High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Hannibal Rising is a 2007 crime thriller/horror film, the fifth and final film to feature Dr. Hannibal Lecter. It is a prequel to Red Dragon, The Silence of the Lambs, Manhunter and Hannibal. The film is an adaptation of Thomas Harris` 2006 novel of the same name and tells the story of Lecter`s evolution into the infamous serial killer of the previous films and books.