The real Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs is based on a series of real-life serial killers. While it’s Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) who is most memorable in Jonathan Demme’s 1991 masterpiece, it’s Buffalo Bill (Ted LeVine) who Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) is tasked with solving the case. As a deranged serial killer who kidnaps and skins women for use, he’s among horror’s truly terrifying human villains, and he’s made even scarier by the character’s true backstory. For a film to make a lasting impression on the world, filmmakers often take real-life inspiration for the film’s villain…