The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: What the reviewers think

Tuesday 23 October 2018, 11:02

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Our Must Watch TV reviewers this week are Scott Bryan, TV Editor at Buzzfeed and Emma Bullimore, from TV Times. They're sharing their thoughts on the new Netflix series, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.

What did you think? Leave your reviews below...

Scott says: "It's got a really nice, creepy, spooky, relevant feeling"

"I watched every single episode of the old Sabrina (The Teenage Witch).

"I was going through a bit of fear - I wondered if they would just do a copy/ paste job as we've seen with many other reboots.

"But they've basically taken the original premise of Sabrina and taken it in a new direction - which is so refreshing.

"The characters are there, but only in name - it's really good.

"It's so dark - it's got a really nice, creepy, spooky, relevant feeling; the whole premise is malleable. Sabrina is half-witch and it's about her deciding whether to go to the witch world or the mortal world. But it's got a great, new, fresh streak to it."

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Emma says: "If I was a teenage girl now, I'd love it"

"I sat and watched this with a massive sense of trepidation - but you know what? It's not bad. It's not the original but it's not bad. An hour is too long for this kind of story.

"The fact her boyfriend keeps calling her "Brina" is extremely annoying and needs to stop immediately.

"In the original, Salem, was an incredible character - he was a talking cat. In this one, it's just a normal cat - I'm not happy with that.

"I think if I was a teenage girl now, I'd love it. They've still kept the humour in it - it's still funny and fun. There's a great cast.

"It's not a bad stab at it, though can't they just show the original?

"It is a bit soap-boxy: in the first episode they deal with #MeToo, gender fluidity, racial discrimination, abuse of power, bullying. Maybe they could have done that one-at-a-time."