The Hunger
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.
Details
- First aired
- 20 Jul 1997
- Seasons
- 2
- Episodes
- 44
- TMDB 6.2
- Last aired
- 5 Mar 2000
- Genres
Drama Mystery Sci-Fi & Fantasy Crime
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- Showtime
- Episode runtime
- 24 min
- Countries
CA GB US
- Original language
- en
- Original title
- The Hunger
- Creators
- Cast
- Writers
Gerald Wexler Bruce M. Smith Gemma Files Terry Curtis Fox David J. Schow Mark W. Nelson Graham Masterton Harlan Ellison Karl Edward Wagner Craig Miller Cornell Woolrich Marianne Ackerman Théophile Gautier David Preston David Taylor Steven Salzburg Robert Aickman David Morrell Christa Faust Howard A. Rodman Lois Tilton Robert Bloch Ramsey Campbell Thomas Raddall Mickey Friedman Kim Newman Jordan Katz Brian Lumley Audrey Salzburg Patricia Rozema Poppy Z. Brite Clair Noto Liz Holliday David Fletcher Lenny Kleinfeld F. Paul Wilson David Nickle Lyn Wood Tanith Lee
