Why Hannibal Rising Didn't Work
What's the first thing you think of when you hear the name Hannibal Lecter? You might think of a psychopathic serial killer willing to be a criminal consultant for FBI agents often looking for the worst killers out there. After all, it takes a psychopathic killer to know a psychopathic killer. Hannibal Lecter has appeared in four novels created by Thomas Harris, five live action movie adaptations (two of which are adaptations of Red Dragon), and a television series on NBC. Harris's final novel (as of 2024) brought Hannibal to his origins as we see what made this doctor become the infamous cannibal we know and love to hate, that novel being Hannibal Rising, published in 2006. Hannibal Rising was then adapted into a movie released in 2007, but unlike Silence Of The Lambs, the prequel was a box office bomb and panned by critics and fans alike. What made this prequel with such potential fail so badly? In this non-fiction review, I will give my personal perspective as to why I think Hannibal Rising failed when it had so much potential to work. Now this is based on my personal opinion, and if you don't agree, that's okay.…