Red Dragon/Hannibal

Double bill of grisly Hannibal the cannibal action.

In 'Hannibal' (2001), Anthony Hopkins returns to the Lecter role in the much-anticipated follow-up to 'The Silence of the Lambs'.

It is ten years since the events of the previous film and FBI agent Clarice Starling (Julianne Moore), recently in trouble with her superiors over a bungled shoot-out, suddenly receives a letter from the escaped Hannibal.

It does not reveal his whereabouts but, after many years of inactivity, it does announce his interest in returning to the public domain.

Clarice begins scanning the internet, desperately searching for any clues which will help her reach him before he strikes again.

Meanwhile, Hannibal victim - multi-millionaire Mason Verger - is also on the trail of his tormentor, eager for revenge and the chance to introduce him to his herd of specially-cultivated carnivorous pigs.

In 'Red Dragon' (2002), Lecter (Hopkins) returns for a third instalment.

FBI agent Will Graham (Edward Norton) has retired with his family to Florida after a near-death experience when he tracked down and captured Lecter.

However, when a new serial killer, 'the Tooth Fairy', who kills whole families, is discovered, Graham finds himself back on the force and asking for Lecter's help.

But the Tooth Fairy has been writing to Lecter - and Lecter cannot resist playing each side off each other, to such an extent that Graham's family are to be the next victims.