The Best Episodes of The Hunger Season 1
Every episode of The Hunger Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Hunger Season 1!
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 The Hunger the series has no direct plot or character connection to the film, and was created by Jeff Fazio. Originally shown on the Sci Fi Channel in the UK, The Movie Network in Canada and Showtime in the US, the series was broadcast from 1997 to 2000, and is internally organized into two seasons. Each episode was based around an independent story introduced by the host; Terence Stamp hosted each episode for the first season, and was replaced in the second season by David Bowie. Stories tended to focus on themes of self-destructive desire and obsession, with a strong component of soft-core erotica; popular tropes for the stories included cannibalism, vampires, sex, and poison.
Season 1 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "The Hunger" season 1 is "The Swords", rated 6.3/10 from 234 user votes. It was directed by Tony Scott and written by Howard A. Rodman. "The Swords" aired on 7/20/1997 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Menage a Trois".
6.3/10 234 votes#1 - The Swords
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/20/1997
A man gets into a relationship with a woman who can survive being peirced by swords.
Director: Tony Scott
Writer: Howard A. Rodman
6.0/10 220 votes#2 - Menage a Trois
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/20/1997
A wheelchair bound woman uses her nurse in a plan to seduce a young workman.
Director: Jake Scott
Writer: Jordan Katz
- 6.4/10 146 votes
#3 - Necros
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/20/1997
A man named Philip Casnoff falls for a beautiful woman. Her old companion, however, may be a vampire.
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Writer: Steven Salzburg, Audrey Salzburg
- 7.0/10 140 votes
#4 - The Secret Shih-Tan
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/27/1997
A gourmet chef is paid an enormous amount of money to prepare a meal from a secret book called Shi-Than.
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Writer: David Preston
- 6.5/10 114 votes
#5 - Bridal Suite
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/3/1997
A couple on their honeymoon discover a horrible truth about a bed that is said to have been cursed for all adulterous lovers
Director: Erik Canuel
Writer: Clair Noto
- 6.4/10 118 votes
#6 - Room 17
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/10/1997
A man rents a room in order to watch a special set of erotic movies.
Director: Erik Canuel
Writer: Craig Miller, Mark W. Nelson
- 5.6/10 98 votes
#7 - Anaïs
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/17/1997
An architect spends his time fantasizing about a made-up woman he calls "Anais" but the imaginary woman begins to have real desires.
Director: Darrell Wasyk
Writer: N/A
- 5.3/10 102 votes
#8 - No Radio
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/24/1997
A kidnapper gets more than he expected when he abducts his married lover.
Director: Howard A. Rodman
Writer: Marianne Ackerman
- 5.8/10 106 votes
#9 - But At My Back I Always Hear
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 8/31/1997
A professor is stalked by a young female student.
Director: Patricia Rozema
Writer: Marianne Ackerman, Patricia Rozema
- 5.1/10 103 votes
#10 - Red Light
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/14/1997
A supermodel lives in fear over flashes from the lights of cameras,believing that they will steal her soul.
Director: Christian Duguay
Writer: N/A
- 6.2/10 91 votes
#11 - I'm Dangerous Tonight
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/21/1997
A red dress by a famous fashion designer causes strange behavior in the people who wear it.
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Writer: Gerald Wexler
- 6.4/10 99 votes
#12 - The Sloan Men
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/28/1997
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.
Director: Darrell Wasyk
Writer: Bruce M. Smith
- 5.9/10 92 votes
#13 - A Matter of Style
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/26/1997
A young inept burglar is bitten by a beautiful vampiress, who tries to teach him how to be a vampire.
Director: John Hamilton
Writer: N/A
- 5.5/10 76 votes
#14 - Hidebound
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/23/1998
A young female security guard is attacked by a murderous spirit visible only to her.
Director: Jeff Fazio
Writer: Gerald Wexler
- 5.5/10 83 votes
#15 - Fly-By-Night
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/31/1998
A mental patient haunted by horrible wartime flashbacks gets shut up with a vampire.
Director: Pierre Dalpé
Writer: N/A
- 5.0/10 81 votes
#16 - A River of Night's Dreaming
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/6/1998
A female convict escapes from a prison transport and hides at the home of an elderly woman.
Director: John Warwicker
Writer: Bruce M. Smith
- 5.8/10 79 votes
#17 - The Lighthouse
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/20/1998
A lighthouse-keeper, trapped at his post during a hurricane, begins to question his sanity.
Director: Darrell Wasyk
Writer: Bruce M. Smith
- 5.7/10 97 votes
#18 - The Face of Helene Bournouw
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/27/1998
A reporter investigates a woman whose beauty literally drives men mad.
Director: Richard Ciupka
Writer: Harlan Ellison
- 5.6/10 91 votes
#19 - Plain Brown Envelope
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/6/1998
On a cold and snowy night, a young hitchhiker stows away in the back of a large truck that turns out to be the warehouse of a sex fantasy salesman.
Director: Michel David
Writer: N/A
- 5.6/10 91 votes
#20 - The Other Woman
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/13/1998
The mistress of a married man has visions of being murdered by his wife.
Director: George Mihalka
Writer: David Taylor
- 6.7/10 90 votes
#21 - Clarimonde
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/20/1998
A strange beautiful woman seems to get a thrill from seducing men about to become priests.
Director: Tom Dey
Writer: Gerald Wexler
- 5.8/10 94 votes
#22 - Footsteps
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/27/1998
A lovely vampiress who seduces and drains a different man every night meets a man who claims to be a vegetarian.
Director: Jim Kaufman
Writer: N/A