But it wasn't suitable for housing Hannibal, or any of the other monstrous patients.
The asylum in the original work looked like a castle, which really matched Hannibal's classic sensibilities.
After thinking it over, Zog decided to build a similar asylum on the land reserved for landscaping in the city.
After filming, he could even use it as a prototype for a game. Something like an escape game, where you're chased all over a gloomy mansion by a bunch of psychos, and the key is that the player has no way to attack.
Horror games where you can just mow down the monsters are always a few degrees less scary.
Finally, he could turn the entire building into a tourist attraction, convert it into a haunted house, and run some marketing campaigns like "The World's Ten Scariest Houses."
'Oh, my God, Zog. He's an absolute genius at making a quick buck.'
And so, moving forward in parallel with *Silence of the Lambs*, was the new collaborative project: *Escape*.
