This movie suffers from trying to cram too much into one movie. Plot points are introduced and then forgotten (most notably, the monkeys that went haywire, what was the point of that?) and the film's ending is completely baffling. I guess director Tony Scott was more interested in style over substance. Many shots of curtains billowing in the wind, birds flying around and reflections, clutter up the film. My main complaint is the too short scene on Bauhaus performing "Bela Lugosi's Dead", I wanted to see more of them. I guess the only thing to recommend is the love scene between Susan Sarandon and Catherine Deneuve, basically big budget softcore porn with big stars. I can't imagine that this movie ranks high on either one's personal portfolio. It's frustrating because if a lot had been stripped out and the film focused on Deneuve's attempts to replace lovers and Sarandon's battle with her vampirism, it could have been a good gothic horror film but instead, we get a commercial.
Review of The Hunger
