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Truth Seekers TV-14 2020 1 Season Comedy Horror TRAILER for Truth ... 75% Avg. Tomatometer 40 Reviews 80% Avg. Audience Score 100+ Ratings Paranormal investigators set out to film ghost ...
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Robert Levin Newsday The first few episodes of "Truth Seekers" are somewhat disappointing, but the acting is strong and there's potential for improvement. Rated: 2.5/4 Nov 4, 2020 Full Review Suzi ...
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- October 30, 2020
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Nov 2, 2020 · Our Take: Truth Seekers is pretty much everything you might want out of a 30-minute British horror comedy; it’s full of laugh-out-loud one-liners, jokes that stem from literal interpretations ...
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By Matt Fowler
Updated: Oct 31, 2020 7:21 pm
Posted: Oct 31, 2020 7:15 pm
All 8 episodes of Truth Seekers Season 1 can now be streamed on Amazon Prime.
Though it may seem futile to release anything opposite the premiere of The Manadalorian Season 2, that series' weekly release model allows for other shows to butt in during this Halloween weekend, for those looking for an engaging, gently-spooky binge. And Truth Seekers, from Shaun of the Dead masterminds Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, is a light, mysterious romp through the realm of the sinister and supernatural.
Created by Pegg and Frost, along with James Serafinowicz and Nat Saunders, Truth Seekers lovingly borrows from Ghostbusters, The X-Files, various ghost hunting shows, and many other paranormal pop culture paragons to craft a fun, heartfelt adventure series carved out of the quaint English countryside. It's not a laugh-riot, per se, like you might expect from an Edgar Wright movie starring Pegg and Frost, but it is a crafty and capable caper that'll pull you along with a smirk thanks to a fun ensemble and nicely constructed story.
So even as a binge, the season is broken up enough, thematically, to not seem like a four-hour movie. But you can also feel how this could have been a movie, and maybe even was, at some point in its development.
Ultimately, the main plot, which lurks behind each episode, feels a bit clumsy and sort of overcooked when compared to the rest of the show, but by the time you reach the endgame, it's the characters who matter and not the evildoers' nefarious inter-dimensional scheme. It's the fondness found between Astrid and Elton, the friendship built between Gus and Elton, and the unusually sweet bond formed between Richard and Helen, born out of loneliness, that drives the story when everything else gets a bit bogged down in hinky, hectic details.
As mentioned, Pegg is involved as a bit of background silliness along with other guest stars like Boardwalk Empire's Kelly Macdonald, GLOW's Kate Nash, Hot Fuzz's Kevin Eldon, and more. Possessed dolls, sinister specters, ghostly machines, and brainwashed cults run rampant as Gus and his ragtag team all experience growth as human beings, finding a type of solace and camaraderie in the hunt that allows them to heal and smooth over some of their emotional scars.
Truth Seekers isn't overtly scary, nor is it a gut-buster, but it finds a good balance between entertaining and icky and works well as a rollicking ride-along.
Truth Seekers is nestled nicely between horror and comedy as a team-building adventure filled with assorted ghoulies and ghosties. Though occasionally dark, it's mostly a pleasant parade of paranormal pop-ins filled with fun nods and winks to horror cinema. When the overarching plot strains a bit, it's the unique ensemble that makes the show work a...
Truth Seekers: Created by Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Nat Saunders, James Serafinowicz. With Nick Frost, Malcolm McDowell, Samson Kayo, Susan Wokoma. A team of part-time paranormal investigators use homemade gizmos to track the supernatural, sharing their adventures online.
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- 2020-10-30
- Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Nick Frost, Malcolm McDowell, Samson Kayo
Oct 29, 2020 · Truth Seekers, co-created by Frost, Pegg, Nat Saunders and James Serafinowicz, is the product of fandom. It’s a bundle of admiration for horror in all guises, from the shonky DIY of Most Haunted ...
Oct 30, 2020 · Nothing's quite what it seems to be in the Amazon original series Truth Seekers, which re-teams (sort of) Nick Frost and Simon Pegg, the duo who starred together in the brilliant British series ...
