The Hunger
Nothing human loves forever.
Nothing human loves forever.
Drama, Horror
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1983
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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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Details
Runtime:
97 min
Release date:
29 Apr 1983
Country:
GB, US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$10,000,000
Revenue:
$10,200,000
Awards:
3 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
In his feature debut, director Tony Scott, brother of Ridley, exhibits the same penchant for eleborate art direction, minimal, humorless dialog and shooting in smoky rooms.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
18 Nov 2008
rotten:
The Hunger is an agonizingly bad vampire movie, circling around an exquisitely effective sex scene. Sorry, but that's the way it is, and your reporter has to be honest.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
The movie reeks with chic, but never, for one minute, takes itself too seriously, nor does it ever slop over into camp.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
30 Aug 2004
rotten:
The obsessive conjunction of lesbian sex and flowing blood suggests a deep-seated misogyny, but neither this nor any other theme is registered with enough clarity to offend.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Visual sensualities will have a feast, but you'll have to read Whitley Strieber's novel if you don't want to emerge with a badly scratched head.
– ,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006