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The Hunger

What do you hunger for?

Series19972 seasonsEnded

DramaCrimeMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy
Not rated

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Details

Creator
Language
English
Episodes
44
Episode length
24m

Community score

6.145 votes on TMDB

Confidence

Rating weighted by how many people voted

6.4

The story

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.

Cast

  • David Bowie
    David BowieThe Host