6.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Hunger (1983)
The Hunger (1983)
Overview
Five-thousand-year-old vampire Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life. When John, her cellist companion for centuries, discovers that he has suddenly begun growing old, he attempts to seek out the help of Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher on the mechanisms of aging.
Starring Cast
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Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Viewer Rating
6.1
Overview
Five-thousand-year-old vampire Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life. When John, her cellist companion for centuries, discovers that he has suddenly begun growing old, he attempts to seek out the help of Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher on the mechanisms of aging.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film explores themes of sexual fluidity, power dynamics, and the existential burden of immortality through its central vampiric relationships. While not overtly political, its prominent depiction of non-heteronormative relationships and strong female agency aligns with progressive values, leading to a left-leaning rating.
The movie features a predominantly white main cast without explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. While the narrative explores non-heteronormative relationships, it does not explicitly critique or negatively portray traditional identities.
Secondary
The film features a prominent lesbian relationship between its main characters, Miriam and Sarah, depicted with intensity and sensuality. While the narrative involves vampiric predation and tragic outcomes, these are tied to the supernatural elements rather than the same-sex nature of their desire, which is normalized and presented without judgment.
The film 'The Hunger' does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on vampire mythology, immortality, and the relationships between its main characters, Miriam Blaylock, John Blaylock, and Sarah Roberts, without exploring transgender identities.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The Hunger (1983) is an adaptation of Whitley Strieber's 1981 novel. The main characters, Miriam Blaylock, John Blaylock, and Sarah Roberts, retain their established genders from the source material in the film adaptation.
The film is an adaptation of Whitley Strieber's 1981 novel. There is no evidence that any character, canonically established as one race in the source material, was portrayed by an actor of a different race in the 1983 film adaptation.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.6
6.6
Critic Ratings
6.0
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