The Hunger — Season 1
What do you hunger for?
About this season
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.
Episodes (22)
1. The Swords
2.7Aired 20 July 1997 • 28 min
A man gets into a relationship with a woman who can survive being peirced by swords.
2. Menage a Trois
3.3Aired 20 July 1997 • 27 min
A wheelchair bound woman uses her nurse in a plan to seduce a young workman.
3. Necros
5.4Aired 20 July 1997 • 28 min
A man named Philip Casnoff falls for a beautiful woman. Her old companion, however, may be a vampire.
4. The Secret Shih-Tan
2.7Aired 27 July 1997 • 28 min
A gourmet chef is paid an enormous amount of money to prepare a meal from a secret book called Shi-Than.
5. Bridal Suite
3.3Aired 3 August 1997 • 26 min
A couple on their honeymoon discover a horrible truth about a bed that is said to have been cursed for all adulterous lovers
6. Room 17
3.3Aired 10 August 1997 • 26 min
A man rents a room in order to watch a special set of erotic movies.
7. Anaïs
3.3Aired 17 August 1997 • 27 min
An architect spends his time fantasizing about a made-up woman he calls "Anais" but the imaginary woman begins to have real desires.
8. No Radio
2.7Aired 24 August 1997 • 27 min
A kidnapper gets more than he expected when he abducts his married lover.
9. But At My Back I Always Hear
2.7Aired 31 August 1997 • 27 min
A professor is stalked by a young female student.
10. Red Light
2.7Aired 14 September 1997 • 27 min
A supermodel lives in fear over flashes from the lights of cameras,believing that they will steal her soul.
11. I'm Dangerous Tonight
3.3Aired 21 September 1997 • 27 min
A red dress by a famous fashion designer causes strange behavior in the people who wear it.
12. The Sloan Men
2.7Aired 28 September 1997 • 26 min
Through a shocking revelation by her future mother-in-law, a young woman comes to realize her fiance and his father aren't exactly human.
13. A Matter of Style
3.3Aired 26 October 1997 • 26 min
A young inept burglar is bitten by a beautiful vampiress, who tries to teach him how to be a vampire.
14. Hidebound
6.0Aired 23 January 1998 • 26 min
A young female security guard is attacked by a murderous spirit visible only to her.
15. Fly by Night
2.7Aired 31 January 1998 • 26 min
A mental patient haunted by horrible wartime flashbacks gets shut up with a vampire.
16. A River of Night's Dreaming
2.7Aired 6 February 1998 • 26 min
A female convict escapes from a prison transport and hides at the home of an elderly woman.
17. The Lighthouse
3.3Aired 20 February 1998 • 26 min
A lighthouse-keeper, trapped at his post during a hurricane, begins to question his sanity.
18. The Face of Helene Bournouw
2.7Aired 27 February 1998 • 26 min
A reporter investigates a woman whose beauty literally drives men mad.
19. Plain Brown Envelope
3.3Aired 6 March 1998 • 27 min
On a cold and snowy night, a young hitchhiker stows away in the back of a large truck that turns out to be the warehouse of a sex fantasy salesman.
20. The Other Woman
2.7Aired 13 March 1998 • 26 min
The mistress of a married man has visions of being murdered by his wife.
21. Clarimonde
2.7Aired 20 March 1998 • 26 min
A strange beautiful woman seems to get a thrill from seducing men about to become priests.
22. Footsteps
2.7Aired 27 March 1998 • 26 min
A lovely vampiress who seduces and drains a different man every night meets a man who claims to be a vegetarian.