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The Hunger

“What do you hunger for?”

6.1 / 10 · 45 votes

1997

~27 min / ep

2 seasons

44 episodes

DramaMysterySci-Fi & FantasyCrime

The Hunger is a British/Canadian television horror anthology series, co-produced by Scott Free Productions, Telescene Film Group Productions and the Canadian pay-TV channel The Movie Network. Though it shares a title with the feature film The Hunger the series has no direct plot or character connection to the film, and was created by Jeff Fazio. Originally shown on the Sci Fi Channel in the UK, The Movie Network in Canada and Showtime in the US, the series was broadcast from 1997 to 2000, and is internally organized into two seasons. Each episode was based around an independent story introduced by the host; Terence Stamp hosted each episode for the first season, and was replaced in the second season by David Bowie. Stories tended to focus on themes of self-destructive desire and obsession, with a strong component of soft-core erotica; popular tropes for the stories included cannibalism, vampires, sex, and poison.

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Cast

Terence Stamp

David Bowie

Karen Elkin

Arthur Holden

David La Haye

Brooke Smith

Kim Feeney

Lisa Bronwyn Moore

Vlasta Vrana

Daniel Brochu

Richard Jutras

Philippe Ross

Seasons

1.The Swords
2.7
20-07-199728 min
A man gets into a relationship with a woman who can survive being peirced by swords.
Ep 2
2.Menage a Trois
3.3
20-07-199727 min
A wheelchair bound woman uses her nurse in a plan to seduce a young workman.
Ep 3
3.Necros
5.4
20-07-199728 min
A man named Philip Casnoff falls for a beautiful woman. Her old companion, however, may be a vampire.
Ep 4
4.The Secret Shih-Tan
2.7
27-07-199728 min
A gourmet chef is paid an enormous amount of money to prepare a meal from a secret book called Shi-Than.
Ep 5
5.Bridal Suite
3.3
03-08-199726 min
A couple on their honeymoon discover a horrible truth about a bed that is said to have been cursed for all adulterous lovers
Ep 6
6.Room 17
3.3
10-08-199726 min
A man rents a room in order to watch a special set of erotic movies.
Ep 7
7.Anaïs
3.3
17-08-199727 min
An architect spends his time fantasizing about a made-up woman he calls "Anais" but the imaginary woman begins to have real desires.
Ep 8
8.No Radio
2.7
24-08-199727 min
A kidnapper gets more than he expected when he abducts his married lover.
Ep 9
9.But At My Back I Always Hear
2.7
31-08-199727 min
A professor is stalked by a young female student.
Ep 10
10.Red Light
2.7
14-09-199727 min
A supermodel lives in fear over flashes from the lights of cameras,believing that they will steal her soul.
Ep 11
11.I'm Dangerous Tonight
3.3
21-09-199727 min
A red dress by a famous fashion designer causes strange behavior in the people who wear it.
Ep 12
12.The Sloan Men
2.7
28-09-199726 min
Through a shocking revelation by her future mother-in-law, a young woman comes to realize her fiance and his father aren't exactly human.
Ep 13
13.A Matter of Style
3.3
26-10-199726 min
A young inept burglar is bitten by a beautiful vampiress, who tries to teach him how to be a vampire.
Ep 14
14.Hidebound
6.0
23-01-199826 min
A young female security guard is attacked by a murderous spirit visible only to her.
Ep 15
15.Fly by Night
2.7
31-01-199826 min
A mental patient haunted by horrible wartime flashbacks gets shut up with a vampire.
Ep 16
16.A River of Night's Dreaming
2.7
06-02-199826 min
A female convict escapes from a prison transport and hides at the home of an elderly woman.
Ep 17
17.The Lighthouse
3.3
20-02-199826 min
A lighthouse-keeper, trapped at his post during a hurricane, begins to question his sanity.
Ep 18
18.The Face of Helene Bournouw
2.7
27-02-199826 min
A reporter investigates a woman whose beauty literally drives men mad.
Ep 19
19.Plain Brown Envelope
3.3
06-03-199827 min
On a cold and snowy night, a young hitchhiker stows away in the back of a large truck that turns out to be the warehouse of a sex fantasy salesman.
Ep 20
20.The Other Woman
2.7
13-03-199826 min
The mistress of a married man has visions of being murdered by his wife.
Ep 21
21.Clarimonde
2.7
20-03-199826 min
A strange beautiful woman seems to get a thrill from seducing men about to become priests.
Ep 22
22.Footsteps
2.7
27-03-199826 min
A lovely vampiress who seduces and drains a different man every night meets a man who claims to be a vegetarian.

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