History Film / TheHunger

* VampireDance: The opening scene features Miriam and John picking up a goth couple in a club to take home while [[AwesomeMusic Bauhaus perform "Bela Lugosi's Dead"]].

* BodyHorror: John starts losing his immortality and ages rapidly. He doesn't lose his ''immortality'', just his ''youth''. Miriam has a dozen former vampire lovers tucked away in coffins in one room of her apartment, all of them extremely old and doomed to live as withered ancients forever. And a flashback suggests at least one of them has been that way since ''ancient Egypt.'' Gulp.

* DownerEnding: On the one hand, John and the other lovers take revenge on Miriam and are able to perish while she experiences their And I Must Scream fate for herself. On the other, rather than dying, the turned Sarah moves to Paris (taking the imprisoned Miriam along) to start anew with lovers of her own. The novel's ending, in which the revenge fails, Sarah dies, and Miriam starts over is no picnic either.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Averted, by Sarah's test subjects.

* NotUsingTheZWord: The film never uses V-word, despite the fact that it centers around a nigh-immortal woman who drinks blood.

* UnbuiltTrope: As one of the earliest 'angsty vampire' stories, predating ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'' by nearly ten years, it's surprising that despite being {{Jerkass Woobie}}s - the vampires are still shown as evil and are ultimately punished in the story. Bloodlust is used as an analogue for addiction rather than sexual lust.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The ending scene at the balcony was added at the studio's insistence and to Sarandon's consternation.

Dr. Sarah Roberts (Creator/SusanSarandon), a researcher in premature aging, is contacted by John Blaylock (Music/DavidBowie), who is in fact the immortal companion of the beautiful vampire Miriam (Catherine Deneuve). John was led to believe that he and Miriam would share a life of eternal youth when they met in the 18th century, and is most distressed by the fact that his body is suddenly deteriorating. Miriam, however, has known for some time that she needs a replacement companion. And Sarah is about to walk through the door...

* AssholeVictim: John doesnt deserve what he gets, but he isnt exactly the nicest guy, what with being a murderous vampire and all.

Creator/SusanSarandon plays Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher in premature aging who is contacted by John Blaylock (Music/DavidBowie) who is in fact the immortal companion of Miriam, a beautiful vampire played by Catherine Deneuve. John was led to believe that he and Miriam would share a life of eternal youth when they met in the 18th century, and is most distressed by the fact that his body is suddenly deteriorating. Miriam, however, has known for some time that she needs a replacement companion. And Sarah is about to walk through the door...

''The Hunger'' is a British film from 1983, the first to be directed by Creator/TonyScott. The screenplay was written by Ivan Davis and Micheal Thomas, and adapted from Whitley Strieber's novel.

* ImmortalityBisexuality: Miriam. This becomes particularly clear in the climatic scene when [[spoiler: several coffins in Miriam's house prove to contain ancient-looking undead some of which are dressed in women's dresses and at least one of which (besides John) is dressed in a man's suit]].

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* BlondesAreEvil[=/=]BlondGuysAreEvil: Miriam and John, respectively.

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* SmokingIsGlamorous: At least if you're a 1000 year old, eternally youthful vampire.

* SmokingIsGlamorous: At least if you're 1000 year old, eternally youthful vampire.

* LiteralPun: John ages several centuries in a doctor's waiting room. Admit it, you've felt like that too...

* BlondesAreEvil / BlondGuysAreEvil: Miriam and John, respectively.

* UrbanFantasy: The story is set in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, to be specific.

* ExpositionOfImmortality: The audience is privy to John's memories of Miriam turning him and Miriam's memories of Ancient Egypt and a previous companion.

* SlidingScaleOfVampireFriendliness: Don't let their lovely looks fool you. Miriam and John are definitely on the nasty end of this scale. They ''must'' feed every week and all victims ''will'' die in the process. A person converted by Miriam -- it requires a special process -- will not be able to resist their new HorrorHunger for long, even if they were a good person before.
* UrbanFantasy: The story is set in New York City, to be specific.

* ImmortalityBisexuality: Miriam. This becomes particularly clear in the climatic scene when [[spoiler: several coffins in Miriam's house prove to contain ancient-looking undead some of which are dressed in women's dresses and at least one of which is dressed in a man's suit]].

''The Hunger'' is a British film from 1983, the first to be directed by Tony Scott. The screenplay was written by Ivan Davis and Micheal Thomas, and adapted from Whitley Strieber's novel.

Susan Sarandon plays Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher in premature aging who is contacted by John Blaylock (Music/DavidBowie) who is in fact the immortal companion of Miriam, a beautiful vampire played by Catherine Deneuve. John was led to believe that he and Miriam would share a life of eternal youth when they met in the 18th century, and is most distressed by the fact that his body is suddenly deteriorating. Miriam, however, has known for some time that she needs a replacement companion. And Sarah is about to walk through the door...

* AndIMustScream: The fate of [[spoiler: Miriam's companions, John included, is to be shut in coffins as their bodies age and become more and more frail but never actually die]].

* DownerEnding: On the one hand, [[spoiler: John and the other lovers take revenge on Miriam and are able to perish while she experiences their And I Must Scream fate for herself]]. On the other, [[spoiler: rather than dying, the turned Sarah moves to Paris (taking the imprisoned Miriam along) to start anew with lovers of her own]]. The novel's ending, in which [[spoiler: the revenge fails, Sarah dies, and Miriam starts over]] is no picnic either.

* KickTheDog: John and Miriam are friends with a precocious teenaged female violinist named Alice, with whom they play classical music. [[spoiler: And then John kills her to drain her blood]]

* WouldHurtAChild: John, who [[spoiler: murders the young violinist who came to the house regularly for tutoring]]. It's also implied (outright stated in the novel) that [[spoiler: Miriam was grooming the girl to replace him]]...

* WickedCultured: Miriam and John embody this trope in their elegant surroundings and clothing, for starters. In the film only, it is suggested that they were intially drawn together via their shared gift for playing and appreciation for what, in the present day, is regarded as classical music, and when Miriam makes to seduce Sarah, it's over [[http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flower_Duet The Flower Duet]] and fine wine.
* WouldHurtAChild: John, who murders the young violinist who came to the house regularly for tutoring. It's also implied (outright stated in the novel) that Miriam was grooming the girl to replace him.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: HansZimmer was considered to score the film by music director Howard Blake but director Tony Scott turned him down. Ironically, Scott would later employ Zimmer for a number of films (and tried to get him for ''[[BeverlyHillsCop Beverly Hills Cop II]]'' but the studio refused).