So this was an okay show. It had some good moments. It also had a lot of dumb moments. It's described as a drama, fantasy and horror, and I agree with that.
Let's start with 'fantasy', that's the most obvious one. They're witches, there are also some demons and all the 'normal' kids have fun at school dances. So 'fantasy' checks out.
There is also a lot of horror. But that doesn't really come from the expected part. Yes, there are some deaths, there are special effects on the demon posessed people, which a child may find scary and there is some mediocre CGI that allmost works because the cast knows how to scream and cry and look distraught. The scariest horror thought comes mostly from the close up shots of wannabe teens awkwardly kissing.
Then the drama. At first the show seemed to present itself more like a mystery. And don't get me wrong, on some parts it handled mystery pretty well. But on some other parts they showed the audience things that would have had way more impact had we found out together with the protagonists.
So try this drinking game.
Every time a character is about to give some very useful information, but they get interrrupted or the other character 'has to be somewhere', is not listening because he/she has something else to say, or 'just can't handle all this right now', take a shot. You will quickly discover where 'drama' wins it from 'mystery' in this show.
Anyway, it's not really good, but I did like it.
It kept me interested until the ending and the conclusion was solid as well (except for the little teasers for the following season that never came).
I never want to see this show again, but it was entertaining enough to watch once.
Let's start with 'fantasy', that's the most obvious one. They're witches, there are also some demons and all the 'normal' kids have fun at school dances. So 'fantasy' checks out.
There is also a lot of horror. But that doesn't really come from the expected part. Yes, there are some deaths, there are special effects on the demon posessed people, which a child may find scary and there is some mediocre CGI that allmost works because the cast knows how to scream and cry and look distraught. The scariest horror thought comes mostly from the close up shots of wannabe teens awkwardly kissing.
Then the drama. At first the show seemed to present itself more like a mystery. And don't get me wrong, on some parts it handled mystery pretty well. But on some other parts they showed the audience things that would have had way more impact had we found out together with the protagonists.
So try this drinking game.
Every time a character is about to give some very useful information, but they get interrrupted or the other character 'has to be somewhere', is not listening because he/she has something else to say, or 'just can't handle all this right now', take a shot. You will quickly discover where 'drama' wins it from 'mystery' in this show.
Anyway, it's not really good, but I did like it.
It kept me interested until the ending and the conclusion was solid as well (except for the little teasers for the following season that never came).
I never want to see this show again, but it was entertaining enough to watch once.