The Hunger
Movie • 1983 • Drama
ReportMiriam 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.
This movie contains 23 potentially triggering events.
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Is there pedophilia?
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Not outright, though it's strongly implied Miriam and John are grooming a teenage girl to become their new lover, as was stated explicitly in the book it was based on.
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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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Is there domestic violence?
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Is there addiction?
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BobbieDreamhearse
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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Are animals abused?
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Micellar
There are graphic depictions of medical experiments on monkeys.
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Is there a dead animal?
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XL1111
A monkey dies on-screen around the 26-27 minute mark, and then goes through accelerated decomposition.
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Assault
Is someone restrained?
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WordsUntold
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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OliviaM
unconsensual kiss from an undead person briefly towards end, other than that, generally free any SA issues
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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BobbieDreamhearse
The vampires use handheld blades.
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Is there cannibalism?
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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 someone buried alive?
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BobbieDreamhearse
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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Is there body horror?
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WordsUntold
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 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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Are there ghosts?
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aberrantdishwasher
The undead lovers of a vampiress rise from their coffins. Though they're not "ghosts" they certainly look ghastly indeed.
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WordsUntold
No razors, though there are several deep cuts made with other blades that are shown briefly but up close.
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Does someone vomit?
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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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LGBTQ+
Is there bisexual cheating?
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WordsUntold
Sarah had a boyfriend but sleeps with Miriam. Miriam herself has a husband.
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Are needles/syringes used?
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XL1111
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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WordsUntold
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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Is there body dysmorphia?
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BobbieDreamhearse
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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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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But one character asks another character to kill them
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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strobewarrior
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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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Sarah dismissed John initially and describes him as a nutjob.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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