A spoof of 'Silence Of The Lambs' and 'Psycho' mainly with other film references thrown into the mix "Silence of The Hams'' is generally not that funny and any fan of the parody genre could write the feeble script in their sleep. The jokes pile up but never amount to anything decent. The cast, and it's a talented cast, do their best with the material but even at only 81 minutes it is a chore to sit through. One felt sorry for the actors. Martin Balsam reprising a similar role from 'Psycho' utters the line,"I feel like I've done this before." The whole film felt like that.

I can't think of another movie in which an actor replayed his most famous role...for laughs. Millions of people over several decades saw Martin Balsam as the Detective who Gets Killed on the Stairs in "Psycho" (1960). And here he was, 34 years later, playing his every scene from the original as a gag. Unlike "Psycho" shower murder victim Janet Leigh, Balsam always refused to give interviews on his scenes in "Psycho," feeling it was given too much notice over his other films (he won the 1965 Oscar for "A Thousand Clowns.") I guess he was finally willing to revisit the detective -- for pay. Maybe it was revenge for Balsam to play the role in so bad a movie this time.Yeah, "Silence of the Hams" is terrible, but as a film artifact, I find Balsam's appearance amazing. His physical appearance, too. He's a fair sight more elderly and frail in "Silence of the Hams" than he was in "Psycho," but he takes his staircase fall ("Again??!!") yet again with grace and humor. Intriguing: this was made by its star, Italian comedian Ezio Greggio, and Martin Balsam died in Italy about a year later. Balsam had appeared in many other Italian-made films. Was this film made in Italy?

Many known actors/actresses showing a zany side of their acting career, some showing the same side as always. Some scenes can be predicted, some catch you off guard, mostly in between and great. Although, they're not jokes to make you think, no 15 seconds go by without something being thrown at you to at least amuse. Keep in mind many of the other commentors claiming otherwise may still watch reruns of square pegs and think it is funny, ughh.

Before I saw this movie, I thought to myself "No movie can be worse that Freddy Got Fingered". Well after seeing this movie, it makes FGF look like an Oscar masterpeice. If you want to see horrible jokes, bad lighting, stupid sight gags, a rightfully so uncomfortable looking Martin Balsam, and just an overall bad movie, then Silence of the Hams is the movie for you.Poor Martin, by the way he looks in this movie, you can tell he's saying "My god, I was an Oscar winner once...now i'm in this pile of crap movie."Avoid this movie at all costs.