The Hunger [Blu-ray]

Overview

Tony Scott's kinky supernatural melodrama stars Catherine Deneuve as Miriam, a centuries-old vampire whose lover (David Bowie) is dying. In search of a new mate, Miriam selects scientist Sarah Roberts (Susan Sarandon).

Product Details

Release Date:	08/18/2015
UPC:	0888574319793
Original Release:	1983
Rating:	R
Source:	Warner Archives
Language:	English
Time:	1:36:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Catherine Deneuve	Miriam Blaylock
David Bowie	John Blaylock
Susan Sarandon	Sarah Roberts
Cliff De Young	Tom Haver
Beth Ehlers	Alice Cavender
Dan Hedaya	Lieutenant Allegrezza
Suzanne Bertish	Phyllis
James Aubrey	Ron
Ann Magnuson	Young Woman from Disco
John Stephen-Hill	Young Man from Disco
Shane Rimmer	Arthur Jelinek
Douglas Lambert	TV Host
Bessie Love	Lillybelle
John Pankow	1st Phone Booth Youth
Willem Dafoe	2nd Phone Booth Youth
Sophie Ward	Girl in London House
Philip Sayer	Boy in London House
Lise Hilboldt	Waiting Room Nurse
Michael Howe	1st Intern
Edward Wiley	2nd Intern
Richard Robles	Skater
George Camiller	Eumenes
Oke Wambu	Egyptian Slave
Allan Richards	Cadaver
Hilary Six	Cadaver
Howard Blake	Restaurant Pianist
Rufus Collins	Charlie Humphries
Bauhaus	Disco Group
Jane Leaves	Actor
Derek Lyons	Dancer in Club
Michel Rubini	Composer
Denny Jaeger	Composer

Technical Credits

James Costigan

Michael Howe

Ivan Davis

Thomas Davis Jr.

James Costigan	Screenwriter
Michael Howe	Screenwriter
Richard Shepherd	Producer
Campbell Askew	Sound Effects
Mary Goldberg	Casting
Ivan Davis	Screenwriter
Thomas Davis Jr.	Screenwriter
Maggie Cartier	Casting
Clive Winter	Sound/Sound Designer
John Bolz	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Tony Scott's stylish 1983 vampire film, adapted from a Whitley Streiber novel, was dismissed by one critic as "kinky trash," but within a few short years of its theatrical run The Hunger had acquired a cult following, and its DVD release is bound to excite the movie's loyal fans. Contemporary critics weren't thrilled to see distinguished French actress Catherine Deneuve playing a bloodsucker, no matter how elegant, and having counter-culture icon David Bowie for her on-screen companion didn't sit well with genre film partisans hoping for a more mainstream treatment. Deneuve and Bowie play wealthy New Yorkers whose need of human blood as an anti-aging element forces them into progressively riskier encounters; when regular ingestion of plasma fails to retard Bowie's aging, he calls upon acclaimed author/doctor Susan Sarandon to help him. The fetching physician finds herself drawn into their bizarre world and, in the film's much-discussed love scene, Deneuve's Sapphic embrace. Director Scott, making his initial leap from TV commercials to feature films, opts for a visual treatment that favor elaborate, smoky settings and gauzy cinematography. The Hunger, its narrative anomalies aside, is one of the most sensual films of its type, similar to the sex-horror hybrids popularized by European filmmakers in the early '70s. It's a bizarrely compelling movie that certainly justifies the reputation it has acquired, and lovers of offbeat horror films will definitely want to add it to their collections.