Review – The Hunger

If any horror movie captures the zeitgeist of the early 1980’s, this is it. Working with a plot from a book by outré novelist Whitley Strieber, director Tony Scott tosses in heavy doses of the dramatic lighting, framing and editing that were such an important part of the early days of MTV. Exotic actress Catherine Deneuve and glam rocker David Bowie play oh-too-beautiful and ever-so-wealthy vampires who begin the drama by feasting on a pair of punk-rock swingers. After Bowie disintegrates into a Ronald Reagan wannabe, Deneuve attempts to replace him with Rocky Horror Picture Show alum Susan Sarandon. How much more 80’s can you possibly get? Worth seeing