Welcome to Movie Nights @ Amy's Place
Film Fanatic Movie Nights is a series of communal film experiences designed to stimulate the senses, feed the mind, and dazzle the eyes. Each film is presented by a film fanatic curator who introduces the film, sets the stage with background and insight, and leads an informal discussion afterward. Whether you come as a viewer, a movie buff, or a full-on fanatic — you're among friends here.
This screening is part of Champaign-Urbana's annual month-long celebration of horror films — one of cinema's most inventive, subversive, and enduring forms. This October, explore a carefully curated selection of the genre's greatest achievements on the big screen. Full festival schedule: shocktober-fright.com
The Hunger
UK 1983 • 97 min (1.85:1) • Rated R
Directed by: Tony Scott
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon, Cliff DeYoung, Dan Hedaya
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Tuesday, October 20, 2026 at 6:00pm
Venue: Amy's Place (120 N First St, Champaign)
Advance tickets: $10 (available online until 5pm on October 7)
Regular admission: $12 (at the door)
Special offer: Join Film-Fanatic.Club today and get one FREE admission plus one drink ticket (more info)
Note: Upon purchase, your name will be added to our door list (no tickets will be issued). Simply check in at the door at least 10 minutes before the screening starts on the night of the event. Your email receipt is your proof of purchase.
The Scratching Post is an ADA accessible venue with designated spaces that can accommodate anyone, including guests who use wheelchairs. Please email ada@film-fanatic.club for more information.
About the film
A landmark of stylish 1980s horror, this sensual, decadent vampire film transformed the genre into something closer to an art object. At its center is a centuries-old lesbian couple whose glamorous existence begins to unravel when mortality intrudes, giving the film an erotic and emotionally charged dimension that was strikingly unconventional for mainstream cinema of its era. Long before becoming one of Hollywood's most commercially successful visual stylists, Tony Scott announced himself with a debut of extraordinary confidence. His music-video sensibility—fluid camerawork, saturated imagery, slow motion, and hypnotic editing—collides with gothic romanticism to create a world of beauty, desire, decay, and eternal loneliness. Catherine Deneuve radiates icy elegance, David Bowie brings unforgettable rock-star charisma, and Susan Sarandon delivers a fierce, sensual performance as the woman drawn into their immortal world. Set to an unforgettable post-punk soundtrack, it remains one of the most visually intoxicating, erotically charged, and genuinely distinctive vampire films ever made.
Content Warnings: Graphic blood and violence, sexual content, nudity, vampirism, death, body horror, disturbing imagery, and mature themes.
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Film-Fanatic.Club • Amy's Place • 120 N First St, Champaign
