Fans Are Devouring The #1 Thriller On Netflix, Calling It “Gruesome Yet Beautiful”
43,580,000 is a big number. It also just so happens to be the number of hours viewers have spent watching Sitisiri Mongkolsiri’s Hunger, the #1 film on Netflix not in the English language for the week. In Hunger, “a talented young street-food cook pushes herself to the limit after an invitation to train under an infamous and ruthless chef.” Check out the trailer below.
Aoy (Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying) works at a small-time noodle shop with her family. She is soon poached by celebrity chef, Chef Paul (Nopachai Chaiyanam). A kind of culinary Whiplash with a sprinkle of workplace horror, Aoy is pushed to her limits under Chef Paul’s tutelage, grappling with her career goals and the sadistic leadership she must endure. This psychological drama from Thailand hits all the Netflix streaming sweet spots. It’s tense, well-acted, and explicitly high concept, a recipe for success in the streaming age. Check out what fans are saying about Hunger below:
Fans are already comparing it to Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, the Best Picture winning horror hybrid that enraptured the world just a few years ago. As Netflix continues to shift its content strategy, moving away from DVD rentals, for instance, and shifting into the gaming sphere (yes, really), subscribers have been left wondering what value the streamer holds in an ever-competitive marketplace. While Netflix has plenty of faults, there is something to be said for their commitment to releasing international genre fare. Incantation, a Taiwanese found footage film, was one of last year’s best horror releases, and one of Netflix’s best distribution deals ever. For all their faults, they can still be relied on to deliver the international genre goods, and Hunger looks to be no different.
Check out the trailer here:
What do you think? Have you caught Hunger yet? Let me know on Twitter @ChadisCollins.
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