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The Worst Episodes of The Hunger

Every episode of The Hunger ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The Hunger!

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...
Genre:Drama
Network:Showtime

Worst Episodes Summary

"Red Light" is the worst rated episode of "The Hunger". It scored 5.1/10 based on 103 votes. Directed by Christian Duguay and written by N/A, it aired on 9/14/1997. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "A River of Night's Dreaming".

  • Red Light
    5.1/10103 votes
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    #1 - 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

  • A River of Night's Dreaming
    5.1/1082 votes
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    #2 - 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

  • No Radio
    5.3/10104 votes
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    #3 - 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

  • Triangle in Steel
    5.4/1072 votes
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    #4 - Triangle in Steel

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/14/1999

    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: N/A

  • Hidebound
    5.5/1077 votes
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    #5 - 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

  • Fly-By-Night
    5.5/1084 votes
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    #6 - 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

  • Anaïs
    5.6/10100 votes
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    #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

  • Plain Brown Envelope
    5.6/1092 votes
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    #8 - 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

  • The Other Woman
    5.6/1091 votes
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    #9 - 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

  • The Face of Helene Bournouw
    5.7/1097 votes
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    #10 - 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

  • The Perfect Couple
    5.7/1068 votes
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    #11 - The Perfect Couple

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/23/2000

    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

  • Double (aka Beyond Any Measure)
    5.7/1062 votes
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    #12 - Double (aka Beyond Any Measure)

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/20/2000

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • But At My Back I Always Hear
    5.8/10107 votes
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    #13 - 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

  • The Lighthouse
    5.8/1080 votes
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    #14 - 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

  • Footsteps
    5.8/1094 votes
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    #15 - 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

  • Night Bloomer
    5.8/1070 votes
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    #16 - Night Bloomer

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/24/1999

    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: Erik Canuel

    Writer: N/A

  • Approaching Desdemona
    5.8/1065 votes
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    #17 - Approaching Desdemona

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/6/2000

    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: N/A

  • A Matter of Style
    5.9/1093 votes
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    #18 - 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

  • Menage a Trois
    6.0/10221 votes
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    #19 - 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

  • Dream Sentinel
    6.0/1087 votes
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    #20 - Dream Sentinel

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/10/1999

    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: N/A

  • Replacements
    6.0/1061 votes
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    #21 - Replacements

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 11/28/1999

    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: N/A

  • Skin Deep
    6.1/1094 votes
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    #22 - Skin Deep

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/10/1999

    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: N/A

  • Bottle of Smoke
    6.1/1059 votes
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    #23 - Bottle of Smoke

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/16/2000

    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

  • I'm Dangerous Tonight
    6.2/1092 votes
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    #24 - 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

  • The Swords
    6.3/10234 votes
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    #25 - 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