History YMMV / Manhunter

* [[OneSceneWonder Three Scene Wonder]]: Lecktor appears in only three scenes totaling to around 8 minutes of screentime (in a two-hour movie), but he casts a pall over the entire film. Compared to Anthony Hopkins' more iconic serpentine portrayal of Lecter, Cox's Lecktor is a much more smug, slimy character, with cold, black eyes, an almost toothless mouth, and a constant awareness and enjoyment of the fact that, even behind bars, he's always the one in control. As ''Screenhub'' [[https://screenhub.blog/2018/09/26/the-forgotten-hannibal-lecter-film-revisiting-manhunter-screenhub-entertainment/ put it]], "if Hopkins was a snake, Cox was a jackal."

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dKUfX9xcw0 "Heartbeat"]] by Red 7, the song that plays over the end credits, is a powerful {{new wave|Music}} number whose usage in the film signifies that Will's psychological troubles are finally over and that he can finally retire in peace.

* CultClassic: While both FanonDiscontinuity and DiscontinuityNod probably means that ''Film/RedDragon'' gets the stronger focus—especially with Creator/AnthonyHopkins back as Lecter in that one, this movie despite its poor financial performance at the time—whether or not critical praise was otherwise better—got more focus and attention by fans eventually when the incredible success of ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' helped boost it by association—and that attention still remains devoted by the fan base at least.

** ''Manhunter'' (1986) vs ''Red Dragon'' (2002); which is better? While critical consensus leans sharply in favor of ''Manhunter'' (featuring a 92% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes compared to ''Red Dragon''[='s=] 68%), the audience scores on Rotten Tomatoes and viewer ratings on IMDB for both films are essentially equal, so it's definitely a case where it's a matter of opinion varying from person to person.

* [[OneSceneWonder Three Scene Wonder]]: Lecktor appears in only three scenes totaling to around 8 minutes of screentime (in a two-hour movie), but he casts a pall over the entire film. Compared to Anthony Hopkins' more iconic serpentine portrayal of Lecter, Cox's Lecktor is a much more smug, slimy character, with cold, black eyes, an almost toothless mouth, and a constant awareness and enjoyment of the fact that, even behind bars, he's always the one in control. As ''Screenhub'' [[https://screenhub.blog/2018/09/26/the-forgotten-hannibal-lecter-film-revisiting-manhunter-screenhub-entertainment/ put it]], "if Hopkins was a snake, Cox was a jackal."

* CultClassic: While both FanonDiscontinuity and DiscontinuityNod probably means that ''Film/RedDragon'' gets the stronger focus—especially with Creator/AnthonyHopkins back as Lecter in that one, this movie despite its poor financial performance at the time—despite a lot of critical praise otherwise—got more focus and attention by fans eventually when the incredible success of ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' helped boost it by association—and that attention still remains devoted by the fan base at least.

* CultClassic: While both FanonDiscontinuity and DiscontinuityNod probably means that ''Film/RedDragon'' gets the stronger focus—especially with Creator/AnthonyHopkins back as Lecter in that one, this movie despite its poor financial performance at the time—despite a lot of critical praise otherwise—got more focus and attention by fans eventually when the incredible success of ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' helped boost it by association.

* CultClassic: While FanonDiscontinuity probably means that ''Film/RedDragon'' gets the stronger focus—especially with Creator/AnthonyHopkins back as Lecter in that one, this movie despite its poor financial performance at the time—despite a lot of critical praise otherwise—got more focus and attention by fans eventually when the incredible success of ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' helped boost it by association.

* CultClassic: While FanonDiscontinuity probably means that ''Film/RedDragon'' gets the stronger focus—especially with Creator/AnthonyHopkins back as Lecter in that one, this movie despite its poor financial performance—despite a lot of critical praise—at the time got more focus and attention by fans eventually when the incredible success of''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' helped boost it by association.

** Music/{{Iron Butterfly|Band}}'s "Music/InAGaddaDaVida". For when you absolutely, positively need to blow the sick fuck out of his socks.

** Music/IronButterfly's "Music/InAGaddaDaVida". For when you absolutely, positively need to blow the sick fuck out of his socks.

!!YMMV tropes for the film ''Film/{{Manhunter}}'':

!!The Comic
* CompleteMonster: [[ArchnemesisDad Walter "Walt" Pratt]] was the [[BastardBastard illegitimate son]] of the Justice Society heroes ComicBook/PhantomLady and Iron Munroe. Growing up in a series of foster homes, Walt gained a streak of [[HeManWomanHater violent misogyny]] that manifested in brutally killing women later in life. Abusing and eventually murdering his own wife, Walt was sent to prison for the majority of his daughter Kate Spencer's life. When Kate was an adult with a young son, Walt returned to her life, revealing he was dying of bone cancer. Seeking to extend his life, Walt tried to kidnap his own grandson Ramsey to harvest his bone marrow to save his own life while paying the two supervillains he hired to do the transplant with Kate's ex-husband Peter, allowing the villains to torture him to death on camera. When he learned Ramsey was not a match, he tried to blackmail Kate to sacrifice herself in the transplant by threatening to beat Peter to death using Ramsey. When he realized there was no further way to survive, Walt proceeded to attempt to kill both Kate and [[WouldHurtAChild Ramsey]], just to ensure his whole bloodline would be extinct.

** The [[Film/RedDragon film adaptation]] of ''Literature/RedDragon'' is also this more specifically because of the [[PublisherChosenTitle renaming of the novel to]] ''[[PubisherChosenTitle Manhunter]]''.

** The [[Film/RedDragon film adaptation]] of ''Literature/RedDragon'' is also this more specifically because of the [[PublisherChosenTitle renaming of the novel to Manhunter.]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dKUfX9xcw0 "Heartbeat"]] by Red 7, the song that plays over the end credits, is a powerful AOR number whose usage in the film signifies that Will's psychological troubles are finally over and that he can finally retire in peace.