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The Hunger (1983) -- The Egyptian vampire lady Miriam subsists upon the blood of her lovers. In return the guys or girls don't age...

Overview

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Director:
Tony Scott
Writers:
James Costigan (writer)
Ivan Davis (writer)
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Release Date:
29 April 1983 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Romance more
Tagline:
Nothing Human Loves Forever
Plot:
The Egyptian vampire lady Miriam subsists upon the blood of her lovers. In return the guys or girls don't age... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations more
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(21 articles)
Event Report: AMPAS' Tribute to FX Legend Dick Smith
 (From Fangoria. 29 June 2009, 1:10 PM, PDT)

Notes & Queeries: The Allure of the Lesbian Vampire
 (From AfterEllen.com. 23 June 2009, 9:02 PM, PDT)

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Catherine Deneuve ... Miriam

David Bowie ... John

Susan Sarandon ... Sarah Roberts

Cliff De Young ... 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 ... Jelinek
Bauhaus ... Disco Group
Douglas Lambert ... TV Host
Bessie Love ... Lillybelle
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Additional Details

Runtime:
97 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
London, England, UK more

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Trivia:
The last film of Bessie Love. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
John Blaylock: No ice.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire' (2005) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Bela Lugosi Is Dead more

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What TV episode also features a scientist trying to learn how reverse aging by studying children with progeria?
What the heck happened at the end?
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34 out of 38 people found the following comment useful:-
Gother Than Thou, 26 March 2004
Author: Gafke from United States

"The Hunger" opens with the by now familiar Goth anthem "Bela Lugosi's Dead" by Bauhaus. Not a bad way to open a vampire film, though nowadays it would seem almost a parody. "Undead undead undead" indeed. Enter Cathy and Bowie into a slick, sleek, neon nightclub, filled to the rafters with post-punks & pre-Goths playing dead. Too bad they weren't as ready for the real thing as they thought they were. You see, Cathy and Bowie are vampires.

This is a visually stunning film, making up for in effects what it sometimes lacks in coherence. It seems that lovely, immortal Cathy, called Miriam, is a vampire queen who has been around since the Sphinx was built, apparently. Bowie is her consort, a once mortal man whose two hundred-odd year lifespan is suddenly winding down at a frighteningly rapid rate. Desperate to find a cure, he seeks out scientist Susan Sarandon, who at first disbelieves Bowie's claims, but is soon convinced when the young and handsomely androgynous man suddenly ages over the course of a few hours time into a decrepit ruin. Miriam, who has had countless lovers over the centuries, gives Bowie the heave-ho and turns her attention to lovely young Sarandon. But Sarandon, though initially easy to seduce (in an erotic lesbian scene) proves to have a will stronger than Miriam's, and Miriam's habit of keeping her collection of ex-lovers cadavers close at hand, proves to be a mistake.

This is a strange film, almost as cold and dispassionate as one might well imagine a vampire to be. It seems to hold the viewer at arms length, not allowing them to experience the emotions of the characters...but the characters, for the most part, are severely lacking in emotion anyway, so the stark emptiness of the film becomes a brilliant mirror. Some vampire enthusiasts might find this boring and confusing, but it's a good effort and not a total loss.

The three main characters are worth watching simply for their amazing beauty and grace. Tony Scott (brother of Ridley) has made a nice, if somewhat bizarre and chilling, work of art here and, like most works of art, it's up for interpretation.

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