Horst_In_Translation Review of Eureka: Hide and Seek

Eureka: Hide and Seek (2006)

Lukewarm horror/mystery with the usual ingredients

[4/10 · 14 July 2017]

"Eureka: Hide and Seek" is an 8-part mini series from 2006, so this had its 10th anniversary last year and it consists of one prologue and seven episodes. All of these are really short, rarely they make it past the 20-minute-mark, so you can watch the entire thing in under 20 minutes. The title already gives away that this is a little add-on to the fairly successful television show Eureka and apparently this came out roughly the same time the show started. The positive aspect here is that they got actual actors from the show to appear in here, which is not a given to these mini-series. But sadly, the story is not memorable at all. A monster attacks a bunch of teenagers spying on a chick and the rest of the thing is basically the main characters trying to catch the monster and finding out who or what this creature is. Nothing stands out here story-wise and it was a bit embarrassing how every episode ended basically the same, especially given the 100-second runtime. Overall, this did not get me curious about checking out "Eureka" anytime soon. I give it a thumbs-down.