The Hunger (serial)

The Hunger
DVD cover (1st season)
Genre	Drama Erotic horror
Created by	Jeff Fazio
Presented by	Terence Stamp (1st season) David Bowie (2nd season)
Country of origin	Canada United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	44
Production
Location(s)	London, UK Montreal, Canada
Running time	26-28 minutes
Release
Original network	Sci Fi Channel The Movie Network and SuperChannel (Canada)
Original release	July 20, 1997 – March 5, 2000

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. It was created by Jeff Fazio. Though it shares a title with the feature film The Hunger, the series has no direct plot or character connection to it.

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.

Region 1

Entertainment One released both seasons on DVD in the US in 2009. Season 1 was released on June 2, 2009 and Season 2 on October 13, 2009.

Alliance Home Entertainment has released the entire series on DVD in Canada for the very first time.

Region 2

Infinity Video released both seasons on DVD in the UK for the very first time on October 31, 2005 as Amazon exclusives. Season 1 and 2 were re-released as full retail releases in 2007.