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Warning... This show is gross.

When a TV show is based on a series of books about a cannibalistic serial killer, you’d think you’d be ready for what you’re about to watch. The reality of the situation pans out a little differently.

You cannot un-see what has been seen. Hannibal is twisted. Period.

It’s times like these where you question how insane the show runners and writers must be to come up with some of the darker portions of the programme. Here are a few unquestionably disturbing scenes from the first two seasons:

  • The human cello – Ever found yourself wanting to learn a new instrument? Why not make a cello from the vocal cords of a mutilated body?
  • Wafer thin ham – Investigate someone suspicious, realise that you’ve caught them and then get captured and sliced into thin pieces before being made into a piece of fine art.
  • 50 shades of human – Wake up from a paralysing drug, only to find that you’re the whitest shade of skin at the centre of a human colour wheel. Everyone around you is dead and stuck together by some seriously strong glue. To escape, you begin to tear yourself away... It won’t end well.
  • Pedigree nose chum – When you’re high on ridiculously strong drugs, you’ll do anything. What a hoot it is to slice portions of your face off and then feed them to some dogs. Don’t worry, there’s plenty to go around. Why don’t you eat your own nose? Oh, you already did.
  • My leg is delicious – Capture someone, amputate their leg and then cook it to perfection. Finish by feeding it to the amputee. Delicious.

These are only a handful of ways the show has pushed the boundaries before now.

This psychological thriller-horror will take you into the deepest depths of depravity, chewing you up and spitting you back out again. Even when Hannibal is as good as caught, the clever son of a gun manages to manipulate things to his will, framing others or killing his enemies.

With the majority of the main cast looking like they were killed off in the season 2 finale, I dread to think what other horrors Hannibal the cannibal will be part of in the upcoming series.

Fun Fact: David Tennant, of Dr Who fame, auditioned for the role of Hannibal Lecter. While he ultimately missed on the role to Mads Mikkelsen, he has been rumoured to appear as a deranged serial killer, based on how impressive his audition was. Imagine the smiling Scotsman feasting on a perfectly cooked leg of man... Creepy.

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