Conclave 7 Omnibus: The Compleat ”The Hunger”

2022-12-07

**NEW EPISODES DROP EVERY TWO WEEKS*** The Cinemania Society, a not-so-secret society of movie geeks, convenes to scrutinize, criticize, analyze, satirize, brutalize, and otherwise vamp on the weirdest films in cinema. In the first episode of our Halloween-appropriate seventh conclave, the Society analyzes Tony Scott's 1983 neo-gothic '80s erotic vampire thriller "The Hunger.” In this episode: The Interloper won't go away...and ends up as Pontifex of Presenment because she's actually prepared. The Opening Titles...BUT WRON...

**NEW EPISODES DROP EVERY TWO WEEKS***

The Cinemania Society, a not-so-secret society of movie geeks, convenes to scrutinize, criticize, analyze, satirize, brutalize, and otherwise vamp on the weirdest films in cinema.

In the first episode of our Halloween-appropriate seventh conclave, the Society analyzes Tony Scott's 1983 neo-gothic '80s erotic vampire thriller "The Hunger.”

In this episode:

The Interloper won't go away...and ends up as Pontifex of Presenment because she's actually prepared.
The Opening Titles...BUT WRONG.
The Interloper gets an official title: Auntie Hope, Keeper of the Books (NOT Bookkeeper)
We meet the Godfather of Goth
Argument over the definition of an orgy
Tiny Necklace Daggers (TM)
Research Monkey Death Match '83
Brother Methuselah gets An Idea
Scrutinizer Zacharia schools us on the Goth Subculture.
'80s Latchkey Parenting Failures
Auntie Hope's Sexy Cello Memory
Meeting Dr. Snoop L. Jackson
David Bowie: The only man since 1960 who can get away with wearing a fedora and trench coat
Bowie becomes Old Bowie via rapid aging
'80s solo roller disco having a Flashdance moment
Cinquisitor Ethan relates some history about Sacramento-area serial killers and lead/crime theory.
Stranger Danger not being a thing in the early '80s
A grisly puddle that used to be a tween
Burning garbage for heat the way they did in the Before-Times
Too many goddamned doves and too many goddamned poop jokes
Passive-aggressive vampire mummies
Auntie Hope's recipe for a "The Hunger" themed cocktail
Cinquisitor Ethan is a patronizing bastard and Repositor Andre is VERY patient.
Let's hear it for Dan Hedaya!
Flirtation telepathy
Lesberotic vampire voyeurism
The love scene that established '80s film sex tropes: gauzy curtains vs. erotic androids from the future
Professor Andrea versus Brother Methuselah--
"The Hunger" as prophecy and a deep dive into the AIDS crisis
A surface analysis of Catherine Deneuve's love life
Suspicion over European gift-giving
A HUGE bloody steak
Hungry glances & wistful sighs
A top-of-the line monkey lab and battle arena (THE MUSICAL!)
Possibly the first screen appearance of Willem Dafoe, and an attempt to avoid getting herpes from a public phone
Profligator Daniels seeks office supplies of a general medicinal nature and encounters Brother Methuselah
Susan Sarandon's sexy flop-sweat wriggling
Cinquisitor Ethan admits to having baffled a U.K. national treasure as a teenager
A goth-girl equivalent of the suburbanite kid with too many stuffed animals
The ouroboros eats its own tail yet again
Judgement! Judgement! Judgement!
Oddly-sweaty scientific rationalizations for vampires
A Fap Film for the Ages
Bowie is like bacon