The Hunger
Movie • 1983 • Drama
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Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life, but John, her companion for centuries, suddenly discovers that he is getting old minute by minute, so he looks for Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher on the mechanisms of aging, and asks her for help.
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According to some reports, the monkey was filmed while suffocating from carbon dioxide (CO2) exposure. Also worth noting there's no signoff from the SPCA saying no animals were harmed. Very distressing to watch the monkey scenes either way, but obviously worse if this is true.
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Is there decapitation?
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The head falls off a mummified corpse near the end of the movie
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Is someone eaten?
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Not eaten, but flesh is bitten and their blood is consumed, pretty graphically a couple of times
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone stalked?
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No, but a girl does have visions of the vampire following her when she isn't there.
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Addiction
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There is vampire-y "addiction" to blood. This isn't dwelt on frequently, though a main character struggles with the symptoms in the latter half of the movie.
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There are graphic depictions of medical experiments on monkeys.
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Is there a dead animal?
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A monkey dies on-screen around the 26-27 minute mark, and then goes through accelerated decomposition.
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unconsensual kiss from an undead person briefly towards end, other than that, generally free any SA issues
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Is there pedophilia?
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to the above comment- i have no idea about the book but i did not get that implication at all from the movie- at least it does not feel that is their intention to me
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Is someone restrained?
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Near the end, a delirious Sarah is held and pinned down by her boyfriend quite roughly while she fights him. He is trying to help her though, and means no harm, though it looks bad and can be triggering.
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Is there excessive gore?
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Excessive blood, yes. All other gore is shown only in quick flashes or low-resolution video footage.
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Is there body horror?
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Several people whither away to dusty corpses/near skeletons but do not die for hundreds of years. Judge for yourself if this is body horror.
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Is someone burned alive?
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No one is burned alive, but several bodies in trashbags *are* burned after they die.
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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The vampires use handheld blades.
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Is someone buried alive?
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Characters are trapped in boxes. It's only directly shown once, but it's implied that many have held this fate.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Near the end (around 1:27:00 in) a character falls a great distance and there's a slow motion sequence that makes it look like they're having a seizure, but it's not confirmed to be one
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Does a kid die?
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young vampires die
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Sort of - Sarah is kept in Miriam's brownstone in a helpless state, having lied about where she is and therefore unable to be found
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Are there ghosts?
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The undead lovers of a vampiress rise from their coffins. Though they're not "ghosts" they certainly look ghastly indeed.
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No razors, though there are several deep cuts made with other blades that are shown briefly but up close.
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At about an hour and five minutes Roberts starts coughing at night and then it cuts to her vomming into the toilet, mostly audio. Lasts maybe a minute and a half.
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Does someone spit?
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Around 1:12:00 a man appears to spit the olive out of his martini. There's also a v-m-t scene earlier on that might be triggering
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Sarah had a boyfriend but sleeps with Miriam. Miriam herself has a husband.
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Medical
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Around 26 minutes and 20 seconds in there's a cut to blood being drawn through a syringe from an arm. It lasts a second or two.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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The main character is a research doctor and works in a hospital.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Near the very end, shortly after being turned, Sarah stabs herself in the throat in an attempt to kill herself. In a later scene we find out she survived, but at the time it very much seemed like she'd succeeded.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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But one character asks another character to kill them
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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A character ages rapidly and is very distressed by this, they frequently ruminate on and pick at their appearance in mirrors.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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from the intro credits during a club scene for say the first 5 minutes of film & near the end, during the attic scene just after a character has committed suicide, about 10 minutes of strobing images.
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Paranoia
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The music video-style opening features Peter Murphy staring into the camera and could feel like it's directly at the viewer
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Sarah dismissed John initially and describes him as a nutjob.
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They're vampires. It's the least of the problems, but yes, there is a very large age gap.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Are there nude scenes?
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There is a sex scene which obscures very little.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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No but the protagonist comes within inches of it.
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Several near misses in NYC traffic, with trucks and taxis honking/slamming brakes on
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