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THE HUNGER

1983 GB HMDB
April 29, 1983

Five-thousand-year-old vampire Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life. When John, her cellist companion for centuries, discovers that he has suddenly begun growing old, he attempts to seek out the help of Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher on the mechanisms of aging.

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Production: Richard Shepherd (Producer)
Screenplay: Michael Thomas (Screenplay)James Costigan (Screenplay)
Music: Michel Rubini (Original Music Composer)Denny Jaeger (Original Music Composer)
Cinematography: Stephen Goldblatt (Director of Photography)

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Miriam is a vampire who had married a young man three hundred years earlier, promising him eternal youth. But one day he begins to age rapidly until his death.

Miriam is a vampire who had married a young man three hundred years earlier, promising him eternal youth. But one day he begins to age rapidly until his death. The doctor who was trying to cure him, intrigued by the strange fate of the man, decides to investigate and discovers everything. Miriam also vampirizes the doctor, who, in a desperate act of rebellion, tries to commit suicide, but in vain, as it will be Miriam who dies. For some, it is a cult movie, especially due to the presence in the cast of stars like David Bowie and Catherine Deneuve, for others, a tedious vampire film that offers little or nothing new. The truth, as usual, lies in the middle: despite an excessively slow pace and little suspense, the film still reaches sufficiency thanks to the excellent photography and the rather inspired direction of Tony Scott. The film was presented at the Cannes Film Festival in 1983.
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How long is The Hunger?

The Hunger runs 97 minutes.

When did The Hunger come out?

The Hunger was released in 1983.

Who directed The Hunger?

The Hunger was directed by Tony Scott.

What rating does The Hunger have?

The HorrorCult editors give The Hunger 2.0 skulls out of 5, from a single review.

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8 /10

I have to admit that although I've had the DVD forever, simply based on the laurels of the beauty/acting accomplishments of David Bowie and Catherine Deneuve, and that nothing I had ever watched by Tony Scott, with the exception of 'Crimson Tide', really gripped me as being cinephilically exceptional. And no, this really isn't either. But I threw it on anyway, and especially considering it was Scott's debut, this wasn't so bad as to make Bram Stoker roll over in his grave. In fact, although perhaps a tad on the paper-thin plot side, it was quite enjoyable, an elegant and sad elegy of the pros and cons of immortality. Yes, it was more style than substance, yet that doesn't always have to be a bad thing. Here, at least, it wasn't, and I for one simply adored the ending.

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