The Hunger
What do you hunger for?
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.
Seasons
1. The Swords
Air Date: 1997-07-20
A man gets into a relationship with a woman who can survive being peirced by swords.
2. Menage a Trois
Air Date: 1997-07-20
A wheelchair bound woman uses her nurse in a plan to seduce a young workman.
3. Necros
Air Date: 1997-07-20
A man named Philip Casnoff falls for a beautiful woman. Her old companion, however, may be a vampire.
4. The Secret Shih-Tan
Air Date: 1997-07-27
A gourmet chef is paid an enormous amount of money to prepare a meal from a secret book called Shi-Than.
5. Bridal Suite
Air Date: 1997-08-03
A couple on their honeymoon discover a horrible truth about a bed that is said to have been cursed for all adulterous lovers
6. Room 17
Air Date: 1997-08-10
A man rents a room in order to watch a special set of erotic movies.
7. Anaïs
Air Date: 1997-08-17
An architect spends his time fantasizing about a made-up woman he calls "Anais" but the imaginary woman begins to have real desires.
8. No Radio
Air Date: 1997-08-24
A kidnapper gets more than he expected when he abducts his married lover.
9. But At My Back I Always Hear
Air Date: 1997-08-31
A professor is stalked by a young female student.
10. Red Light
Air Date: 1997-09-14
A supermodel lives in fear over flashes from the lights of cameras,believing that they will steal her soul.
11. I'm Dangerous Tonight
Air Date: 1997-09-21
A red dress by a famous fashion designer causes strange behavior in the people who wear it.
12. The Sloan Men
Air Date: 1997-09-28
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.
13. A Matter of Style
Air Date: 1997-10-26
A young inept burglar is bitten by a beautiful vampiress, who tries to teach him how to be a vampire.
14. Hidebound
Air Date: 1998-01-23
A young female security guard is attacked by a murderous spirit visible only to her.
15. Fly-By-Night
Air Date: 1998-01-31
A mental patient haunted by horrible wartime flashbacks gets shut up with a vampire.
16. A River of Night's Dreaming
Air Date: 1998-02-06
A female convict escapes from a prison transport and hides at the home of an elderly woman.
17. The Lighthouse
Air Date: 1998-02-20
A lighthouse-keeper, trapped at his post during a hurricane, begins to question his sanity.
18. The Face of Helene Bournouw
Air Date: 1998-02-27
A reporter investigates a woman whose beauty literally drives men mad.
19. Plain Brown Envelope
Air Date: 1998-03-06
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.
20. The Other Woman
Air Date: 1998-03-13
The mistress of a married man has visions of being murdered by his wife.
21. Clarimonde
Air Date: 1998-03-20
A strange beautiful woman seems to get a thrill from seducing men about to become priests.
22. Footsteps
Air Date: 1998-03-27
A lovely vampiress who seduces and drains a different man every night meets a man who claims to be a vegetarian.
1. Sanctuary
Air Date: 1999-09-10
When a young drifter (Giovanni Ribisi) arrives at a disused prison seeking help having been shot earlier that day, he sees that it is owned by a famously disturbed artist, Julian Priest (David Bowie), who has one final masterpiece on his mind.
2. Skin Deep
Air Date: 1999-09-10
A young woman seeking a female partner meets Roxanna, an erotic dancer, at a nightclub and they begin an affair. This leads to new experiences of pleasure and pain as well as flirting with death. But when will the flirtation turn serious
3. Dream Sentinel
Air Date: 1999-09-10
Based on The Sixth Sentinel by Poppy Z Brite, this is the story of a lap dancer wishes for nothing more than to forget her troubled past but the ghost of a killer haunts her and, oddly, wishes to protect her. What, however, will he want in return.
4. And She Laughed
Air Date: 1999-10-03
In this homage to Repulsion, Jane (Jennifer Beals) thinks that she's having trouble with a Peeping Tom and that the police could help but when she sees a pair of eyes staring at her through the letterbox and begins having nightmares, her mental health crumbles.
5. Nunc Dimittis
Air Date: 1999-10-10
The loyal servant of an elderly princess reveals to his mistress that he is dying and may only have a number of days left so she makes one final request - that he find his own replacement amongst the drifters in the city.
6. Week Woman
Air Date: 1999-10-17
When an illegal immigrant is threatened with deportation and is offered a marriage of convenience by his partner's lesbian friend, he accepts. Soon, though, he finds that her personality changes week-by-week, from housewife to dominatrix...to killer?
7. Night Bloomer
Air Date: 1999-10-24
An ambitious marketing executive is finding that his work is suffering and that his manager is stifling his ideas until, that is, he meets an attractive woman who offers to change his life for the better and all with one little seed.
8. The Diarist
Air Date: 1999-10-31
Merriam is a witch whose heart was recently broken and she uses her magic for vengeance. Laurissa, though, is also a witch and sets about learning white magic with which to protect Merriam's ex-lover, leading to a battle for his life between the two witches.
9. Sin Seer
Air Date: 1999-11-07
Mano is a young man who has a unique gift - he can look into people's eyes and see their darkest secrets. For years, he has avoided eye contact with people but, for even longer, he has avoided mirrors...but what should happen if he looked into one.
10. Triangle in Steel
Air Date: 1999-11-14
A young man joins a riveting team constructing a new bridge but when he becomes obsessed with the wife of the team's leader. But in a job that requires the trust of those around him when working at great heights, will anyone be there to catch him should he fall
11. Brass
Air Date: 1999-11-21
When a young man inherits an ornate mirror following the death of his Satanist father, he finds that it reveals his father's attempted use of black arts. As the dead man's son continues his father's work, he puts the lives of those around him in danger, particularly when he forges a link to Hell through the power of the mirror.
12. Replacements
Air Date: 1999-11-28
A doctor becomes determined to find out what is happening to the women in his town, after they appear to be turning against the men and becoming obsessed with something unknown.
13. I'm Very Dangerous Tonight
Air Date: 2000-01-02
The stunning red dress from Season One - I'm Dangerous Tonight - is back for this episode, in which Henry buys his wife, Sarah, the dress only for her to prove irresistible to others, including Henry's father.
14. Wrath of God
Air Date: 2000-01-09
An apartment block is the focus of a series of murders mostly of gay men and this attracts the attentions of a man (Anthony Michael Hall) who claims to be a student of all things evil. But when he visits the landlord of the building, are acts of evil really on his mind.
15. Bottle of Smoke
Air Date: 2000-01-16
When an elderly woman, who traveled widely in her youth, dies, she leaves her possessions to her young niece, which includes a bottle of smoke that promises the ultimate in sexual fulfillment. But such pleasure comes at a price.
16. The Perfect Couple
Air Date: 2000-01-23
A modern day cupid arranges for two people to come together and believes them to be the perfect match. Four years later, though, he revisits them to see how they fared and finds their relationship is troubled. Was his mistake just that...or is his poor matchmaking deliberate?
17. The Sacred Fire
Air Date: 2000-01-30
Luann is a kind and generous woman who volunteers to help the homeless find food and shelter but when she meets Nick, who lives on the street, he warns her that there are street people who are aliens in disguise, intent on killing humans.
18. Approaching Desdemona
Air Date: 2000-02-06
In a story that will be familiar to many Internet users, a couple's life together deteriorates when he finds an adult website that offers bizarre sexual fantasies.
19. The Seductress
Air Date: 2000-02-13
When a novelist reads a suicide note from a former lover, she begins an affair with a mysterious man, but their romance is not all it seems and the boundaries between reality and fiction appear to fall away.
20. Double (aka Beyond Any Measure)
Air Date: 2000-02-20
The myth of the Doppelganger has lasted for centuries and receives a modern updating here as two identical women meet but realise the differences between them are in their personalities - one is normal whilst the other is plagued by nightmares. Their meeting, however, results in a battle for their souls.
21. Falling Man
Air Date: 2000-02-27
An architect meets a beautiful woman who encourages him to take risks with his designs and the building that he creates becomes the most successful of his career. But how far will this woman go to ensure the design stays unique.
22. The Suction Method
Air Date: 2000-03-05
Carpet cleaning may not have been the most terrifying of events before now but when middle-aged Max celebrates after having his wife leave town on business, she books Redemptive Cleaners to come in her absence, who have an most unique method of dealing with errant husbands.
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Rating
5.7/10
Release Date
1997-07-20
Episodes
44 (2 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast
Production Companies
Scott Free Productions