I've really been enjoying the revival of Archie Comics. I absolutely adore the new Archie. I can't wait for CW's twisted take on Riverdale, which has been described as "dark" and "noir." I tried Afterlife with Archie, which fell flat because I'm not a big fan of zombies. When I heard about the new Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, I could not wait. Witches are totally one of my things and this was hyped as playing back to old school horror.
The hype was exactly right. Warning, this is a comic more suited to older teens. There is blood and witchcraft and horror. It's not the sunny Sabrina that I grew up with. It is aimed at a specific kind of horror fan but definitely at a horror fan.
That being said, I ended up really enjoying this one after a slow start. It takes place in the 1960's and really does pull from those classic horror movies. The first issue, learning about Sabina's birth, could be Rosemary's Baby. It hit so many of the horror tropes: teen witches, succubi, funeral homes, raising the dead, and insane asylums. It also used the history of New England and the Salem witch trials in the story line. Sabrina is part witch and part human and she walks the line between these two worlds. When she starts human high school, she falls for Harvery, an all-American boy. Sabrina's cousin offers to help her do a love spell to attract Harvey's attention and for a while everything seems perfect. But as her sixteenth birthday approaches, little does she know that something is being summoned in the woods that will ride into town on a wave of revenge.
I liked this one but, again, it is only going to work for older teens who like horror. -RYQ
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