Hex - Season 1

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Editorial reviews

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

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Customer reviews

review by: leeha88 date: 2008-12-25 rating:
Dark, Stylish & Sexy...
"Hex" is a British Drama series starring Christina Cole and Jemima Rooper as Cassie and Thelma, two girls at a remote boarding school who are caught up in the fight between the forces of good and evil.
Cassie longs to be popular with her classmates at Medenham Hall, but is only truly loved by best friend and roommate Thelma. But worries of social acceptance soon disappear when Cassie discovers that she has supernatural abilities, and is the latest in a long line of witches with links to the mysterious past of Medenham Hall. And when a tall, dark stranger named Azazeal appears, intent on seducing her to join him and his shady cohorts, Cassie finds herself trapped in a dangerous game that can only end in tragedy...
"Hex" is possibly the edgiest, coolest and most stylish TV show to ever come out of the UK. It effortlessly mixes teen drama with elements of horror and the supernatural, comedy and even great special effects -- the likes of which had probably never been seen on British TV before. The first season is made up of 6 episodes, the first of which is feature-length and introduces the characters and mythology perfectly, setting the scene for the rest of the series.
The hot young cast is made up of largely talented British actors, who bring their characters to life with gusto -- particularly Jemima Rooper as sassy lesbian ghost Thelma, who gets all of the witty one-liners and manages to steal the limelight in most of her scenes.
So, check out this cool, stylish and sexy show on DVD and you will find yourself sucked into a world of witches, ghosts, fallen angels and one girl's fight against the forces of darkness. I guarantee you will be hooked.

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review by: date: 2008-10-14 rating:
UNDER A SPELL...
Hi there! I'm so happy to have listened to the advice of others buying Hex 1 & 2, because they were absolutely amazing! Besides all, I've also watched "Buffy the vampire slayer" in the prevoius years, but I don't agree with the general feeling of this has to be a masterpiece of television: first of all, because it isn't scary at all for me,the monsters are ridiculous, the story lacks in a lot of passages too and it isn't an original idea, plus where all the suspance was gone?!..It even looked like a Scooby-Doo film in some points..

And ok, as good as could have been the main actress,or handsome the male actor of Angel,the spin off too, isn't at the top of my favourite list (for example, in the past, there was "American Gothic" that in my opinion was better, at least more scary)...However this english show instead is "da bomb"! And it is even better for the fairy and scary environment, for the thrilling original plot, for the hot never gross sex (thre's even a nice subplot about homosexual love: that is a good way to spread tolerance too, I think),but far away different from the usual american style we are all used to; and last but not least, for the good looking and perfect cast (wow that gorgeous blue-eyes fallen angel...I'm still dreaming of him! ;-P)

So, don't think twice, it isn't even true that it lacks in pace,you will be totally instant "HEXed",in this modern horror fairy tale...so just go for it and enjoy yourself!;-P) Bye bye xoxo

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review by: date: 2008-06-27 rating:
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?

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review by: date: 2008-04-12 rating:
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.


review by: date: 2008-01-09 rating:
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!

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