Killer viewing

When it comes to TV, very few characters are as popular as serial killers. Yes, they are monsters who take pleasure murdering people, slicing and dicing through flesh. But there’s that morbid fascination that audiences have, the escapism we get from characters like cannibal serial murderer Hannibal Lecter ( in the Silence Of The Lambs film trilogy, 1991-2002) and in 2013-2015 prequel series Hannibal. The type of storyline draws audiences in droves. Whether it’s fictionalised like blood-splatter analyst (Michael C Hall in the series Dexter, 2006-2013) who investigates crime scenes by day and makes