Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9853 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-08-27
• Rating: Universal, suitable for all
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 4
• Running time: 505 minutes

Synopsis
At first glance, Sabrina (Melissa Joan Hart) is your typical 16-year-old girl, with all the usual teenage hang-ups. What’s not so obvious, however, is the fact that she is half-witch, half-mortal... and not half good at magic! With the loving guidance of her supernaturally-inclined aunts Hilda and Zelda (Caroline Rhea and Beth Broderick), Sabrina not only learns how to use her powers for good, but how to deal with her mortal problems in an equally responsible manner. Much of the show’s humour comes from Salem, a talkative black cat who coughs up one-liners like they were hair balls. This release contains the entire first series of the teen comedy, including episodes with guest stars Milo Ventimiglia, Donald Faison, and Penn & Teller.

Customer Reviews

The Magic Begins
Sabrina Spellman's (Melissa Joan Hart) life is changing. She's just moved in with her aunts Hilda (Caroline Rhea) and Zelda (Beth Broderick) and is starting a new school.

But that's not all. On her sixteenth birthday, Sabrina learns that she is a witch who is just starting to get her powers. So not only does she need to fit in at school, but she needs to hide her powers for fear of being labeled a freak. And there's the fact that their cat Salem talks (voiced by Nick Bakay).

On her first day of school, she quickly makes friends with idealistic Jenny (Michelle Beaudoin) and develops a crush on Harvey (Nate Richert). Unfortunately, she also draws the distain of head cheerleader Libby (Jenna Leigh Green). And she has to survive biology with Mr. Poole (Paul Feig).

This school year will be anything but easy as she turns Libby into a pineapple, learns that messing with her friends lives can cause terrible things to happen, makes a magician invisible, gets trapped in a mirror of her own bad mood, turns Harvey into a frog when they kiss, and faces her own worst fear when Libby accuses her of being a witch while on a field trip to Salem, Massachusetts. Who ever said being a witch was easy?

I actually started watching this show with season two, but have caught season one multiple times in reruns. Maybe it's because I started later, but I've never found this to be one of my favorite seasons. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of laughs. But it just seems a bit like the show is still finding its feet. Of course, that is pretty normal for many shows in their first year.

This show definitely falls into the fantasy category, and it creates its magical world well. I do laugh quite a bit at the situations Sabrina gets into over the course of the season. The acting is good. Most of the special effects work, although a few are a little obvious, especially the puppet version of Salem in the early episodes.

This set contains all 24 episodes from the season on four discs. There are no bonus features, although the full frame picture and stereo sound look and sound great.

There isn't anything serious about this show, but it isn't trying to be serious. Instead, you'll get a funny show set in a creative fantasy world.

A Great Series for Children, Teenagers and Maybe Even Adults
Sabrina the Teenage Witch was easily one of the best comedy series of the 1990's. Melissa Joan Hart's wonderful performance as the title character was both endearing and funny, quickly earning the series a cult following of children, teenagers and some adults.

On her sixteenth birthday, Sabrina Spellman is told by her two aunts, Hilda and Zelda - whom she has just started living with after her parents divorce and are out of the country because of their adventurous jobs - that she is a witch, as are they and her Father. At first she does not believe them and laughs it off as a lame joke, then leaves for her first day at a new high school. However, when she gets into a confrontation with Libby, the most popular girl in her high school, she somehow manages to turn her into a pineapple just by pointing at her. Understandably, Sabrina changes her mind and realises that her Aunts were telling the truth all along.

The first series follows Sabrina's mastering of her powers, her trying to juggle high school life, various trips to the Other Realm - the witch world that can be travelled to through the linen closet in her Aunts' house - as well as friendships and romance. It is not the funniest series of the programme, but is very entertaining nonetheless, often offering laugh out loud moments, mainly involving Salem the cat, voiced by Nick Bakay.

The release of this series on DVD is ideal for reminding yourself of which shows were cool in the past and of how good Sabrina the Teenage Witch really was. The series is magical, original, intirguing and downright entertaining and is well worth a look.

The Magic Finally Returns
For many years there would be nothing quite so exciting as getting home from school to watch Sabrina the Teenage Witch on television. Finally, the magic has come to DVD and I couldn't be happier. There could only be one reason that this show was so popular and it has lost none of that charm or spark in the five years or so that I have impatiently been waiting for it.

Like any other show this season has its ups and downs but, for the most part, every episode is well-written, creative and clever. Such a charming and captivating series that you'll find yourself re-watching these DVDs time and again.