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Spellbinder

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1995 | 2 seasons | 24 min | Family, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With a short run with a modest audience and little lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for sci-fi fans and families.
The mood
Feel-good.
The pace
2 seasons: a few weeks of evenings, short, snackable episodes, about 21 hours in all.
What might put you off
No age rating on record, so check it first for young kids.

A group of teenagers go on a school camp in the Blue Mountains in Australia. While at the camp, Paul Reynolds accidentally goes into a parallel universe. This other world is inhabited by a more hierarchic and technologically different society, ruled by a group of people known as Spellbinders.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsWeak

    1 win and 1 nomination from smaller awards and festivals

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Ran for 2 seasons and reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactBelow par

    About 36K people sought it out in the past year

Season by season

The show overall is a Monday Morning Maybe. Here's how each season stacks up; Season 1 is the high point.

  1. Saturday Special
    Season 11995 · 26 episodes · 8.0 out of 10
    Saturday
  2. Season 21997 · 26 episodes
    Not rated yet

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Cast & crew

Created by Mark Shirrefs, John Thomson

  • Heather MitchellAshka
  • Lauren HewettKathy
  • Ryan KwantenJosh
  • Leonard FungSun
  • Lenore SmithVicky
  • Peter O'BrienCarl