Eric is a 2024 American serial thriller film created by Abby Morgan. The film premiered on the movie platform Netflix is on May 30, 2024.
When little Edgar (Ivan Morris Howie) disappears in 1980 in Manhattan, his grieving father Vincent (Benedict Cumberbatch), a puppeteer on a leading American children's television show, finds solace in his friendship with Eric, the monster who lives under Edgar's bed. In his quest to uncover the truth behind Edgar's disappearance, Vincent is forced to enter the dark shadows of a city riddled with corruption, only to discover that the real monsters live much closer to home.
Set against the backdrop of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, Detective Ledrois (McKinley Belcher III), tasked with exposing internal corruption within the New York City police force, finds himself drawn into the search for Edgar while privately coming to terms with his own secrets.
