ORBzine - The Hunger TV Review

• David Bowie ( Labyrinth ) as the Narrator

Season 1

The Hunger [Season 1, Episode 1] The Swords
Shown 20/Jul/97

The Hunger [Season 1, Episode 2] Menage a Trois
Shown 20/Jul/97

The Hunger [Season 1, Episode 3] Necros
Shown 20/Jul/97

The Hunger [Season 1, Episode 4] The Secret Shih-Tan
Shown 27/Jul/97

The Hunger [Season 1, Episode 5] Bridal Suite
Shown 03/Aug/97

The Hunger [Season 1, Episode 6] Room 17
Shown 10/Aug/97

The Hunger [Season 1, Episode 7] Anais
Shown 17/Aug/97

The Hunger [Season 1, Episode 8] No Radio
Shown 24/Aug/97

The Hunger [Season 1, Episode 9] But At My Back I Always hear
Shown 31/Aug/97

The Hunger [Season 1, Episode 10] Red Light
Shown 14/Sep/97

The Hunger [Season 1, Episode 11] I'm Dangerous Tonight
Shown 21/Sep/97

The Hunger [Season 1, Episode 12] The Sloan Men
Shown 28/Sep/97

The Hunger [Season 1, Episode 13] A Matter of Style
Shown 26/Oct/97

The Hunger [Season 1, Episode 14] Hidebound
Shown 23/Jan/98

This is the Scott Brothers' TV series, a bunch of short films on the theme of Horror. Terence Stamp ( Star Wars 1: Phantom Menace ) does the introduction. This one is set in Boston, USA.

A young woman ( Brooke Smith ) gets a job with a security firm, and gets posted to a deserted demolition site. She discovers that there are worse things lurking in the shadows than the drunks and hobos she expected.

The Hunger [Season 1, Episode 15] Fly By Night
Shown 31/Jan/98

The Hunger [Season 1, Episode 16] A River of Night's Dreaming
Shown 06/Feb/98

The Hunger [Season 1, Episode 17] The Lighthouse
Shown 20/Feb/98

The Hunger [Season 1, Episode 18] The Face of Helene Bournouw
Shown 27/Feb/98

The Hunger [Season 1, Episode 19] Plain Brown Envelope
Shown 06/Mar/98

The Hunger [Season 1, Episode 20] The Other Woman
Shown 13/Mar/98

The Hunger [Season 1, Episode 21] Clarimonde
Shown 20/Mar/98

The Hunger [Season 1, Episode 22] Footsteps
Shown 27/Mar/98

Claire ( Sofia Shinas )

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Season 2

The Hunger [Season 2, Episode 1] Sanctuary
Shown 10/Sep/99

David Bowie ( Labyrinth ) plays an artist with a fascination with death.

The Hunger [Season 2, Episode 2] Skin Deep
Shown 10/Sep/99

The Hunger [Season 2, Episode 3] Dream Sentinel
Shown 10/Sep/99

A young woman decides she wants to become a stripper. However, she finds out the place she applies to is a weird kind of S&M parlour.

The Hunger [Season 2, Episode 4] And She Laughed
Shown 03/Oct/99

The Hunger [Season 2, Episode 5] Nunc Dimittis
Shown 10/Oct/99

This is based on a story by Tanith Lee

David Warner ( TMNT 2 ) plays the butler of a strange woman who is distantly related to Dracula.

The Hunger [Season 2, Episode 6] Week Woman
Shown 17/Oct/99

The Hunger [Season 2, Episode 7] The Night Bloomer
Shown 24/Oct/99

The Hunger [Season 2, Episode 8] The Diarist
Shown 31/Oct/99

The Hunger [Season 2, Episode 9] Sin Seer (aka Mano)
Shown 07/Nov/99

The Hunger [Season 2, Episode 10] Triangle in Steel
Shown 14/Nov/99

The Hunger [Season 2, Episode 11] Brass
Shown 21/Nov/99

The Hunger [Season 2, Episode 12] Replacements
Shown 28/Nov/99

The Hunger [Season 2, Episode 13] I'm Very Dangerous Tonight (aka Dangerous)
Shown 02/Jan/00

The Hunger [Season 2, Episode 14] Wrath of God
Shown 09/Jan/00

This is reminscent of The Crow . It is set in an apartment building where a sickle-wielding serial killer is wiping out the sexually active occupants. This is a good opportunity to insert some female full-frontal nudity.

The only hope is Anthony Michael Hall ( Dead Zone ) and his freakish homosexual flatmate.

The Hunger [Season 2, Episode 15] Bottle of Smoke
Shown 16/Jan/00

The Hunger [Season 2, Episode 16] The Perfect Couple
Shown 23/Jan/00

The Hunger [Season 2, Episode 17] The Sacred Fire
Shown 30/Jan/00

The Hunger [Season 2, Episode 18] Approaching Desdemona
Shown 06/Feb/00

The Hunger [Season 2, Episode 19] The Seductress
Shown 13/Feb/00

This is based on a story by Ramsay Campbell . A woman is romanced by William Katt ( Greatest American Hero ), who REALLY looks his age.

The Hunger [Season 2, Episode 20] Double (aka Beyond Any Measure)
Shown 20/Feb/00

Lisette ( Lori Perry )

The Hunger [Season 2, Episode 21] The Falling Man
Shown 27/Feb/00

The Hunger [Season 2, Episode 22] The Suction Method
Shown 05/Mar/00