Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina: Every Horror Movie Reference In Season 4 – Screen Rant

Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina season 4 references several horror movies and characters while Sabrina Spellman takes on the Eldritch Terrors.

Chilling Adventures Of Sabrinafollows a young teenage witch trying to make her way in the mortal and infernal realm. In season 1, it was evident that Sabrina Spellman (Kiernan Shipka) was a major horror movie buff as she and her friends attended late night viewings of some of the genre's most iconic films. Show creatorRoberto Aguirre-Sacasa continued this theme in season 4 withnumerous references to horror movies featured throughout its entirety.

During the summer of 2020, Netflix announced it had cancelledChilling Adventures Of Sabrina, meaning that season 4 was the official ending. The series had only been apart of the streaming platform's lineup since 2018. While Sabrina will make a reappearance in comic book form in the future, there will not be a season 5 in the foreseeable future. It stars Kiernan Shipka as the teenage witch living in Greendale, which exists in the same universe asRiverdale.Despite the fact that there was never a crossover episode, fans did have the opportunity to see numerousRiverdaleEaster eggs inChilling Adventures Of Sabrina,especially in season 4.

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The tonality ofChilling Adventures Of Sabrinais much darker than the other SabrinaTV adaptation, thesitcomSabrina The Teenage Witchstarring Melissa Joan Hart. Aguirre-Sacasa was heavily influenced by horror movies and the occult roots of the witch when crafting the latest iteration of Sabrina. As such, nearly every episode ofChilling Adventures Of Sabrinaincludes references, Easter eggs, or outright recreations of iconic movies in the genre. Without further ado, here's every horror movie referenced in season 4 of the series.

After season 3's ending, Sabrina was officially single. Having rescued her boyfriend Nicholas Scratch (Gavin Leatherwood) and let go of her first love Harvey Kinkle (Ross Lynch),the titular witch had to face off against her next love interest and villain Caliban (Sam Corlett) for Hell's throne. Season 4 began with a very single Sabrina struggle with loneliness, but her love life was not dead. She accepted a date with Melvin (Tyler Cotton) to seeThe Rocky Horror Picture Showand took Billy (Ty Wood) to seeAlienat the Paramount.

Earlier in episode 1, she asks her cousin Ambrose (Chance Perdomo) to see theEvil Deadtrilogy with her, but he declines. While these may seem like harmless references, they actually foreshadow the events of season 4. Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell) ofEvil Deadfights off Deadites that rose from the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, a fictional text created by H. P. Lovecraft. The eight Eldritch Terrors, featured in this season ofSabrina, are based on his writings.Alienstars Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley, who fights off otherworldly creatures, just like the teenage witch does.The Rocky Horror Picture Showreferences the time warp she caused when she separated herself into Sabrina Spellman and Morningstar.

Hilda Spellman (Lucy Davis) finally has the opportunity to marry Dr. Cerberus (Alessandro Juliani) in Chilling Adventures Of Sabrinaseason 4. While they have a much more elaborate wedding earlier in episode 2, she gets the ceremony of her dreams which asks of her guests to don the costumes of their favorite horror movie characters. Her sister Zelda (Miranda Otto) dresses as a classic witch, Mambo Marie (Skye Marshall) as a Day of the Dead sugar skull, Ambrose as 1985'sTeen Wolf,Sabrina as her 1962 comic book version, Hilda as theBride Of Frankenstein,and Dr. Cerberus asDracula.

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During "Chapter Thirty-One: The Weird," Lilith (Michelle Gomez) goes into labor. She does not feel safe delivering her child in Hell, so she seeks out the help of Zelda and the coven. The newly crowned crone of the Order of Hecate calls upon the goddess to give Lilith's pain to the coven to alleviate her torment and allow for her to push with as much strength as she can manage. As the women scream around her in pain, she gives birth to a healthy baby boy named Adam. This scene is a direct reference to Ari Aster's folk horror movieMidsommar.In particular, it mirrors the scene where Dani Ardor (Florence Pugh) screams in anguish after she discovers her boyfriend cheating on her. TheHarga women scream with her, showcasing a shared pain between them. BothSabrinaandMidsommardisplay women's strength when they come together against adversity or torment.

After Prudence Blackwood (Tati Gabrielle) decapitates Father Faustus Blackwood's (Richard Coyle), she and Ambrose visit the chamber where they are keeping his body. Upon entry, they discovery Judas and Judith praying to it. While it was once headless, it appears as though the twins have fashioned their own version of their father's head. This scene mirrors another Aster movie,Hereditary.

After Peter Graham (Alex Wolff) falls from the family's home, he dies instantly, which allows Charlie's (Milly Shapiro) soul to enter his body. When he climbs into their treehouse, he is met with members of his grandmother's cult who worship the Paimon fromThe Lesser Key Of Solomon.By mirroring Judas and Judith's worship of their father's body to this particular scene, it showcases their unwavering devotion to Father Blackwood.

When the Uninvited Eldritch Terrors rise to the realm of the living, the homecoming queen killed by the band Satanic Panic rises to take her revenge. In episode 6, the Fright Club participates in a battle of the bands with the spirits of a 1980s punk band who are managed by the Dark Lord. When Sabrina takes the stage as Dark Mothers, she harkens Peggy Lou Simcox (Quinn Greysen) to the event. She dons a bloody homecoming gown and ignites the Satanic Panic using her seemingly telekinetic powers. ThisChilling Adventures Of Sabrinascene directly references Carrie White from Stephen King's iconic 1974 novelCarrie.After the titular character has pigs blood poured on her during prom, she sets the gym ablaze, killing everyone insight. The story is meant to be about a young woman's revenge against those who tormented her, similar to the story behind Peggy Lou Simcox.

The Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina season 4 finale, "Chapter Thirty-Six: The Mountains Of Madness," includes a subtle reference to Tommy Lee Wallace'sHalloween III: Season Of The Witch.When Sabrina goes to answer the door for a trio of trick or treaters, they are wearing the same costumes as those featured in the third installment in John Carpenter'sHalloweenfranchise made by the Silver Shamrock company: a witch, a skull, and a jack-'o-lantern.

Tommy Lee Wallace'sHalloween III: Season Of The Witchis one of the most underrated movies in the franchise, as it does not feature Michael Myers. Despite this fact, it has garnered an incredible cult following in recent years. When the showrunners included this reference inChilling Adventures Of Sabrina, they gave a subtle nod to the holiday Sabrina shares her birthday with as well as one of the most iconic franchises in horror history.

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