Anthony Hopkins channels Hannibal in Kardashian's Skims

You know your product is "sick" when Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter himself gives it his seal of approval.

- Raul Dancel

US celebrity and influencer Kim Kardashian's multi-billion-dollar company Skims recently rolled out a US$48 (S$61.80) piece of headgear that it claims will sculpt the face - scoop up the cheeks, neck and chin and hold them in place as you sleep.

It bears close resemblance to a post-surgery compression garment, with its chin wrap and Velcro closures.

Reactions to this "shapewear" for the face have been swift, sharp and sweeping, so much so that award-winning Welsh actor Anthony Hopkins - who played prolific serial killer Lecter in the movie The Silence Of The Lambs (1991) - has joined in on the fun.

Many have compared the face wrap to the muzzle-like, brownish mask strapped around the head of Lecter in a scene from the movie, in which a senator questions him about her missing daughter.

Channelling that scene, Hopkins posted his "review" of Kardashian's latest promotion.