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The Best Episodes of The Hunger

Every episode of The Hunger ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Hunger!

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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

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    The Hunger Season 2 Episode 9 - Sin Seer
    7.0/10(90 votes)

    #1 - Sin Seer

    S2:E9

    Mano is a young man who has a unique gift - he can look into people's eyes and see their darkest secrets. For years, he has avoided eye contact with people but, for even longer, he has avoided mirrors...but what should happen if he looked into one.

    Director:Podz
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Hunger Season 2 Episode 5 - Nunc Dimittis
    6.9/10(89 votes)

    #2 - Nunc Dimittis

    S2:E5

    The loyal servant of an elderly princess reveals to his mistress that he is dying and may only have a number of days left so she makes one final request - that he find his own replacement amongst the drifters in the city.

    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Hunger Season 1 Episode 4 - The Secret Shih-Tan
    6.8/10(153 votes)

    #3 - The Secret Shih-Tan

    S1:E4

    A gourmet chef is paid an enormous amount of money to prepare a meal from a secret book called Shi-Than.

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  4. The Hunger Season 1 Episode 21 - Clarimonde
    6.6/10(96 votes)

    #4 - Clarimonde

    S1:E21

    A strange beautiful woman seems to get a thrill from seducing men about to become priests.

    Director:Tom Dey

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  5. The Hunger Season 2 Episode 6 - Week Woman
    6.6/10(90 votes)

    #5 - Week Woman

    S2:E6

    When an illegal immigrant is threatened with deportation and is offered a marriage of convenience by his partner's lesbian friend, he accepts. Soon, though, he finds that her personality changes week-by-week, from housewife to dominatrix...to killer?

    Director:Podz
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Hunger Season 2 Episode 11 - Brass
    6.6/10(83 votes)

    #6 - Brass

    S2:E11

    When a young man inherits an ornate mirror following the death of his Satanist father, he finds that it reveals his father's attempted use of black arts. As the dead man's son continues his father's work, he puts the lives of those around him in danger, particularly when he forges a link to Hell through the power of the mirror.

    Director:Jeff Fazio
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Hunger Season 2 Episode 8 - The Diarist
    6.5/10(81 votes)

    #7 - The Diarist

    S2:E8

    Merriam is a witch whose heart was recently broken and she uses her magic for vengeance. Laurissa, though, is also a witch and sets about learning white magic with which to protect Merriam's ex-lover, leading to a battle for his life between the two witches.

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  9. The Hunger Season 1 Episode 3 - Necros
    6.4/10(164 votes)

    #8 - Necros

    S1:E3

    A man named Philip Casnoff falls for a beautiful woman. Her old companion, however, may be a vampire.

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  10. The Hunger Season 1 Episode 12 - The Sloan Men
    6.4/10(110 votes)

    #9 - The Sloan Men

    S1:E12

    Through a shocking revelation by her future mother-in-law, a young woman comes to realize her fiance and his father aren't exactly human.

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  11. The Hunger Season 2 Episode 14 - Wrath of God
    6.4/10(74 votes)

    #10 - Wrath of God

    S2:E14

    An apartment block is the focus of a series of murders mostly of gay men and this attracts the attentions of a man (Anthony Michael Hall) who claims to be a student of all things evil. But when he visits the landlord of the building, are acts of evil really on his mind.

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  12. The Hunger Season 1 Episode 6 - Room 17
    6.3/10(130 votes)

    #11 - Room 17

    S1:E6

    A man rents a room in order to watch a special set of erotic movies.

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  13. The Hunger Season 2 Episode 22 - The Suction Method
    6.3/10(72 votes)

    #12 - The Suction Method

    S2:E22

    Carpet cleaning may not have been the most terrifying of events before now but when middle-aged Max celebrates after having his wife leave town on business, she books Redemptive Cleaners to come in her absence, who have an most unique method of dealing with errant husbands.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Hunger Season 1 Episode 1 - The Swords
    6.2/10(257 votes)

    #13 - The Swords

    S1:E1

    A man gets into a relationship with a woman who can survive being peirced by swords.

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  15. The Hunger Season 1 Episode 5 - Bridal Suite
    6.2/10(126 votes)

    #14 - Bridal Suite

    S1:E5

    A couple on their honeymoon discover a horrible truth about a bed that is said to have been cursed for all adulterous lovers

    Director:Érik Canuel
    Writer:Clair Noto

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  16. The Hunger Season 2 Episode 1 - Sanctuary
    6.2/10(137 votes)

    #15 - Sanctuary

    S2:E1

    When a young drifter (Giovanni Ribisi) arrives at a disused prison seeking help having been shot earlier that day, he sees that it is owned by a famously disturbed artist, Julian Priest (David Bowie), who has one final masterpiece on his mind.

    Director:Tony Scott

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  17. The Hunger Season 2 Episode 4 - And She Laughed
    6.2/10(85 votes)

    #16 - And She Laughed

    S2:E4

    In this homage to Repulsion, Jane (Jennifer Beals) thinks that she's having trouble with a Peeping Tom and that the police could help but when she sees a pair of eyes staring at her through the letterbox and begins having nightmares, her mental health crumbles.

    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Hunger Season 2 Episode 17 - The Sacred Fire
    6.2/10(71 votes)

    #17 - The Sacred Fire

    S2:E17

    Luann is a kind and generous woman who volunteers to help the homeless find food and shelter but when she meets Nick, who lives on the street, he warns her that there are street people who are aliens in disguise, intent on killing humans.

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  19. The Hunger Season 2 Episode 19 - The Seductress
    6.2/10(73 votes)

    #18 - The Seductress

    S2:E19

    When a novelist reads a suicide note from a former lover, she begins an affair with a mysterious man, but their romance is not all it seems and the boundaries between reality and fiction appear to fall away.

    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Hunger Season 2 Episode 13 - I'm Very Dangerous Tonight
    6.1/10(68 votes)

    #19 - I'm Very Dangerous Tonight

    S2:E13

    The stunning red dress from Season One - I'm Dangerous Tonight - is back for this episode, in which Henry buys his wife, Sarah, the dress only for her to prove irresistible to others, including Henry's father.

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  21. The Hunger Season 2 Episode 21 - Falling Man
    6.1/10(69 votes)

    #20 - Falling Man

    S2:E21

    An architect meets a beautiful woman who encourages him to take risks with his designs and the building that he creates becomes the most successful of his career. But how far will this woman go to ensure the design stays unique.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Hunger Season 1 Episode 2 - Menage a Trois
    6.0/10(240 votes)

    #21 - Menage a Trois

    S1:E2

    A wheelchair bound woman uses her nurse in a plan to seduce a young workman.

    Director:Jake Scott

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  23. The Hunger Season 1 Episode 11 - I'm Dangerous Tonight
    6.0/10(103 votes)

    #22 - I'm Dangerous Tonight

    S1:E11

    A red dress by a famous fashion designer causes strange behavior in the people who wear it.

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  24. The Hunger Season 2 Episode 2 - Skin Deep
    5.9/10(103 votes)

    #23 - Skin Deep

    S2:E2

    A young woman seeking a female partner meets Roxanna, an erotic dancer, at a nightclub and they begin an affair. This leads to new experiences of pleasure and pain as well as flirting with death. But when will the flirtation turn serious

    Director:Luke Scott
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Hunger Season 2 Episode 3 - Dream Sentinel
    5.9/10(94 votes)

    #24 - Dream Sentinel

    S2:E3

    Based on The Sixth Sentinel by Poppy Z Brite, this is the story of a lap dancer wishes for nothing more than to forget her troubled past but the ghost of a killer haunts her and, oddly, wishes to protect her. What, however, will he want in return.

    Writer:Unknown

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  26. The Hunger Season 2 Episode 12 - Replacements
    5.9/10(67 votes)

    #25 - Replacements

    S2:E12

    A doctor becomes determined to find out what is happening to the women in his town, after they appear to be turning against the men and becoming obsessed with something unknown.

    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Sin Seer" is the best rated episode of "The Hunger". It scored 7/10 based on 90 votes. Directed by Podz and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/7/1999. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Nunc Dimittis".