Secrets of Sulphur Springs
May. 11th, 2021 09:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
meteordustI've been trying to write this review for a few weeks, because the thing that hooked me happens at the end of the first episode, and does that count as a spoiler? Or is it basically the premise of the show?
But hey, it turns out they reveal it in the official trailer, so I figure it's supposed to be the thing that hooks you.
Anyway, Secrets of Sulphur Springs is a mystery show for kids, currently available on Disney+. Griffin moves to the town of Sulphur Springs when his dad buys a rundown old hotel there. According to local legend, the hotel is haunted by the ghost of Savannah, a girl who disappeared thirty years ago. Griffin makes a new best friend, Harper, and the two of them start to investigate the hauntings.
It's all very suspenseful and intriguing. And then! Near the end of the first episode, Griffin and Harper make a shocking discovery in the basement of the hotel -
A secret portal back in time.
Thirty years back in time, to be specific. Right before Savannah disappeared. So now they have a chance, not only to solve her disappearance, but to stop it.
This is totally my jam. I love, love, love time travel stories, and this show hit a lot of my favourite tropes. The suspense is genuinely spooky, but it was also kind of reassuring to know that, as a show for kids, the solution to the mystery wouldn't be too dark or gory. Griffin and Harper were great protagonists, active and smart and likeable.
One more thing I have to mention. That thirty year time travel? In Back to the Future, they went from the modern day of 1985 to the olden days of 1955. In Secrets of Sulphur Springs, they went from the modern day of 2020 to the olden days of - *drumroll* - 1990.
!!!
This is how you feel old. When the 1990s are a historical era someone can time travel back to. But to Griffin and Harper, who are kids, it actually is the distant past.
Secrets of Sulphur Springs was recently renewed for a Season 2.
But hey, it turns out they reveal it in the official trailer, so I figure it's supposed to be the thing that hooks you.
Anyway, Secrets of Sulphur Springs is a mystery show for kids, currently available on Disney+. Griffin moves to the town of Sulphur Springs when his dad buys a rundown old hotel there. According to local legend, the hotel is haunted by the ghost of Savannah, a girl who disappeared thirty years ago. Griffin makes a new best friend, Harper, and the two of them start to investigate the hauntings.
It's all very suspenseful and intriguing. And then! Near the end of the first episode, Griffin and Harper make a shocking discovery in the basement of the hotel -
A secret portal back in time.
Thirty years back in time, to be specific. Right before Savannah disappeared. So now they have a chance, not only to solve her disappearance, but to stop it.
This is totally my jam. I love, love, love time travel stories, and this show hit a lot of my favourite tropes. The suspense is genuinely spooky, but it was also kind of reassuring to know that, as a show for kids, the solution to the mystery wouldn't be too dark or gory. Griffin and Harper were great protagonists, active and smart and likeable.
One more thing I have to mention. That thirty year time travel? In Back to the Future, they went from the modern day of 1985 to the olden days of 1955. In Secrets of Sulphur Springs, they went from the modern day of 2020 to the olden days of - *drumroll* - 1990.
!!!
This is how you feel old. When the 1990s are a historical era someone can time travel back to. But to Griffin and Harper, who are kids, it actually is the distant past.
Secrets of Sulphur Springs was recently renewed for a Season 2.
