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The Worst 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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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Hunger Season 1 Episode 10 - Red Light
    4.9/10(113 votes)

    S1:E10

    A supermodel lives in fear over flashes from the lights of cameras,believing that they will steal her soul.

    Director:Christian Duguay
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Hunger Season 1 Episode 16 - A River of Night's Dreaming
    5.0/10(91 votes)

    S1:E16

    A female convict escapes from a prison transport and hides at the home of an elderly woman.

    Director:John Warwicker
    Writer:Bruce M. Smith

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  3. The Hunger Season 1 Episode 8 - No Radio
    5.1/10(114 votes)

    S1:E8

    A kidnapper gets more than he expected when he abducts his married lover.

    Director:Howard A. Rodman
    Writer:Marianne Ackerman

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  4. The Hunger Season 2 Episode 10 - Triangle in Steel
    5.3/10(82 votes)

    S2:E10

    A young man joins a riveting team constructing a new bridge but when he becomes obsessed with the wife of the team's leader. But in a job that requires the trust of those around him when working at great heights, will anyone be there to catch him should he fall

    Director:Adrian Moat
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Hunger Season 1 Episode 15 - Fly by Night
    5.4/10(95 votes)

    S1:E15

    A mental patient haunted by horrible wartime flashbacks gets shut up with a vampire.

    Director:Pierre Dalpé
    Writer:Terry Curtis Fox

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  6. The Hunger Season 1 Episode 19 - Plain Brown Envelope
    5.4/10(101 votes)

    S1:E19

    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:Terry Curtis Fox

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  7. The Hunger Season 1 Episode 20 - The Other Woman
    5.4/10(99 votes)

    S1:E20

    The mistress of a married man has visions of being murdered by his wife.

    Director:George Mihalka
    Writer:David Taylor

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  8. The Hunger Season 1 Episode 7 - Anaïs
    5.5/10(113 votes)

    S1:E7

    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:Terry Curtis Fox

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  9. The Hunger Season 1 Episode 17 - The Lighthouse
    5.5/10(90 votes)

    S1:E17

    A lighthouse-keeper, trapped at his post during a hurricane, begins to question his sanity.

    Director:Darrell Wasyk
    Writer:Bruce M. Smith

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  10. The Hunger Season 1 Episode 18 - The Face of Helene Bournouw
    5.5/10(111 votes)

    S1:E18

    A reporter investigates a woman whose beauty literally drives men mad.

    Director:Richard Ciupka
    Writer:Harlan Ellison

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  11. The Hunger Season 2 Episode 20 - Double (aka Beyond Any Measure)
    5.5/10(71 votes)

    S2:E20

    The myth of the Doppelganger has lasted for centuries and receives a modern updating here as two identical women meet but realise the differences between them are in their personalities - one is normal whilst the other is plagued by nightmares. Their meeting, however, results in a battle for their souls.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Hunger Season 1 Episode 14 - Hidebound
    5.6/10(87 votes)

    S1:E14

    A young female security guard is attacked by a murderous spirit visible only to her.

    Director:Jeff Fazio
    Writer:Gerald Wexler

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  13. The Hunger Season 2 Episode 7 - Night Bloomer
    5.6/10(79 votes)

    S2:E7

    An ambitious marketing executive is finding that his work is suffering and that his manager is stifling his ideas until, that is, he meets an attractive woman who offers to change his life for the better and all with one little seed.

    Director:Érik Canuel
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Hunger Season 2 Episode 18 - Approaching Desdemona
    5.6/10(75 votes)

    S2:E18

    In a story that will be familiar to many Internet users, a couple's life together deteriorates when he finds an adult website that offers bizarre sexual fantasies.

    Director:Jason Hreno
    Writer:Terry Curtis Fox

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  15. The Hunger Season 1 Episode 9 - But At My Back I Always Hear
    5.7/10(119 votes)

    S1:E9

    A professor is stalked by a young female student.

    Director:Patricia Rozema
    Writers:Marianne Ackerman, Patricia Rozema

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  16. The Hunger Season 1 Episode 22 - Footsteps
    5.7/10(106 votes)

    S1:E22

    A lovely vampiress who seduces and drains a different man every night meets a man who claims to be a vegetarian.

    Director:Jimmy Kaufman
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Hunger Season 2 Episode 16 - The Perfect Couple
    5.7/10(77 votes)

    S2:E16

    A modern day cupid arranges for two people to come together and believes them to be the perfect match. Four years later, though, he revisits them to see how they fared and finds their relationship is troubled. Was his mistake just that...or is his poor matchmaking deliberate?

    Director:Darrell Wasyk
    Writer:Gerald Wexler

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  18. The Hunger Season 1 Episode 13 - A Matter of Style
    5.8/10(103 votes)

    S1:E13

    A young inept burglar is bitten by a beautiful vampiress, who tries to teach him how to be a vampire.

    Director:John Hamilton
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Hunger Season 2 Episode 2 - Skin Deep
    5.9/10(106 votes)

    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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  20. The Hunger Season 2 Episode 3 - Dream Sentinel
    5.9/10(96 votes)

    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.

    Director:Chris Hartwill
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Hunger Season 2 Episode 15 - Bottle of Smoke
    5.9/10(67 votes)

    S2:E15

    When an elderly woman, who traveled widely in her youth, dies, she leaves her possessions to her young niece, which includes a bottle of smoke that promises the ultimate in sexual fulfillment. But such pleasure comes at a price.

    Director:Jean Beaudin
    Writer:Gemma Files

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  22. The Hunger Season 1 Episode 2 - Menage a Trois
    6.0/10(246 votes)

    S1:E2

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

    Director:Jake Scott
    Writer:Jordan Katz

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  23. The Hunger Season 1 Episode 11 - I'm Dangerous Tonight
    6.0/10(105 votes)

    S1:E11

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

    Director:Russell Mulcahy
    Writer:Gerald Wexler

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  24. The Hunger Season 2 Episode 12 - Replacements
    6.0/10(69 votes)

    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.

    Director:Bruce M. Smith
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Hunger Season 2 Episode 4 - And She Laughed
    6.1/10(89 votes)

    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.

    Director:Jean Beauchemin
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Red Light" is the worst rated episode of "The Hunger". It scored 4.9/10 based on 113 votes. Directed by Christian Duguay and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/14/1997. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "A River of Night's Dreaming".