Behold Agatha All Along‘s Coven of Chaos in a Series of New Character Posters

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Marvel Studios has released aggregate colorful posters contiguous promoting its witchy caller WandaVision spinoff series, Agatha All Along. Let’s unpack them together.

First up is Kathryn Hahn returning arsenic Agatha. In a erstwhile Entertainment Weekly piece, showrunner Jac Schaeffer stated the bid would beryllium getting “a small squirrelly” with the explanation of a “witch,” astatine slightest successful fashionable culture, and truthful present we person our pb performing successful a Fleetwood Mac-inspired stone band. As Schaeffer admits, the 1960s and ’70s influences whitethorn not beryllium “abundantly clear” arsenic acold arsenic the spooky taxable goes, but Stevie Nicks does person those sorceress vibes. Plus, “we’re successful ‘Season of the Witch’ and that benignant of thing”—a opus we’re very, very, precise apt to perceive successful the bid itself.

Next up is Aubrey Plaza arsenic Rio, a “warrior witch” and subordinate of Agatha’s coven. Surrounded by VHS tapes, cassettes, and committee games, this 1980s analog horror-inspired poster is meant to evoke slasher films similar The Slumber Party Massacre and Friday the 13th. Indeed, Schaeffer has promised an upcoming occurrence successful which our formed is “dressed arsenic ’80s summertime campers messing with a ouija committee successful their bunk house,” and this 1 fits the bill.

By the aforesaid token, present we person Joe Locke arsenic “Teen,” who’s heavy speculated to beryllium Billy Kaplan/Billy Maximoff/Wiccan—a quality from the comics reincarnated from a lad of the Scarlet Witch. Harping connected the aforesaid ’80s summertime campy themes arsenic before, this 1 adds an further tone dressed similar 1 of Jason Voorhees’ notable victims—namely, Renée Jones arsenic Sissy Baker soon earlier her demise successful Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives.

Here we person Patti LuPone arsenic Lilia Calderu, a “divination witch” dressed similar Glinda from The Wizard of Oz. Note she’s holding a tarot paper of “The Tower,” a Major Arcana meant to correspond danger, crisis, higher learning, liberation, and unforeseen change. Note, too, the representation sees her flanked by 8 swords. In tarot, the Eight of Swords represents antagonistic thoughts and unfortunate mentality. We’ll spot however that plays retired successful the series.

Next up is Sasheer Zamata arsenic Jennifer Kale, a “potions expert” with a agelong work past successful the comics. Debuting successful Adventure into Fear #11 mode backmost successful 1972, Kale is simply a subordinate of the Cult of Zhered-Na, a sect who foretold the demolition of Atlantis. Here, she appears to beryllium waking up successful a morgue ringed with circular lights. Neither is particularly witchy, but it does evoke some aesculapian fearfulness films similar Coma and alien abduction thrillers like Fire successful the Sky. Food for thought.

Next is Alice Ahn arsenic the “protector witch,” Alice Wu-Gulliver, a much caller quality successful the comics. The emotion kid of a constabulary detective and the elemental guardian of Hong Kong, Alice is seen present arsenic a “hippie witch” of the 1960s. Note the zombie looming ominously down her successful the background.

Rounding retired the main formed is Debra Jo Rupp arsenic Ms. Hart. Wearing benignant meant to evoke “the coastal grandma chic” of precocious ’90s and aboriginal ’00s rom-coms similar Practical Magic and Something’s Gotta Give, we spot her reaching for a vessel of reddish vino down the fissures of a cracked window. Alcohol addiction tin besides beryllium a witch, apparently.

Another caller poster sees Kathryn Hahn’s Agatha resting upon a brace of disembodied lips successful an homage to The Rocky Horror Picture Show‘s opening number, “Science Fiction Double Feature.” While determination are perfectly nary witches successful that film, it could beryllium different hint that alien hijinks are secretly afoot successful Agatha All Along.

Yet different poster appears to homage the compartment successful the woods from The Evil Dead series. Make of that what you will.

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Our last poster sees the main formed astatine the mercy of an unseen puppet master, dangling implicit a pit of 22 upturned swords. In numerology, 22 represents idiosyncratic growth, manifestation, interior peace, and affirmative change, truthful I’m definite our heroes volition past their bid of “trials” and travel retired connected the different broadside for the better… right? We’ll find retired unneurotic erstwhile Agatha All Along premieres this September 18 connected Disney+.

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