Friday, January 29, 2021

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018 - 2020)

As the result of the love between a witch and a human, Sabrina is attracted to both worlds and tries to stay connected to everything she loves.

An imaginative tv show, based on a comic book series that generated another cult tv series in the 90s, with a completely different tone as a sitcom. 'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' retains the dark tone of the paper version and its deep connections to occult mythology, but also the playful and slightly caricaturistic feel, resulting in a mix that cannot be accused of inspiring negative ideas in any way when it's so ingenious and pleasant to watch, even as the characters deal with completely unpleasant things. It often makes use of the clichés that are very common to the genre, which usually involve having the one missing perfect element falling (read that as "being invented") in the heroes' lap at exactly the right time, but the story in this case is secondary to the visual show and speed of events, so these small missteps are easily forgiven.
Unfortunately the series was canceled by Netflix, and it ended in season 4 in an unfortunate situation that would have had a solution in an already planned future season, but the fans will not get to see what that was, so the series finale remains a little bitter.

Director:  Rob Seidenglanz and others   
Production:  Netflix   
Creator:  Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa   
Duration:  4 seasons of 8-11 episodes (~1 hour each)   
With: Kiernan Shipka, Ross Lynch, Lucy Davis, Chance Perdomo, Richard Coyle, Miranda Otto, Abigail Cowen, Alessandro Juliani

Rating: 8/10

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