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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(112 votes)

    #1 - Red Light

    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(90 votes)

    #2 - A River of Night's Dreaming

    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(112 votes)

    #3 - No Radio

    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(79 votes)

    #4 - Triangle in Steel

    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(93 votes)

    #5 - Fly by Night

    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(99 votes)

    #6 - Plain Brown Envelope

    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(98 votes)

    #7 - The Other Woman

    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(112 votes)

    #8 - Anaïs

    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(88 votes)

    #9 - The Lighthouse

    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 14 - Hidebound
    5.6/10(86 votes)

    #10 - Hidebound

    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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  11. The Hunger Season 1 Episode 18 - The Face of Helene Bournouw
    5.6/10(108 votes)

    #11 - The Face of Helene Bournouw

    S1:E18

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

    Director:Richard Ciupka
    Writer:Harlan Ellison

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  12. The Hunger Season 2 Episode 20 - Double (aka Beyond Any Measure)
    5.6/10(69 votes)

    #12 - Double (aka Beyond Any Measure)

    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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  13. The Hunger Season 1 Episode 9 - But At My Back I Always Hear
    5.7/10(118 votes)

    #13 - But At My Back I Always Hear

    S1:E9

    A professor is stalked by a young female student.

    Director:Patricia Rozema
    Writers:Patricia Rozema, Marianne Ackerman

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  14. The Hunger Season 1 Episode 22 - Footsteps
    5.7/10(103 votes)

    #14 - Footsteps

    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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  15. The Hunger Season 2 Episode 7 - Night Bloomer
    5.7/10(76 votes)

    #15 - Night Bloomer

    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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  16. The Hunger Season 2 Episode 16 - The Perfect Couple
    5.7/10(75 votes)

    #16 - The Perfect Couple

    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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  17. The Hunger Season 2 Episode 18 - Approaching Desdemona
    5.7/10(72 votes)

    #17 - Approaching Desdemona

    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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  18. The Hunger Season 1 Episode 13 - A Matter of Style
    5.8/10(100 votes)

    #18 - A Matter of Style

    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(103 votes)

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

    #20 - 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.

    Director:Chris Hartwill
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #21 - 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.

    Director:Bruce M. Smith
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Hunger Season 2 Episode 15 - Bottle of Smoke
    5.9/10(65 votes)

    #22 - Bottle of Smoke

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

    #23 - Menage a Trois

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

    #24 - I'm Dangerous Tonight

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

    #25 - 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.

    Director:Alain Desrochers
    Writer:Terry Curtis Fox

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Red Light" is the worst rated episode of "The Hunger". It scored 4.9/10 based on 112 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".