Spoiler Alert: This article contains details about all episodes of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
There seems to be a trend in Hollywood of giving any and all IP a “dark reimagining” — specifically material that is normally seen in a more buoyant and hokey light. Shows like Riverdale and Titans have gone this route in order to make it edgy, slick, sexy, and hip. Revamping classics to fit 21st-century sensibilities is a novel idea, but shows can easily fall into a trap of gimmicks and desperation. Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina cleverly avoids those trappings because its source material is a perfect fit for a “dark reimagining.”
Based on the Archie comics and set in the town of Greendale, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina kicks off with the titular Sabrina Spellman (Kiernan Shipka) on the verge of her 16th birthday — but it’s not an ordinary birthday. Half-witch and half-mortal, Sabrina...
There seems to be a trend in Hollywood of giving any and all IP a “dark reimagining” — specifically material that is normally seen in a more buoyant and hokey light. Shows like Riverdale and Titans have gone this route in order to make it edgy, slick, sexy, and hip. Revamping classics to fit 21st-century sensibilities is a novel idea, but shows can easily fall into a trap of gimmicks and desperation. Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina cleverly avoids those trappings because its source material is a perfect fit for a “dark reimagining.”
Based on the Archie comics and set in the town of Greendale, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina kicks off with the titular Sabrina Spellman (Kiernan Shipka) on the verge of her 16th birthday — but it’s not an ordinary birthday. Half-witch and half-mortal, Sabrina...
- 10/23/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
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