The Hunger (1983)

Name: The Hunger
Director: Tony Scott
Genre: Horror, Drama
Released: 1983
Duration: 96 min

"Nothing human loves forever."

ThumbScore

👍 66%audience score

Critics Score

🎬 56% (RT: 60%, MC: 52)

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Director

Tony Scott

Runtime

1h 36m

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

TMDB Rating

6.6/10 (633 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes

60%

Metacritic

Cast

Catherine Deneuve as Miriam Blaylock · 74% avg

David Bowie as John Blaylock · 79% avg

Susan Sarandon as Sarah Roberts · 70% avg

Cliff DeYoung as Tom Haver · 76% avg

Beth Ehlers as Alice Cavender

Dan Hedaya as Lieutenant Allegrezza · 74% avg

Rufus Collins as Charlie Humphries

Suzanne Bertish as Phyllis

Is The Hunger good?

It's divisive. 66% audience score, estimated from 633 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 56%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre

#856 / 1168 · Horror

Rank in its year

#34 / 35 · 1983

Rank among its director's films

#14 / 15 · Tony Scott

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

Five-thousand-year-old vampire Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life. When John, her cellist companion for centuries, discovers that he has suddenly begun growing old, he attempts to seek out the help of Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher on the mechanisms of aging. Wikipedia ↗