Manhunter (1986) - Clip 1: A Skillful Entry (HD)

Can't believe it was 36 years ago this film came out. The soundtrack is still incredible.

William Peterson will always be the best Will Graham for me! Peterson just nailed how the character is like in the book

Petersen was so cool in this...such a great movie!

I love this scene. The music, the cinematography, the style and William Petersen’s delivery was awesome. Absolute masterpiece.

I walked out of the theater couldn't handle it

That this didn't win best picture, best adaptation, best director, best soundtrack, best actor, best screenplays beyond me. A true masterpiece of a film. The best of its franchise, and I say that as someone who loves Silence Of The Lambs.

Carpeted floors must give violent home invaders real relief.

I've watched this movie at least two dozen times. I remember watching it on VHS, inviting people over to watch, and sometimes going to people's homes to share. I remember this scene clearly. However, the magnitude of the crime scene never came out as crisp as this. In fact, it was a bit shocking. I need to get a better copy of this movie as I own it digitally but not the blueray version.

By the time we get to Hannibal, Hopkins’ Lector is campy, but not as creepy…I’ve always thought this was the best of the films that make up the Hannibal story arc. Michael Mann’s 80’s cool is all over it, and Brian Cox gives me what I’ve always imagined a psychopathic psychiatrist to be: manipulative, frightening, and also completely unaware of his own psychosis. William Petersen is suberb - he looks haunted during the entire film, but also displays that fascination with the killer that allows him to make connections that no one else could. Just a great film!

I caught this on TV in the 80s as a kid...the cold, sterile, white ( even white on white ) indoor environments always seemed to me like a separate character...passively watching the action, encompassing everything and everyone in a somewhat otherworldly cocoon.

Hanibal was cool too.

I saw this at the movies. Knew nothing about it, didn't know it was based on a book by a semi-famous author. Barely knew who director Michael Mann was ( Miami Vice ).

But I followed the plot perfectly and loved every minute of it! The slick 80s style, the electronic music, the way they slowly track the killer down.

It was a great film. They only remade it so Anthony Hopkins could play Lecter again. Although the remake was good too!

It's not the shock of what you see, but the details of dread, the despair after the fact that lingers after the fact.

The imagery of carnage to an innocent light room emphasizes the lingering horror that what happened before was worse than the aftermath.

A masterpiece. I watched the original at the theater. I just scored the original soundtrack on CD. An important film to me. Thanks.

The beginning to this film has some of the best moments.
You really believe Petersen was a professional forensics expert.
He had that look and aura.

William Peterson, so cool and humble as he went abt his business.

Remember the first time I saw this scene. When he first turned on the light, the red clashing with the white in the bright light. It was very jarring.

One thing never mentioned in the movie is that the ‘undxplained’ bloodstains on the wall belong to the children. So after killing everyone, the killer brings them into the bedroom and sits them up to be an ‘audience’ for his ritual. Will’s first thought when trying to think like the killer is how the dancing flame of candle light would be a good way to simulate expression on their dead faces.

Badass flick!

One of the best movies ever made

Absolutely chilling scene as the sound just sets the tone of the scene perfectly. The same scene in red dragon has the loud jump scare music when he turns on the lights and we see the gruesome scene. Works so much better here

Such an amazing film. Really just has a tremendous vibe/atmosphere about it. Def my favorite of the whole series.

It didn’t do very well at the box office but this movie became a cult classic

I don't know how in the world William Petersen didn't become a superstar after this film and To Live and Die in L.A. He's so great in this movie and had it all: looks, acting chops, chrisma.

Like Michael Biehn, it's baffling.

Todays movie goers have no imagination: masterful horror like this will totally pass them by as they need visual jump scares to tell them when something scary is happening, which makes it absolutely sterile and boring if you have to point it out.

This is an extremely rare example of "tell, don't show". You never see the Tooth Fairy kill the Leeds family, but Graham's narration of what happened allows us the audience to imagine how grisly it was!

The soundtrack really helps, too! That constant synthesizer drone gives me chills every time!

Probably my favourite on screen adaptation of Red Dragon.

Best hannibal movie after silence of the lambs proof me wrong

to this day, I still remember the gasp from the audience when he turned on the lights.

I saw this either on local TV station or on a basic cable channel and was blown away . This is one of the casualties of the year of ALIENS .

This film is so good,it truly is addictive....

This movie is brilliant...in every way...

During this scene, the phone rang -- and Will heard the recorder answer, "This is Valerie Leeds." That was in the book, and in this film -- it was incredibly creepy.
Why that vignette was omitted from the remake is a mystery.

Great movie great actor for lecter. Anthony Hopkins brought the character to another level.

One of the best serial killer movies ever made 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😳

Will's ascent of the Leeds' stairs mirrors Francis's ascent in the opening of the picture, to the point of casting the light in the same spots - but whereas Francis's ascent was trembling, excited and expectant, Will's exploratory journey up the staircase is careful, attentive - and apprehensive for entirely different reasons.

Classic......the movie still holds up.......

A fantastic film.

I miss the 80s

I've seen this film!

By the time they remade this into red dragon it was more for Anthony Hopkins as lector.. even changed it from lektor. Plus Hannibal movie in 2001. This movie was 👍👍.. Michael Mann 80s Miami vice. Then crime story w Dennis farina and Stephen lang and some others from this movie. 👍👍

I need you back, I need that old Blade Runner magic.

Almost like Grissom before csi.. plus tv show criminal minds. He’s got ppl in movie he can call to consult or do fingerprints and all that but he’s by himself👍👍👍. No traveling team of forensics ppl.. just will graham

You know how you caught me Will ? We think alike !

"this, is my design"

So true. Opening scene is killer walking same path thru house. Flashlight on the Leeds as they sleep then it cuts to bright outside scene w graham and Crawford. Thrn he goes to house and it’s bloody mess from murders 😪

Michael Mann is a genius .

Good gravy the soundtrack does such a good job enhancing the mood

Yeah but it’s a serial killer with stockings on his head. Scary. 😂🤷‍♂️

I watched this scene as a child....
And then I became a man.

William Peterson is soooo 😻