response. They were talking about Anthony Hopkins screen test, It was one of the cell conversations with Foster. One person said "I've never been more creeped out in my life, I felt like jumping out of the widow" another said "I felt like my skin was trying to crawl off of my body". Now that's a good actor. Peace

Just wanted to say congratulations again!! So excited for you both. 💙🎉 Awesome movie.

Stuart Rudin, the actor who played Miggs, was obviously concerned he might be typecast after this film. Although there was a short period of time when new roles were not offered to him, he’s since had a strong career as a character actor, and has appeared steadily in episodic television. Good to see he’s had a great comeback.

As someone who loves psychological films, this one has always been a great standout... Having said that; "The Usual Suspects" has always been one of my favorites too! .... I know all too well that Jen will love that one as well.

At some point in the future, the Hannibal show is absolutely worth checking out. No one could ever top Anthony Hopkins in the role, but Mads Mikkelsen takes it in another direction and makes it his own to phenomenal results.

10:55 - that ‘Leaker’ exclamation floored me. It’s in my vocabulary now 😂

I love Bill's lil poochie. She's just too adorable.💗

The TV series Hannibal is near perfection. Definitely worth a slot.

The names used in this movie are intriguing as well and deliberately so. Starling, Hannibal, Friend, Gumb, etc. all are playing on the associated meanings we have with them. They project things about the characters behind them.

On your summing up. I personally think Brian Cox was just as chilling as Lector in his cameo in Manhunter . I wonder what he would have done with amount of screen time awarded to Hopkins.

I really enjoyed the show Clarice.. Waiting for season 2. I hope they continue it.

Absolute masterpiece, one of the greatest performances of all time! Watch the other films and series too, Jen will love them

I briefly met Sir Anthony Hopkins back in 1991. I was living in Montreal and the Montreal World Film Festival was in town. He got tickets for us to see him receive and award, do a Q&A and watch a screening of The Silence of the Lambs. Shook his hand after the Q&A before the screening started. He's not as tall in person, but was definitely creepy being in the same room as Hannibal Lector, lol. Congrats on having a baby! Love watching your reactions!

Congrats to you and Jen! I liked that random "Fargo" joke. The actor who played Buffalo Bill was also Captain Stottlemeyer in the mystery series "Monk".

Holden... STOP!!! I can't drink anything when I'm watching you two anymore cause you're making me spit all over my screen! LOL!

This is one of my favorite movies of all-time. It has a great amount of mystery to it and just the right amount of horror-ish elements to keep you on the edge of your seat and guessing about what will happen next. The characters in this were really fleshed out and were also, for lack of a better word, a bit elegant -- especially Hannibal. I just really enjoyed this movie so much and it's the type of movie you can watch multiple times and it still feels fresh. The books are also good, but the casting decisions for this movie were top notch. Jodie Foster and Sir Anthony Hopkins...what amazing chemistry.

Fun fact: The hiss that Anthony did, all him. It was never in the script. Brilliant.

Not enough people get that the bathtub does indeed have old Mrs. Lippman in it. It's something I always look out for when watching these reactions. And it's amusing how long it took you to realize Crawford was Stick, because it took me a laughably long time to realize Stick was Crawford. I kept thinking "man he's awfully familiar, but I just can't place it."

Yes I'm glad you are both watching these movies! If possible I would love for you to watch the actual series also because it's really good

If you rewatch it, pay attention to Hannibal's eyes. He almost never blinks.

First, huge congrats on the baby boy! 😁 Second, I'll always remember "Silence of the Lambs" ('91) as the movie where my brother-in-law COMPLETELY SPOILED EACH AND EVERY SCENE before I saw it. It'd been out for awhile and some friends and I rented it for a gettogether. Everyone was squirming in their seats and jumping at all the appropriate scares... and I just sat there, seeing everything my bro-in-law mentioned as it popped up and knowing exactly what was coming up next... and going "Yup! That checks." 😐 I'm told it's an excellent movie, but I never got to see it for myself for the first time, so there's no suspense associated with it... and that's how the movie should be categorized: suspense. It's not QUITE a horror.

You should watch Hannibal for your next series! Anthony Hopkins is phenomenal in the role but Mads Mikkelsen makes the role his own in the show. Both great portrayals of a terrifying character

This movie is a masterpiece... And honestly the TV series with Mads Mikkelsen is quite possibly the best television I've ever watched. I was very sad after they had cancelled it.

On the topic of you two having a baby, first off: congratulations! Hope the pregnancy, the delivery, and life after that goes well and there's no complications of any kind. Second off... I know advice from a stranger on the internet is usually unwanted... but I would suggest not forcing anything. You're gonna be tired a lot, Jen will have to recover, and the baby will need your attention far more than we could ever need it. So please put family first. I'm pretty sure you will, but- I don't know... I guess I just wanted to show my support in the fact that you might.

The Hannibal franchise is a series of 4 novels (Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal and Hannibal Rising) that were later adapted into 5 movies (Man Hunter, Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, Red Dragon and Hannibal Rising) and 2 TV series (Hannibal with 3 seasons; 39 episodes and Clarice with 1 season; 13 episodes). Chronologically the story goes Hannibal Rising (it was the fourth book penned, but it was written as a prequel), then Red Dragon (it was the first book penned), then Silence of the Lambs (the second book penned) and finally Hannibal (the third book penned). The movie adaptions more or less follow the same chronology as the novels, but it should be noted that Red Dragon was adapted into a movie twice. The first adaption was Man Hunter, which came out before Silence of the Lambs. At the conclusion of filming Hannibal (but before the Hannibal Rising novel was even penned) the film studio decided to go back and remake the first book under its proper title Red Dragon with Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal (using de-aging) as they were not pleased with the original film adaptation. Hannibal the TV series is a very loose adaptation/re-imagining of Red Dragon and Hannibal (with some minor backstory from Hannibal Rising), but without any mention of Silence of the Lambs (due to rights issues with that novel and the Clarice character). As such the character of Will Graham (the protagonist of Red Dragon) is re-contextualized to fill the Clarice role within the narrative of the Hannibal TV series. Clarice the TV series is a very loose sequel to Silence of the Lambs set immediately after the events of that novel/movie, but before the events of the Hannibal novel/movie. Due to the rights issues (mentioned previously) the Hannibal character himself couldn't directly appear in or be referenced by name on this TV series, but the role he played within the Silence of Lambs is briefly touched upon in an indirect manner.

Congratulations on the new member of the family 👪! Enjoy your content and your presentation.

Great pick and congrats on the baby! Best of luck to both of you and little Hannibal!

Congratulations on your news. Thrilled for all of you!

The Lecter/Starling dynamic is fascinating and even more interesting in the books... Spolier wall In the books Lecter grows to see Starling as a romantic interest as well as a potential replacement for his sister (why that is, is also revealed in the prequel Hannibal Rising)...while also seeing her as a "patient" that he can "fix". It's incredible writing

Great reaction guys!! Loving Jens new pregnancy glow. Best of luck for 2023.

Omgggg congratulations guys!!! That’s amazing! Can’t wait to see his sweet little face!

If either of you haven't seen it yet, you should watch "Criminal Minds" TV series if you liked this movie. Also, I just wanted to say I'm very excited for you guys! Congratulations again!

Congratulations on new addition to family.. wishing a happy & healthy pregnancy..blessed

It isn't just Clarice and Hannibal. Right from her first conversation with Crawford, Jonathon Demme has his actors looking right into the camera as if the viewer is taking the place of a participant in the conversation. Jodie Foster is also looking directly into the camera, whether she's speaking to Hannibal, Crawford, her friend at the academy, or the insect scientists. It even takes the point-of-view of the TV she's watching in one scene! In "Philadelphia" and several of his films after "Silence", Demme continued using this technique (though I'm not sure why). It wasn't until he made "Rachel Getting Married" that he discarded the gimmick.

So happy for you guys 😊 please do not worry if you guys have a lapse in content. Just focus on you guys. We'll be fine waiting

I'm happy with the interlacing of one offs between. Sad to say I won't be watching the MI videos because I've never seen MI. Excited to see what one offs y'all do tho, keep up the good work you two

ive first seen this movie when i was 7 or 8 by accident. on a tour bus going to the hoover dam. the driver played it, my mom verbally berated the driver for playing the movie. it still stuck with me and i love the movie for how dark and intellectual it is.

Referring to Clarice's development during the film as a "metamorphosis" seems quite fitting considering the underlying theme of change in the film, be it the life cycle of a moth or Bill's need to "transform". Thanks for reacting to one of my favourite films of all time, it was interesting hearing your thoughts. Both Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins became two of my favourite actors after I saw this film and neither one of them has ever disappointed me since (although some films that Foster in particular has starred in have been so-so).

This was also the winner of 5 of the top Oscars. Best actor, best actress, best picture, best director, best adapted screenplay. 1992. I remember seeing this in the theatre. Masterpiece flick. Thank you all for reviewing.

Just a little trick I've seen from creators on a channel called "Gaming after Bed" , they are a couple with young children, so they produce content at night or late evening when their children are napping or asleep. Whenever they hear that their children wake up, they just let the audience know they're going to take a quick pause, then jump cut to them returning to the game once they have taken care of their children. If you guys ever needed to do something like this for a video once you have your child, I fully support it, even if it's pausing and coming back to it the next day. Regardless of the content, life happens and it's important to take care of yourselves first. Congrats, again!

I love how there's constant close-ups during Clarices interactions with men. In the beginning its like prepping the anxiety between her and Lector but later it feels like it transcends it. She is constantly uncomfortable. The higher-up men have a certain power over her, hiarchacal or sexual. Its obvious with the head psychiatrist and less so with her boss, but still. She is fighting against a world of men in power against her AND trying to be a good officer.

Great review! You hit on all the major elements of this movie, especially the acting of Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster - both won Oscars and were well deserved!

A modern classic. And I'm like Holden in that I enjoy watching this movie with people who have never seen it. You know what's coming, but they sure don't. So deserving of every award it got, and there were many. Don't know if this was mentioned, but Michelle Pfeiffer was originally offered the role of Clarice, but she turned it down because she felt it was "too dark". To which Jodie Foster said, "Thank you very much!"

7:50 People always think he is offended there, but I think he is excited at the idea that they would send someone to learn from him.

Jodie Foster said that during the filming of this movie, other than the scenes they had together, she never any type of casual conversation with Anthony Hopkins, because she found him absolutely terrifying. Also, if you notice, Hannibal never blinks when he's talking to Clarice. Hopkins borrowed that from watching a film/documentary about Charles Manson in preparation for this movie.

The tv show Hannibal is also exceptional, despite having a different actor. I'd argue I even like that actor more in some aspects.

In the book, Clarice wins her FBI class contest for fastest twitch response ( how fast you can repeatedly pull a gun trigger), it's left out of the movie but plays a role in the end when she spins and starts firing as soon as she hears Buffalo Bill's gun click.

Great reaction, highly recommend the show with the amazing Mads Mikkelson as Hannibal, he really lives up to Anthony Hopkins performance

Every time I watch the TV show Monk all I can think about is "Put the lotion in the basket!" Haha. That guy is a great actor.

Winner of 5 Oscars including Best Picture. Before Sir Anthony Hopkins was cast as Hannibal Lecter, Brian Dennehy, Gene Hackman, Robert DeNiro, Robert Duvall, Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino, Forrest Whitaker, John Lithgow, Jack Nicholson, Mandy Patinkin, and Brian Cox were considered. Cox played Lecter in the prequel MAN HUNTER in 1986. Meryl Streep, Laura Dern, Michelle Pfeiffer and Meg Ryan were considered for Clarice Starling. The scene where Lecter escapes by biting the guard in the face and beats the other with a nightstick was on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments.

@Holden Keep posting mate, doesn't matter what just keep posting. I've heard of several other content creators that they've took 2-3 weeks off and the YT algorithm absolutely killed their channel. I really enjoy the content, would hate to see it die. Great stuff as always mate, keep posting. :)

The way the dog on the right looks at 12.20 is hilarious, almost like wtf am I and who are you 🤣🤣🤣

This is one of my top 5 movies of all time! Judy Foster is brilliant in this buuuut Anthony Hopkins is GODLIKE in this movie! The fact that he won an Oscar for this role even if he's total time on screen was 16 minutes confirms this is one of the best actings ever made!

The girl in the well that was kidnapped by Buffalo Bill (Catherine Martin) is better known as Doctor Erica Hahn on Grey's Anatomy. The moth specialist was Bulldog on Frasier.

When Jen said “shake it off” I was hoping for Holden to say “that’s exactly what Miggs did” Missed out on a “Holden Thomas Hardman” moment right there

Congratulations on the baby. I have been watching a few classic horror movies for the first time lately and I have to say that Silence of the Lambs is not really my thing. I like mystery/detective movies, but I think they could’ve executed the antagonist a little better. I recently watched The Ring for the first time, and it’s currently my favorite horror film because it’s scary, but it also executes the mystery aspects really well. You want to know why the tape exists and who the girl is, and the climax of the story doesn’t disappoint

I love these evaluation bits at the end. It's different.

There was also a 1986 movie Manhunter (based on he novel Red Dragon) in which Brian Cox played Lector.

Fun Fact: My wife and I saw this film when it came out at a Cinema near River Oaks Mall in Calumet City, IL. So when they said Jame Gum was in Cal City everyone in the theater gasped.

Belated congrats on the baby. Hope all is going well!!

Great reaction I hope you do the whole trilogy

Great choice for Jen to watch Jen's facial expressions say it all wants going on,Anthony Hopkins is so good in this deserved Oscar.

You guy absolutely must watch Fracture, starring Anthony Hopkins. He again plays a cold, calculated villain and it's fantastic!

David Wallace: Why did you cut the face off the dummy? Dwight: I didn't think it was possible.

@0:11 The line “Hello Clarice” wasn’t used in this movie. It was used in the 2001 movie, Hannibal.

Congratulations!!! Awesome news for a beautiful couple! Comment comment comment, interaction.

Hannibal was not offended Crawford sent a trainee. He was amused at the thought he would send someone so unprepared for him.

Congrats. I'm happy for you guys.

Now you've got me hoping that you'll be diving into the series, Hannibal, at some point. Mads Mikkelsen is absolutely amazing in his take on Hannibal Lecter, delivering a performance as good, if not even better than Anthony Hopkins, who won an Oscar for this film. Also, Hugh Dancy is fantastic in his go, as Will Graham, previously played by Ed Norton in Red Dragon. While Manhunter and the remake with Ed Norton, Red Dragon, are the only other good films in the franchise, I would recommend watching the rest of the movies, before diving into the series. The series covers much of the same material as the other movies, but often in a very different and typically far superior way, making everything but Silence of the Lambs and Red Dragon nearly unwatchable in comparison. So at least, if you watch all the movies first, it's not like a trip to the dentist, trying to sit through them, which is exactly what it's like after watching the series.

Hannibal the Cannibal made his debut in the Michael Mann movie "Manhunter" (1986) based on the book Red Dragon. The actor portraying him at that time was Brian Cox and he was very much underused in the book and movie. The book was remade as the movie Red Dragon later so they could use Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lector again. All told, he played the role three times, in Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs and finally Hannibal. Jodie Foster, OTOH, played Clarice Starling only once. Later, Thomas Harris, the writer of the books, was adamant that he didn't want to revisit the character again, but the studios kept offering more and more money to get him to write another book with the character that he finally wrote a book that would be so offensive that no one would bother him again. The result was Hannibal, and the ending was so offensive that the studio rewrote the ending. In the book, Clarice leaves with Hannibal as his consort/lover. In the film, she doesn't. Foster refused to return to play Starling in that movie and Julianne Moore played Clarice as an adult agent assigned to find and capture Hannibal.

Definitely one of my all time favorite movies. Fun sidenote is that due to the Hannibal tv show, there is actually a debate who they like as Hannibal most, Anthony Hopkins, or Mads Mikkelsen from the show. Though it mostly boils down to what they watched first. They both had a different take on the character, but both were fantastic. If you guys haven't seen the show, it could be worth a watch. The deaths are... at least in most cases more artistic in my opinion. And let's not forget the cannibal jokes they have throughout the show. For the movies, the Hannibal as a continuation for this is also pretty good, and so is the 2nd version of Red Dragon from 2002.

Starling carried the lamb as a child to escape her attacker. This failed because the lamb became too heavy. So here we also have a learning effect for Starling. Instead of freeing the hostage and trying to escape with her, she changes the old pattern of behavior and attacks the attacker. This is how she overcomes her trauma.

Sir Anthony Hopkins deserved the Oscar for sure. Amazing performance!