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Hungry ghosts Hungry ghost is a concept in Buddhism, and Chinese traditional religion, representing beings who are driven by intense emotional needs in an animalistic way. The terms ' literally "hungry ghost", are the Chinese translation of the term ''pret ...
are a concept in Buddhism and in Chinese traditional religion. Hungry Ghost(s) or hungry ghost(s)may also refer to:


Books

* ''Hungry Ghosts'' (novel), a 2023 novel by
Kevin Jared Hosein Kevin Jared Hosein (born 1986) is a Caribbean novelist and short-story writer from Trinidad and Tobago. He is known for winning the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize with his story "Passage". He also won the regional (Caribbean) section of the ...
*'' Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine'', by Jasper Becker


Film, television and radio

*''
The Hungry Ghosts ''The Hungry Ghosts'' is a 2009 American dramatic film written and directed by Michael Imperioli. The film marked his directorial feature debut. Plot Matthew (Emory Cohen) is a teenage boy in New York who attends therapy with his father Frank (S ...
'', a 2009 American film by Michael Imperioli * ''Hungry Ghosts'' (TV series), a 2020 Australian television series *''The Hungry Ghosts'', part 2 of the 1998 and 2000 radio drama ''
Midnight at the Casa Luna ''Midnight at the Casa Luna'' is a radio drama, produced by the ZBS Foundation.ZBS.orglink (Midnight at the Casa Luna) The two parts of the story were released individually in 1998 and 2000; part two has the title ''The Hungry Ghosts''. It is the ...
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Music

* Hungry Ghosts (band), a Hong Kong rock band formed in 2007


Albums

* ''Hungry Ghost'' (album), 2013 album by Violent Soho * ''Hungry Ghosts'' (album), 2014 album by OK Go *''Hungry Ghosts'', 2005 album by Doug Cox


Songs

*"Hungry Ghost", by Blank Banshee on the album ''
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'' *"Hungry Ghost", by Brad Mehldau *"Hungry Ghost", by Hurray For The Riff Raff *"Hungry Ghost", by
Scars on Broadway Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway (previously known as just Scars on Broadway) is an American rock band founded by Daron Malakian of the metal band System of a Down. The band's self-titled debut album was released in July 2008. In late 2008 ...
, released as a B-side on the single "They Say" *"Hungry Ghost", by
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*"Hungry Ghosts", by DJ Logic *"Hungry Ghosts!", by
Mudboy Mudboy ( Raphael Lyon) is an American experimental musician and artist from Providence, Rhode Island. Career Mudboy began recording experimental noise and electronic organ music in 2000 while a resident of Fort Thunder and continues to do so t ...


Other uses

* Preta, a type of supernatural being described in Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Chinese and Vietnamese folk religion, also known as hungry ghost


See also

* Ghost Festival, also known as Hungry Ghost Festival, a festival held in some East Asian countries *'' In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction'', a book by Gabor Maté *'' A Month of Hungry Ghosts'', a 2008 Singaporean film *''Scroll of Hungry Ghosts'', a Japanese National Treasure painting *
Segaki The is a ritual of Japanese Buddhism, traditionally performed to stop the suffering of the such restless ghosts/monsters as '' gaki'', ''jikininki'' and the ''muenbotoke'' (the dead who have no living relatives), ghosts tormented by insatiable hung ...
, a ritual of Japanese Buddhism sometimes translated as "feeding the hungry ghosts" {{dab