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6.7

The Hunger

R·1983·96m

Horror

Drama

Horror

Drama

Summary

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.

Cast

Catherine Deneuve

Miriam Blaylock

David Bowie

John Blaylock

Susan Sarandon

Sarah Roberts

Cliff DeYoung

Tom Haver

Beth Ehlers

Alice Cavender

Dan Hedaya

Lieutenant Allegrezza

Rufus Collins

Charlie Humphries

Suzanne Bertish

Phyllis

James Aubrey

Ron

Ann Magnuson

Young Woman from Disco

John Stephen Hill

Young Man from Disco

Shane Rimmer

Arthur Jelinek

Peter Murphy

Performer in Club (uncredited)

Douglas Lambert

TV Host

Bessie Love

Lillybelle

John Pankow

1st Phone Booth Youth

Willem Dafoe

2nd Phone Booth Youth

Sophie Ward

Girl in London House

Philip Sayer

Boy in London House

Lise Hilboldt

Waiting Room Nurse

Michael Howe

1st Intern

Edward Wiley

2nd Intern

Richard Robles

Skater

George Camiller

Eumenes

Oke Wambu

Egyptian Slave

Kent Miller

Cadaver

Fred Yockers

Cadaver

Susan Hunter

Cadaver

James Wassenich

Cadaver

Allan Richards

Cadaver

Hilary Six

Cadaver

Carole-Ann Scott

Cadaver

Howard Blake

Restaurant Pianist (uncredited)

Darrell Brook

Nurse in Hospital (uncredited)

Jane Leeves

(uncredited)

Derek Lyons

Dancer in Club (uncredited)

James Payne

Taxi Driver at Hotel (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Tony Scott

Novel

Whitley Strieber

Screenplay

Michael Thomas

Screenplay

James Costigan

Reviews

talisencrw

August 31, 2016

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.