The Hunger
The Hunger

The Hunger

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.

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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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

The Swords

A man gets into a relationship with a woman who can survive being peirced by swords.

EP 2

Menage a Trois

A wheelchair bound woman uses her nurse in a plan to seduce a young workman.

EP 3

Necros

A man named Philip Casnoff falls for a beautiful woman. Her old companion, however, may be a vampire.

EP 4

The Secret Shih-Tan

A gourmet chef is paid an enormous amount of money to prepare a meal from a secret book called Shi-Than.

EP 5

Bridal Suite

A couple on their honeymoon discover a horrible truth about a bed that is said to have been cursed for all adulterous lo

EP 6

Room 17

A man rents a room in order to watch a special set of erotic movies.

EP 7

Anaïs

An architect spends his time fantasizing about a made-up woman he calls "Anais" but the imaginary woman begins to have r

EP 8

No Radio

A kidnapper gets more than he expected when he abducts his married lover.

EP 9

But At My Back I Always Hear

A professor is stalked by a young female student.

EP 10

Red Light

A supermodel lives in fear over flashes from the lights of cameras,believing that they will steal her soul.

EP 11

I'm Dangerous Tonight

A red dress by a famous fashion designer causes strange behavior in the people who wear it.

EP 12

The Sloan Men

Through a shocking revelation by her future mother-in-law, a young woman comes to realize her fiance and his father aren

EP 13

A Matter of Style

A young inept burglar is bitten by a beautiful vampiress, who tries to teach him how to be a vampire.

EP 14

Hidebound

A young female security guard is attacked by a murderous spirit visible only to her.

EP 15

Fly by Night

A mental patient haunted by horrible wartime flashbacks gets shut up with a vampire.

EP 16

A River of Night's Dreaming

A female convict escapes from a prison transport and hides at the home of an elderly woman.

EP 17

The Lighthouse

A lighthouse-keeper, trapped at his post during a hurricane, begins to question his sanity.

EP 18

The Face of Helene Bournouw

A reporter investigates a woman whose beauty literally drives men mad.

EP 19

Plain Brown Envelope

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

EP 20

The Other Woman

The mistress of a married man has visions of being murdered by his wife.

EP 21

Clarimonde

A strange beautiful woman seems to get a thrill from seducing men about to become priests.

EP 22

Footsteps

A lovely vampiress who seduces and drains a different man every night meets a man who claims to be a vegetarian.

EP 1

Sanctuary

When a young drifter (Giovanni Ribisi) arrives at a disused prison seeking help having been shot earlier that day, he se

EP 2

Skin Deep

A young woman seeking a female partner meets Roxanna, an erotic dancer, at a nightclub and they begin an affair. This le

EP 3

Dream Sentinel

Based on The Sixth Sentinel by Poppy Z Brite, this is the story of a lap dancer wishes for nothing more than to forget h

EP 4

And She Laughed

In this homage to Repulsion, Jane (Jennifer Beals) thinks that she's having trouble with a Peeping Tom and that the poli

EP 5

Nunc Dimittis

The loyal servant of an elderly princess reveals to his mistress that he is dying and may only have a number of days lef

EP 6

Week Woman

When an illegal immigrant is threatened with deportation and is offered a marriage of convenience by his partner's lesbi

EP 7

Night Bloomer

An ambitious marketing executive is finding that his work is suffering and that his manager is stifling his ideas until,

EP 8

The Diarist

Merriam is a witch whose heart was recently broken and she uses her magic for vengeance. Laurissa, though, is also a wit

EP 9

Sin Seer

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

EP 10

Triangle in Steel

A young man joins a riveting team constructing a new bridge but when he becomes obsessed with the wife of the team's lea

EP 11

Brass

When a young man inherits an ornate mirror following the death of his Satanist father, he finds that it reveals his fath

EP 12

Replacements

A doctor becomes determined to find out what is happening to the women in his town, after they appear to be turning agai

EP 13

I'm Very Dangerous Tonight

The stunning red dress from Season One - I'm Dangerous Tonight - is back for this episode, in which Henry buys his wife,

EP 14

Wrath of God

An apartment block is the focus of a series of murders mostly of gay men and this attracts the attentions of a man (Anth

EP 15

Bottle of Smoke

When an elderly woman, who traveled widely in her youth, dies, she leaves her possessions to her young niece, which incl

EP 16

The Perfect Couple

A modern day cupid arranges for two people to come together and believes them to be the perfect match. Four years later,

EP 17

The Sacred Fire

Luann is a kind and generous woman who volunteers to help the homeless find food and shelter but when she meets Nick, wh

EP 18

Approaching Desdemona

In a story that will be familiar to many Internet users, a couple's life together deteriorates when he finds an adult we

EP 19

The Seductress

When a novelist reads a suicide note from a former lover, she begins an affair with a mysterious man, but their romance

EP 20

Double (aka Beyond Any Measure)

The myth of the Doppelganger has lasted for centuries and receives a modern updating here as two identical women meet bu

EP 21

Falling Man

An architect meets a beautiful woman who encourages him to take risks with his designs and the building that he creates

EP 22

The Suction Method

Carpet cleaning may not have been the most terrifying of events before now but when middle-aged Max celebrates after hav

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