Hunger
is a movie starring
Lori Heuring, Linden Ashby, and Joe Egender.
Hunger is a dark exploration into the breakdown of humanity. How far would you go to survive in the most extreme of circumstances? Five strangers awaken to find themselves trapped in an ...
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Thrown naked into a desolate room with thirteen strangers, Tonya discovers that she is the final contestant in a deadly game. Restrained by lethal electronic collars, the players must ... See full summary »
Directors:
John Suits,
Gabriel Cowan
Stars:
Ailsa Marshall,
Michael McLafferty,
David Higlen
A group of friends stop to pick up a hitchhiking woman only to end up getting drugged by her with a gas. They awaken to find that vials have been implanted in the base of their skulls - ... See full summary »
Whilst celebrating a graduation at a secluded vacation home, a group of college students find themselves targeted by a sadistic killer who forces them to play a deadly game of killing one another in order to survive.
Jo, Max, Gwen and Dave win the competition.Then they head off on an all expenses paid trip to New York, courtesy of the social network. As they board the private jet, they are asked to ... See full summary »
Director:
Chris Crow
Stars:
Scarlett Alice Johnson,
Jack Gordon,
Michael Jibson
Young British boys and girls travel to an isolated cabin after being promised a night of heavy partying. Instead of the fun they hoped for, they meet a killer out to reap vengeance on them for the death of his brother.
Four friends travel to a lakeside cabin for a carefree weekend, the fun turns into a nightmare when 3 of them end up locked in a hot sauna. Every minute counts and every degree matters as they fight for their lives in the heat up to 247°F.
Directors:
Levan Bakhia,
Beka Jguburia
Stars:
Scout Taylor-Compton,
Christina Ulloa,
Travis Van Winkle
Hunger is a dark exploration into the breakdown of humanity. How far would you go to survive in the most extreme of circumstances? Five strangers awaken to find themselves trapped in an underground dungeon. They soon realize they are the subjects of one man's sadistic experiment to test the depths of a human being's will to survive. As the days go by with no means of escape, their hunger increases as their humanity fades away.Written by
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When we are first introduced to Luke we see that he has blood all over his face and clothes. Once the group finds the water, Luke dips his face into the water without rubbing and takes a drink of water. When he lifts his head back all the blood in gone. See more »
Quotes
Jordan:
Brilliant, beautiful light, wiping away the darkness of night, see you soon, sunlight.
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Soundtracks
Piano Concerto Number 5 (2nd Movement)
Written by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by the Apollo Symphony Orchestra See more »
Day 1. Pitch black. One voice. Desperate. Weak. Confused.
Alone.
1 becomes 2.
In the darkness *somewhere* another comes to. Also confused. No longer alone.
2 becomes 3.
Another is located. All in the same space. No-one knows how or why they came to be here. Wherever 'here' is Still pitch black.
3 becomes 4.
All a little calmer now – just a bit – start to rationalise their situation. Realise another is in the room. Inanimate.
4 becomes 5.
The lights come on a large empty room leading to a small passageway. A large, wooden door at the end of the passage leading to a small room with makeshift toilet facilities and three large drums of water. Above is a shaft but no ladder, and the door/lid is closed shut.
A 24 hour timer on the wall running backwards from 30 to one ticks over to Day 2. The true natures of the various 'inmates' become evident. We have younger Mr Volatile, slightly older Mr Practical and Mr Quiet, Ms Determined and Ms Fragile. They spend the day cautiously hypothesising and pondering, occasionally interspersed with short bouts of rational irrationality.
While 'elsewhere" someone watches on hidden cameras.
Day 3. A discovery is made. A kinship of sorts. A reason for many of the 5 to be in their predicament. (For some reason this clumsy device is never revisited.) Day 4. The five-some realise that they're all in it for the long haul –dial a pizza ain't coming. They make two discoveries; a knife purpose built for carving flesh. And the remains of the previous inmates Days becomes weeks.
Tummy rumbles turn to true hunger, which leads to mistrust and anger. Resentment. Rationally irrational thoughts.
5 become 4 The time doesn't seem to allow the guys to grow a beard or any more than a 5 o'clock shadow. The gals maintain immaculately crafted eyelashes and hairstyles and aside from carefully positioned dirt smudges don't seem to appear worse for wear.
The film moves slow for a long while, but once it revs up things move rapidly. And once the blood starts trickling it isn't long before it commences gushing.
Hunger is truly low budget. In a film with basically one main set you would have thought that they would've spent a few bucks to make the walls look less fake? Hunger is a nasty piece of work with little entertainment value. But I can't say it doesn't work. The tale of one silent guy's personal macabre ant farm has some effective sequences and unexpected developments along the way, along with the gore and gross out stuff that the post-Saw crowd yearn for. In the main I found this as tasteful as Martyrs, but better made and more impactful.
Final Rating – 6 / 10. I didn't like Hunger but it worked. This low budget morbid Survivor via Saw clone has genuinely chilling elements that almost make you forgive the lack of logic in the last half hour.
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Day 1. Pitch black. One voice. Desperate. Weak. Confused.
Alone.
1 becomes 2.
In the darkness *somewhere* another comes to. Also confused. No longer alone.
2 becomes 3.
Another is located. All in the same space. No-one knows how or why they came to be here. Wherever 'here' is Still pitch black.
3 becomes 4.
All a little calmer now – just a bit – start to rationalise their situation. Realise another is in the room. Inanimate.
4 becomes 5.
The lights come on a large empty room leading to a small passageway. A large, wooden door at the end of the passage leading to a small room with makeshift toilet facilities and three large drums of water. Above is a shaft but no ladder, and the door/lid is closed shut.
A 24 hour timer on the wall running backwards from 30 to one ticks over to Day 2. The true natures of the various 'inmates' become evident. We have younger Mr Volatile, slightly older Mr Practical and Mr Quiet, Ms Determined and Ms Fragile. They spend the day cautiously hypothesising and pondering, occasionally interspersed with short bouts of rational irrationality.
While 'elsewhere" someone watches on hidden cameras.
Day 3. A discovery is made. A kinship of sorts. A reason for many of the 5 to be in their predicament. (For some reason this clumsy device is never revisited.) Day 4. The five-some realise that they're all in it for the long haul –dial a pizza ain't coming. They make two discoveries; a knife purpose built for carving flesh. And the remains of the previous inmates Days becomes weeks.
Tummy rumbles turn to true hunger, which leads to mistrust and anger. Resentment. Rationally irrational thoughts.
5 become 4 The time doesn't seem to allow the guys to grow a beard or any more than a 5 o'clock shadow. The gals maintain immaculately crafted eyelashes and hairstyles and aside from carefully positioned dirt smudges don't seem to appear worse for wear.
The film moves slow for a long while, but once it revs up things move rapidly. And once the blood starts trickling it isn't long before it commences gushing.
Hunger is truly low budget. In a film with basically one main set you would have thought that they would've spent a few bucks to make the walls look less fake? Hunger is a nasty piece of work with little entertainment value. But I can't say it doesn't work. The tale of one silent guy's personal macabre ant farm has some effective sequences and unexpected developments along the way, along with the gore and gross out stuff that the post-Saw crowd yearn for. In the main I found this as tasteful as Martyrs, but better made and more impactful.
Final Rating – 6 / 10. I didn't like Hunger but it worked. This low budget morbid Survivor via Saw clone has genuinely chilling elements that almost make you forgive the lack of logic in the last half hour.