

The Hunger
Nothing human loves forever.
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $10M
- Box office
- $10.2M
- Language
- English
- new york city
- based on novel or book
- immortality
- vampire
- premature aging
- research laboratory
- urban gothic
- animal research
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR29 Apr 1983
CanadaCA
- Theatrical29 Apr 1983
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1819 May 1983
- Theatrical18Rio de Janeiro (Re-release)15 Jul 2005
- Theatrical18São Paulo (Re-release)9 Sept 2005
- PremiereRio de Janeiro International Film Festival7 Oct 2016
ColombiaCO
- Theatrical (limited)Fantasmagoría - Festival de Cine Fantástico y de Terror de Medellín18 Oct 2024
CzechiaCZ
- Physical18+1 Sept 1994
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival10 May 1983
- Theatrical1213 Jul 1983
- Theatrical12Re-release (Restored Version)4 Feb 2009
GermanyDE
- Theatrical16West Germany17 Jun 1983
ItalyIT
- TheatricalVM1412 Aug 1983
JapanJP
- TheatricalR18+7 Apr 1984
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical (limited)1829 Apr 1983
NorwayNO
- Theatrical1529 Apr 1983
SpainES
- Theatrical1820 Oct 1983
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The Hunger was released on 29 April 1983.
Audience reviews
1- T8/10
talisencrw
8/31/2016
I have to admit that although I've had the DVD forever, simply based on the laurels of the beauty/acting accomplishments of David Bowie and Catherine Deneuve, and that nothing I had ever watched by Tony Scott, with the exception of 'Crimson Tide', really gripped me as being cinephilically exceptional. And no, this really isn't either. But I threw it on anyway, and especially considering it was Scott's debut, this was…
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