Often filmmakers will employ point of view shots to place us within the perspective of two characters – in this case, the heroine and the villain. This final scene from the Silence of the Lambs is filmed in the conventional style of the horror movie. First we experience the fear and anxiety of the lead character as we see the serial killer’s lair through her eyes. The narrative tension is created by our knowledge that the man is the serial killer and so we wait anxiously to see when she will realise this fact and take action to arrest him
