

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.
Cast

David Bowie
The Host
Seasons

E1The Swords
Jul 20, 1997
A man gets into a relationship with a woman who can survive being peirced by swords.
E2Menage a Trois
Jul 20, 1997
A wheelchair bound woman uses her nurse in a plan to seduce a young workman.
E3Necros
Jul 20, 1997
A man named Philip Casnoff falls for a beautiful woman. Her old companion, however, may be a vampire.
E4The Secret Shih-Tan
Jul 27, 1997
A gourmet chef is paid an enormous amount of money to prepare a meal from a secret book called Shi-Than.
E5Bridal Suite
Aug 3, 1997
A couple on their honeymoon discover a horrible truth about a bed that is said to have been cursed for all adulterous lovers
E6Room 17
Aug 10, 1997
A man rents a room in order to watch a special set of erotic movies.
E7Anaïs
Aug 17, 1997
An architect spends his time fantasizing about a made-up woman he calls "Anais" but the imaginary woman begins to have real desires.
E8No Radio
Aug 24, 1997
A kidnapper gets more than he expected when he abducts his married lover.
E9But At My Back I Always Hear
Aug 31, 1997
A professor is stalked by a young female student.
E10Red Light
Sep 14, 1997
A supermodel lives in fear over flashes from the lights of cameras,believing that they will steal her soul.
E11I'm Dangerous Tonight
Sep 21, 1997
A red dress by a famous fashion designer causes strange behavior in the people who wear it.
E12The Sloan Men
Sep 28, 1997
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.
E13A Matter of Style
Oct 26, 1997
A young inept burglar is bitten by a beautiful vampiress, who tries to teach him how to be a vampire.
E14Hidebound
Jan 23, 1998
A young female security guard is attacked by a murderous spirit visible only to her.
E15Fly by Night
Jan 31, 1998
A mental patient haunted by horrible wartime flashbacks gets shut up with a vampire.
E16A River of Night's Dreaming
Feb 6, 1998
A female convict escapes from a prison transport and hides at the home of an elderly woman.
E17The Lighthouse
Feb 20, 1998
A lighthouse-keeper, trapped at his post during a hurricane, begins to question his sanity.
E18The Face of Helene Bournouw
Feb 27, 1998
A reporter investigates a woman whose beauty literally drives men mad.
E19Plain Brown Envelope
Mar 6, 1998
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.
E20The Other Woman
Mar 13, 1998
The mistress of a married man has visions of being murdered by his wife.
E21Clarimonde
Mar 20, 1998
A strange beautiful woman seems to get a thrill from seducing men about to become priests.
E22Footsteps
Mar 27, 1998
A lovely vampiress who seduces and drains a different man every night meets a man who claims to be a vegetarian.
E1Sanctuary
Sep 10, 1999
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.
E2Skin Deep
Sep 10, 1999
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
E3Dream Sentinel
Sep 10, 1999
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.
E4And She Laughed
Oct 3, 1999
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.
E5Nunc Dimittis
Oct 10, 1999
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.
E6Week Woman
Oct 17, 1999
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?
E7Night Bloomer
Oct 24, 1999
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.
E8The Diarist
Oct 31, 1999
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.
E9Sin Seer
Nov 7, 1999
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.
E10Triangle in Steel
Nov 14, 1999
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
E11Brass
Nov 21, 1999
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.
E12Replacements
Nov 28, 1999
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.
E13I'm Very Dangerous Tonight
Jan 2, 2000
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.
E14Wrath of God
Jan 9, 2000
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.
E15Bottle of Smoke
Jan 16, 2000
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.
E16The Perfect Couple
Jan 23, 2000
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?
E17The Sacred Fire
Jan 30, 2000
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.
E18Approaching Desdemona
Feb 6, 2000
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.
E19The Seductress
Feb 13, 2000
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.
E20Double (aka Beyond Any Measure)
Feb 20, 2000
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.
E21Falling Man
Feb 27, 2000
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.
E22The Suction Method
Mar 5, 2000
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.
Storyline
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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