Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2043 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-09-19
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 3
• Running time: 260 minutes

Amazon.com
Billed as UK TV's answer to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Charmed, the supernatural drama Hex plays more like a coming-of-age story dressed in Gothic trappings. Christina Cole stars as Cassie Hughes, a young girl enrolled at Medenham Hall, a private school that once housed a coven of witches. Cassie, who struggles to fit in with her elitist and over-sexed classmates, discovers that she's even less like them than she thought when she develops telekinetic powers. The onset of these powers attracts the attention of Azazeal (Michael Fassbinder), leader of the Nephilim (the fallen angels of the Bible). What follows is a broad and frequently stylish soap opera that pits Cassie and her roommate Thelma (Jemima Rooper, who steals many scenes), who happens to be a ghost, against Azazeal as he attempts to control Cassie's body and soul--quite literally. His plan is to impregnate her in order to allow the other Nephilim to invade the corporeal world. Cutting dialogue a la Buffy and a hip soundtrack should hook viewers, as will a smattering of nudity and violence and surprisingly solid special effects. -- Paul Gaita

Synopsis
A teenage girl becomes aware of her strange new powers and of her legacy. Her future is unclear as forces good and evil fight to make her their own. Her destiny is in her own hands. Supernatural thriller.

Customer Reviews

At last a very good goth series
After having to endure buffy et al. for so long, its so refreshing to see something that's this well done. More for adults I suspect, as some subject matter broached in latter episodes is quite dark. Sexy, edgy, addictive, good acting, great locations, great choons, and some excellent humour to boot. What are you waiting for?

Disappointing
After the reviews of this series that i read on Amazon i was very excited about watching it. I was keen to find a replacement for Charmed as i thoroughly enjoyed every series of that. Hex i found had a profoundly more dark feel to the whole series. You were left to feel that evil would inevitably win out and that Cassie, even though she is a goody two shoes character, would not even attempt to fight this situation. I do not intend to watch the second series. I enjoy supernatural shows but at least the sisters in Charmed used the powers they were given to fight evil, even thought they didnt always win. This series didnt have any exciting special effects either.

the only problem is...
the first season of hex is an absloute must-see for fans of good english tv with a supernatural theme. the characters are easily-relatable and realistic, despite their supernatural characteristics (we're talking ghosts, fallen angels, telekinetic powers etc here). the only problem with the season is that it is just too short! you won't want it to end for the simple reason that nothing you watch afterwards will be able to top this amazing programme. with just 6 episodes, you havent got much viewing time but the series is very watchable even the second and third times over. the only advantage to its short length is that you can easily watch it all at once! the making of any great programme is its actors, and on this note, the makers havent put a single foot wrong. every actor suits their character perfectly and as such can play them to the highest possible standards. there really arent any faults with this!