I just finished "Hannibal" and it's incredible. The performances are phenomenal and visually it's stunning. Both stunning in how it looks, but also in what it shows. How in the fuck did this air on NBC? How did the network not receive enormous backlash from every Christian entity in the U.S.? It has some of the most disturbing, disgusting visuals I've ever seen. The gore is easily on par with the best horror.
Minor spoilers ahead but...
This fucking guy slices off pieces of his face and feeds it to a bunch of dogs while giggling, and then slices off his own nose and eats it. I felt physically ill while watching it. And those kinds of extreme, graphic displays are featured in almost every episode. I can just imagine my grandmother flipping through channels 8 years ago and seeing a woman with her chest cavity open, rib cage splayed, and antlers embedded in her forehead.
It's fantastic.
I really can't believe it. Has there ever been a show with this level of gore on one of the big networks before or since? Insane. You can't show a ladies nipple but you can show a corpse with mushrooms growing out of every orifice.
Anyway, a 10/10 show imo. The whole series is on Amazon Prime (U.S.). Highly recommend it if you want to be utterly disgusted.
Edit: Fixed a word.
Submitted April 28, 2020 at 12:55AM by ArcadeOptimist https://ift.tt/2YaEjTC
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