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.
The Hunger has generally received positive reviews.
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The Hunger was released in 1983 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 489 reviews, giving The Hunger (1983) an average rating of 61%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 75%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 64%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Hunger than critics were.
With a score of 61%, The Hunger is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1983, which stands at 58%.
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