The Hunger
April 1983
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Variety Staff
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.
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.
Roger Ebert
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.
Vincent Canby
The movie reeks with chic, but never, for one minute, takes itself too seriously, nor does it ever slop over into camp.
Dave Kehr
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.
Critic reviews
Variety Staff
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.
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.
Roger Ebert
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.
Vincent Canby
The movie reeks with chic, but never, for one minute, takes itself too seriously, nor does it ever slop over into camp.
Dave Kehr
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.
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Cast and credits
Actors | Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon |
Producers | Richard Shepherd |
Director | Tony Scott |
Writers | Ivan Davis, Michael Thomas |
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English
Rental period
Start within 30 days, finish within 48 hours.
Run time
96 minutes
Rating
R
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