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    Eric on Netflix review: Benedict Cumberbatch's performance is totally absorbing in its utter vileness

    by Harriet Addison May 28, 2024 2 minutes
    Source: PR Handout

    Eric is not the programme I thought it would be. What I knew before watching was that it was a six-part thriller about a missing nine-year-old boy, Edgar, and his father Vincent, a puppeteer played by Benedict Cumberbatch, who is followed around by a massive blue and white furry monster called Eric.

    “The real monsters aren’t under your bed”, screamed the trailer. Not

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