Miriam Blaylock and her companion John stalk victims in New York City, killing them and drinking their blood. But when John begins to age rapidly, he seeks the help of anti-aging scientist Sarah Roberts. With John deteriorating, Miriam sets her sights on Sarah to replace him. Stars Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, and Susan Sarandon, is the 1983 directorial debut of Tony Scott, and is based on a 1981 novel by Whitley Strieber.
The Hunger starts off as a sexy vampire thriller that quickly degenerates into an overly abstract plot laden with inexplicable plot twists in a hollow attempt to be cerebral and mysterious. I became fixated on seeing this movie after seeing a few seconds of it on TV, and seeing Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie in a cool, old-looking building I thought "how could that be bad?" It loses points for phasing Bowie out early so that we can have a long and drawn-out seduction of Susan Sarandon's Sarah by Deneuve's Miriam, complete with lesbian sex scene which did nothing for me. Miriam's character suffers from mixed motivation and habits that seem unnecessary and unreasonable. The fun first half and killer opening doesn't make up for the perplexing and fairly dull second half and stupid ending.
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