Sabrina

So recent Netflix watches have included an episode of The Frankenstein Chronicles and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.

Frankenstein Chronicles

I really wanted to enjoy this because the original novel is one of my favorites and the idea of a detective story from outside of the novel really appealed to me but I found it so baffling! And has not nearly enough to do with, well, Frankenstein. The action was set up well enough but the way the mystery unfolds makes it impossibly hard to figure out where exactly the characters are going and why. Also, I guess Sean Bean has syphilis? I'm not sure why he had that jolt wakeup moment about a dream involving a little girl walking out a door, though. Anyway, not nearly enough actual monster action for me to keep going, also HE TOTALLY GOT THAT KID KILLED IN THE FIRST EPISODE AND KIND OF SHRUGGED IT OFF?! DUDE!

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
I'm bewildered at the amount of British actors in this. I'm not sure why they decided to make this a Sabrina take if they were going to basically have it be Our Version Of Hogwarts (now with more actual Satanism). Only in an American show would Richard Coyle, the Joey of British sitcoms, actually play a villain. (He cleans up nice, though, I'll grant you). I really, really wanted to like this. I liked a lot about it (MIRANDA OTTO?!?!) but the race optics are unfortunate re: Sabrina vs. Prudence. And also the camera's WEIRDLY pervy. Like, someone shooting this likes putting teenaged girls into sexually vulnerable positions WAY TOO MUCH. And yes, I noticed how the camera followed Miranda Otto's ass in that one scene. There's something so sleazy about the way this show is shot -- then I learned it's the people who are doing the Dark! Edgy! Riverdale! And I understood.

Cat's cute, though.