DC’s Radical Joker Redesign Was Inspired By A Horrifying Movie Role

Recently on the BIFF! BAM! POW! podcast, Fraction talked about how The Joker’s frightening personality and current situation were heavily influenced by the film Manhunter. Manhunter, in turn, is based on Thomas Harris’s 1981 novel Red Dragon, and specifically by Brian Cox’s performance as Hannibal Lecktor (a different spelling of the more common ‘Lecter’) in that film.








