Edward Serial Killer Silence Of The Lambs

Directed by greg shull.

Edward serial killer silence of the lambs. Teenager michael hernandez develops a dark obsession with serial killers specifically hannibal lecter and buffalo bill from the silence of the lambs and decides to start his own killing spree in 2004. Edward theodore gein was born on august 27. Thomas harris s the silence of the lambs has spawned generations of fictional serial killers. Author thomas harris also drew heavily on gein in the creation of the serial killer buffalo bill in his novel the silence of the lambs.

First published in 1988 it was swiftly followed in 1990 by patricia cornwell s postmortem. In this way ed gein and by proxy buffalo bill continue to remind us that the greatest horrors of all are often the ones most like us. The depravity of his acts has inspired many of cinema s most memorable serial killers chief among them buffalo bill just as the silence of the lambs continues to inspire horror films. Silence of the lambs s vile murderer buffalo bill may be a work of fiction but the killer who inspired the film villain was all too real.

Ed gein known to many as the butcher of plainfield.