Conclave 7 Omnibus: The Compleat ”The Hunger”

**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

FEATURING:

Hope Bravo, former keeper of The Laughing Tome, a family friendly occult bookstore

Andy Slack, comic artist / internet comedian of Dune Sietchposting & Star Trek Shitposting

Ethan Ireland, formerly of Smosh (seasons 2009-2012)

Andre Luc Martinez, of Genshin Impact and Onyx Equinox.

Zacharia Berks, of Dead Tone and Space Pope Egregious 1

Daniel Scribner, author extraordinaire

 

Trigger warnings include sex and violence.

WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT. STRONG LANGUAGE & ADULT THEMES.