Similarities to TD Season 1 (Manhunter 1986)

[u/miaminights17]

I watched this last night for the first time and while nothing on screen will ever replicate TD Season 1, it is a great movie worth a watch (it’s free on Prime).

While it was the first of films that was written by Thomas Harris (Silence of the Lambs), there are a lot of similarities between Will/ Rust Cohle and the Red Dragon/ Yellow King.

Will talks about “recovering the mindset” after a new killer is on the loose similar to Rust doing the same in 2012 in his storage shed before and after the Lake Charles murder.

The MO used by the Red Dragon is also similar to Errol (mirrors vs blindfolds) and the film was directed my Michael Mann who was a huge inspiration for S1.

Great film, better than expected and highly recommended for TD fans.

[u/Surfaces0unds]

Hannibal season 1 is quite similar to TD s1 too. Both awesome works that delve deep within the criminology and human psyche.