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The Hunger

1997 · 2 seasons · 24m per episode · Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Crime

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.

Where to watch The Hunger

The Hunger is streaming in the US on Tubi TV.

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Seasons

• Season 1 — 22 episodes (July 20, 1997)
• Season 2 — 22 episodes (September 10, 1999)

Cast

• David Bowie as The Host

Details

Created by

Jeff Fazio

First aired

July 20, 1997

Episodes

44

Genres

Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Crime

Network

Showtime

Status

Ended

TMDB score

6.1 / 10 from 46 votes