794 Silence Of The Lambs (1991 )

 This  is  one  of  the  most  seminal films  of  the  nineties , winning "the Big Five" Oscars ( the most  recent  film to  do  so ) and rehabilitating  the  horror genre singlehandedly.  A promising young FBI agent is assigned to visit a  hyper-intelligent  psychiatrist turned serial cannibal, Hannibal Lecter ( Anthony Hopkins ) in the  hope  of  eliciting insights into the mind  of  a  still-at-large serial killer known as Buffalo Bill. Lecter agrees to  help if she'll  divulge some personal secrets.to  him. The  film is stylish and  gripping with  a pervading sense of dread  compensating for  the limited amount of actual gore. The deductive logic gets a bit bumpy towards the end but otherwise it's near-perfect.

Jodie  Foster ( as Clarice Starling )

Sex : Clarice gets semen thrown in her face by Lecter's cellmate

Death : Survives

Jodie made her first appearance in a commercial at the age of three and soon joined the Disney stable. She was the premier child actress in the seventies ; in the second half of which she started appearing in provocative roles  in films like The  Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane and Taxi Driver. Shortly after starting university at Yale, she atracted unwelcome publicity when her stalker tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan  in 1981 and for the next few years she was box office poison. Her career spectacularly revived in 1988 with an Oscar for her role in The Accused and  this  film brought her another one. She  has had  successes and  failures  since, with forays into producing and directing , but remains an A-lister.

Kasi Lemmons ( as Ardelia )

Sex : No

Death : Survives

Kassii was born in Missouri and started acting on TV in the late eighties. She made her first film appearance in Spike Lee's School Daze. She  harboured directing ambitions,  got her first chance with Eve's Bayou in 1997 and has made few onscreen appearances since. Her work as a director has been showered with woke-y awards but she has yet to score at the box office.

Brooke Smith ( as Catherine )

Sex : No

Death : Survives

Brooke was  from  New York , the  daughter of  a  Hollywood publicist  and  this  was  her  third  film. This  remains  her  most  high profile  role but  she  has  worked steadily in film and TV ever since.

Lauren Roselli ( as Staci)

Sex : No

Death : Survives

Lauren was the keyboard player in the band Book Of Love . This was the first of four films in which Jonathan Demme cast her. her only screen credits.