5.4 /10 1 Votes
34% Metacritic Created by Natalie Chaidez Country of origin United States First episode date 11 April 2016 Network Syfy | 5.6/10 IMDb 7.1/10 TV Composer(s) Andy Gray Original language(s) English Final episode date 11 July 2016 Genre Science Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Based on Alien Hunter by Whitley Strieber Starring Nathan Phillips
Britne Oldford
Mark Coles Smith
Lewis Fitz-Gerald
Laura Gordon
Shannon Berry
Gareth Davies
Sarah Peirse
Edwina Wren
Julian McMahon Executive producers Emile Levisetti, Gale Anne Hurd Similar 12 Monkeys, Alphas, Childhood's End, Killjoys, The Magicians Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hunters is an American television drama series that aired on Syfy, created by Natalie Chaidez and executive produced by Chaidez, Emile Levisetti and Gale Anne Hurd. Based on Whitley Strieber’s best-selling novel Alien Hunter, the series premiered on April 11, 2016. All episodes were originally going to air at 10/9c on Monday nights before the final six episodes were abruptly pushed back two hours in the schedule to Tuesdays at midnight due to the series' poor performance in the previous slot.
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Syfy announced Hunters' cancellation on July 8, 2016.
Hunters official trailer nycc 2015
Premise
Hunters centers around the disappearance of a decorated Philadelphia cop’s wife when he discovers an organization group who hunts down alien terrorists.
Production
Developed in 2013, Hunters was ordered by Syfy in September 2014 with a straight 13-episode pick up at the time there were no casting announcements. Production began in Melbourne, Australia. Each episode takes its title from a different song by the British band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.
Cast
Reception
The series has been panned by many critics. Brian Lowry from Variety called the pilot "utterly generic, conceptually cynical and instantly forgettable." Boston Herald's Michael Perigard criticized the overacting from the cast and felt that the series seems like torture porn.
Hunters sits with a 0% by critics and a 55% by audiences on Rotten Tomatoes in addition to a score of 34 from 12 critics over on Metacritic.