HANNIBAL: THE REAL CANNIBAL
THE STORY BEHIND THE MOVIE
The story becomes a little more
repugnant as we go along.
Dr. Frederic Wertham
At the trial of Albert Fish
March, 1935
repugnant as we go along.
Dr. Frederic Wertham
At the trial of Albert Fish
March, 1935
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Hannibal Lechter’s gruesome habits are hard to break. Watching the fictional character on screen, we safely conclude: "Well, it’s only a movie. It’s not like it’s real or anything." Except that Hannibal Lechter is loosely based on a real man. A man so fiendish that his story makes Hannibal’s exploits seem tame by comparison. At least Hannibal Lechter didn’t harm children. Hamilton Albert Fish - the real-life cannibal - was tried and electrocuted for doing unspeakable things to innocent children. What he did in real life would never be part of a movie script. No reasonable person would take fiction that far.
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