Sunday, 18 October 2026 at 9 pm
Directed by: Tony Scott
USA/UK, 1983, Colour, 97'
The vampire Miriam Blaylock, who hails from ancient Egypt, promises eternal life to her human lovers. Her current chosen one is the talented cellist John Blaylock, whom she met in France in the late 18th century. Now, 200 years after Miriam turned him from a man into a vampire, John begins to suffer from insomnia and, in just a few days, ages many years.
He then realised that Miriam's promise of eternal life and youth if he killed people and fed on their blood was only partly true – life is eternal, but not youth, so in the end, as a vampire, he was condemned to live the life of a living corpse in a coffin. John refuses to accept such a fate and turns to a leading gerontologist, Dr Sarah Roberts, for help…
The Hunger is the debut feature film by the legendary director Tony Scott (Top Gun, Days of Thunder, True Romance, Crimson Tide), younger brother of the even more legendary Ridley. It is a loose adaptation of the 1981 novel of the same name by Whitley Strieber, It is characterised by what the younger Scott has always excelled at – an attractive visual style, in this case very sophisticated and intensely imbued with eroticism, including lesbian elements. The dark sensual atmosphere is the film's forte, whose style is far more potent than its content.
The three lead roles are played by three major stars – Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie and Susan Sarandon, and all three are brilliant in their parts. As a little titbit, it's worth noting that Bowie and Sarandon had an affair during filming. Few expected a diva like Danevue, despite being an icon of eroticism, to take part in filming a lesbian scene with Susan Sarandon, but it really happened, and the scene is excellent. It's worth mentioning that the then-unknown Willem Dafoe makes a small cameo in a public telephone box, as does John Pankow, and it would be just two years later that these two would play two of the three lead roles in William Friedkin's “To Live and Die in L.A.”.
Commentary by: Damir Radić
Tickets for the screening on 18 October 2026 at 9 pm can be purchased online HERE, as well as at the Surogatkino KIC box office one hour before the start.