The Girl with the Hungry Eyes story

nightgallery3x02 · 1972-10-01

A photographer (James Farentino) hires a model (Joanna Pettet) whose eyes burn with a mysterious glow. Note: Based on a short story of the same title by Fritz Leiber Directed by: John Badham. Story by: Robert Malcolm Young.

6 total · 5 major · 1 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
commercialism in society major The beer company executive Munsch ended his search for a model to symbolize materialism with the hungry eyes girl.
femme fatale major The model was the embodiment of what
man vs. woman major The story was about how women need men to become infatuated with them.
obsessive love major Various men became uncontrollably besotted with the model.
photography major We saw a window into David Faulkner's life as a professional photographer.
witchcraft minor It appeared at first that the model was bewitching young men and luring them to their doom.