These are our spoiler-free first impressions of Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, which debuted its premiere episode at New York Comic Con. All episodes will be available to stream on Netflix beginning Oct. 26.
Much like Riverdale put a new spin on teen high school dramas, Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina will completely change your perception of Sabrina Spellman (Kiernan Shipka) - at least if you grew up with the wholesome teenage witch portrayed by Melissa Joan Hart in ABC's TGiF lineup.
Here, Sabrina's spells involve Latin incantations rather than pithy poems, Salem the cat isn't a sassy puppet (although we kind of wish he was), and the leader of the witches isn't Penn Jillette, but the devil himself (there's a whole lot more Satanism in this show than you might've been expecting). Of course, for fans of the Archie Comics title of the same name (written by showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa) none of this will seem shocking at all - and viewers who dig the tone of this wicked teen tale will probably want to rush out and stock up on reading material.
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Much like Riverdale put a new spin on teen high school dramas, Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina will completely change your perception of Sabrina Spellman (Kiernan Shipka) - at least if you grew up with the wholesome teenage witch portrayed by Melissa Joan Hart in ABC's TGiF lineup.
Here, Sabrina's spells involve Latin incantations rather than pithy poems, Salem the cat isn't a sassy puppet (although we kind of wish he was), and the leader of the witches isn't Penn Jillette, but the devil himself (there's a whole lot more Satanism in this show than you might've been expecting). Of course, for fans of the Archie Comics title of the same name (written by showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa) none of this will seem shocking at all - and viewers who dig the tone of this wicked teen tale will probably want to rush out and stock up on reading material.
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