TV series
The Hunger
Overview
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 air date
- 1997-07-20
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 2 seasons
- Episodes
- 44 episodes
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Crime
- Network
- Showtime
- Production
- Scott Free Productions
- Country
- CA, GB, US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Terence Stamp as The Host
- David Bowie as The Host
- Karen Elkin as Samantha Perry
- Arthur Holden as Robertson
- David La Haye as Daniel
- Brooke Smith as Lee Cooper
- Kim Feeney as Carla
- Lisa Bronwyn Moore as Beth Stone
- Vlasta Vrana as Rhys
- Daniel Brochu as Harry
- Richard Jutras as Brent Barry
- Philippe Ross as Man on Street
Creators and crew
- Jeff Fazio - Creator
- Russell Mulcahy - Director
- Darrell Wasyk - Director
- Alain Desrochers - Director
- Érik Canuel - Director
- Jeff Fazio - Director
Seasons
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