Sabrina the Teenage Witch is a 1996 American television film adaptation based on a character from Archie Comics

Archie Comics

Archie Comics is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the Village of Mamaroneck, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones. The characters were created by...

. It served as a pilot for the Sabrina The Teenage Witch

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV series)

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch is an American sitcom based on the Archie comic book series of the same name.The show stars Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina Spellman, a teenager with magical powers, who lives with her aunts Hilda and Zelda , and their magical talking cat Salem...

TV series, and premiered on Showtime on April 7, 1996. The only two actors who appeared in both the pilot, and eventual television series, were Melissa Joan Hart

Melissa Joan Hart

Melissa Joan Catherine Hart is an American actress, writer, television director, television producer, singer and businesswoman...

 and Michelle Beaudoin

Michelle Beaudoin

Michelle Beaudoin is a Canadian actress best known for her role as Jenny Kelley in the ABC sitcom Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.-Early life:Beaudoin was born in Edmonton, Alberta, the daughter of Maurice and Lorraine Beaudoin....

, though Hart's character had a different surname, and Beaudoin's character had a name change in the series.

Plot

The movie centers around Sabrina Sawyer who is sent to live with her eccentric aunts in Riverdale

Riverdale (Archie Comics)

Riverdale is a fictional town somewhere in the United States that is the setting for most of the various characters that appear in Archie Comics...

. On her sixteenth birthday, Sabrina discovers that she is a witch. Sabrina then develops a crush on Seth, the cutest boy in school who happens to be dating Katie La More, the school's "Queen Bee". Sabrina has to find a way to use her newly discovered magical power to get Seth to notice her, but at the same time not cast a love spell, which could backfire on her.

After Katie dumps Seth, he starts to notice Sabrina. Sabrina is able to use her magic to win a track competition and get Seth to ask her to the Spring fling. Katie discovers Sabrina's secret and sets out to let everyone know what Sabrina is. Sabrina has to use her magic to turn Katie into a poodle to stop her. All the while, Harvey likes Sabrina and waits to see if she will have a change of heart and start to notice him. The story ends happily with Sabrina and Harvey together and with Katie, not a dog, and back with Seth.

Cast

• Melissa Joan Hart
  Melissa Joan Hart
  Melissa Joan Catherine Hart is an American actress, writer, television director, television producer, singer and businesswoman...
  
   as Sabrina Sawyer (Sabrina Spellman in the TV series)
• Sherry Miller
  Sherry Miller
  Sherry Miller is a Canadian actress best known for her role as Jane Oliver on the Canadian drama E.N.G. , Jennifer Taylor on the Showtime television show Queer As Folk and Dorothy O'Sullivan on The Best Years .- Biography :Miller began her career as a singer and dancer, gaining attention...
  
   as Aunt Hilda
• Charlene Fernetz
  Charlene Fernetz
  Charlene Fernetz is a Canadian actress.Fernetz was born on a large farm in the center of Saskatchewan, Canada, and studied Journalism at the British Columbia Institute of Technology; but in 1990 it was while doing regional theater in Portland, Oregon, that she caught the eye of a Manager from Los...
  
   as Aunt Zelda
• Michelle Beaudoin
  Michelle Beaudoin
  Michelle Beaudoin is a Canadian actress best known for her role as Jenny Kelley in the ABC sitcom Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.-Early life:Beaudoin was born in Edmonton, Alberta, the daughter of Maurice and Lorraine Beaudoin....
  
   as Marnie Littlefield
• Ryan Reynolds
  Ryan Reynolds
  Ryan Rodney Reynolds is a Canadian film and television actor, best known for his roles in such films as National Lampoon's Van Wilder, Waiting..., The Amityville Horror, Just Friends, Definitely, Maybe, The Proposal, Buried, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and Green Lantern.One of his best known...
  
   as Seth
• Tobias Mehler
  Tobias Mehler
  Tobias Mehler is a Canadian actor who has appeared in film and television productions. Some notable roles include d'Artagnan on Young Blades, Zak Adama on Battlestar Galactica and Lieutenant Graham Simmons in Stargate SG-1...
  
   as Harvey
• Lalainia Lindbjerg
  Lalainia Lindbjerg
  Lalainia Lindbjerg is a Canadian voice actress who works for Ocean Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.-Biography:...
  
   as Katie La More
• Laura Harris
  Laura Harris
  Laura Elizabeth Harris is a Canadian actress.-Early life:Harris was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the daughter of school teachers. She began acting in radio dramas and animation series when she was five years old. As a child Harris was educated at Crofton House School and attended college...
  
   as Freddie
• Kea Wong
  Kea Wong
  Kea Wong is a Canadian actress well known for her role as Jubilee in X2: X-Men United, which she reprised in X-Men: The Last Stand....
  
   as Fran
• Jo Bates as Coach
• Janine Cox as Sales Clerk
• Biski Gugushe as Larry
• Tyler Labine
  Tyler Labine
  Tyler Sean Labine is a Canadian actor. His brothers Kyle Labine and Cameron Labine also work in the entertainment industry.-Life and career:Labine was born in Brampton, Ontario...
  
   as Mark
• Jim Swansburg as Mr. Dingle
• Noel Geer as Jeff