The Hunger (1997)

Name: The Hunger
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Rating: 6.2
Cast: David Bowie

Drama · Fantasy · Horror

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.

IMDb rating: 6.2 (1,383 votes)
Episode average: 6.0 -0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 2
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

David Bowie The Host

Seasons

Season 1 (1997)

5.87 avg 22 episodes 6.2 → 5.8 27 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Swords	6.2	259
2	Menage a Trois	6.0	242
3	Necros	6.4	160
4	The Secret Shih Tan	7.0	151
5	Bridal Suite	6.2	123
6	Room 17	6.4	129
7	Anaïs	5.6	110
8	No Radio	5.2	111
9	But at My Back I Always Hear	5.8	116
10	Red Light	5.0	110
11	I'm Dangerous Tonight	6.1	102
12	The Sloan Men	6.5	108
13	A Matter of Style	5.9	100
14	Hidebound	5.6	86
15	Fly by Night	5.5	90
16	A River of Night's Dreaming	5.1	88
17	The Lighthouse	5.6	87
18	The Face of Helene Bournouw	5.6	108
19	Plain Brown Envelope	5.5	98
20	The Other Woman	5.5	96
21	Clarimonde	6.7	93
22	Footsteps	5.8	103

Season 2 (1999)

6.21 avg 22 episodes 6.3 → 6.4 25 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Sanctuary	6.3	136
2	Skin Deep	6.0	103
3	Dream Sentinel	6.0	93
4	And She Laughed	6.1	88
5	Nunc Dimittis	6.9	89
6	Week Woman	6.7	89
7	Night Bloomer	5.7	76
8	The Diarist	6.5	81
9	Sin Seer	7.2	91
10	Triangle in Steel	5.4	79
11	Brass	6.7	82
12	Replacements	6.1	66
13	I'm Very Dangerous Tonight	6.2	68
14	Wrath of God	6.4	72
15	Bottle of Smoke	6.0	64
16	The Perfect Couple	5.8	74
17	The Sacred Fire	6.4	69
18	Approaching Desdemona	5.7	72
19	The Seductress	6.3	71
20	Double	5.5	70
21	The Falling Man	6.3	68
22	The Suction Method	6.4	71

The Hunger (1997)

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