Dangerous Knowledge Will Eat You Alive.

Hannibal Lecter is by far, the most fascinating of all horror film villians (at least in my books). He's the representation of "dangerous knowledge". "Dangerous knowledge" can be anything. With Hanibbal Lecter, its the "I know what went on in Dante's mind when he wrote the Inferno" and "I can tell how deranged your soul is by the way you look at me" type of knowledge. He represents the kind of knowledge that people labor and sacrifice their life to attain. Those who try to capture him, to contain him, or to kill him end up being "eaten alive".