While Part 4 will focus on these important power plays, Aguirre-Sacasa assured that the new season will continue to borrow ingredients from Lovecraft's writings in a similar vein to Part 3, which included the Old Gods and Eldritch Terrors as part of the narrative.
"One of my favourite horror writers is H.P. Lovecraft, and there's a definite H.P. Lovecraft vibe to Part 4,” the showrunner revealed. "And we're taking very, very old primal ideas of horror and fear and unleashing them on Sabrina, on the Spellmans and on Greendale. And Greendale becomes a battleground for this really epic battle between evil and good and horror and sanity and it's huge, it's big."In our review of Part 3, we commended Aguirre-Sacasa for wearing his "genre-fan heart on his sleeve" in the newest batch of episodes, praising his ability to craft "a delightfully dark homage to horror whilst never feeling derivative, even when leaning into the oldest of cosmic horror storytelling."
For more on The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, get the lowdown on the renewal of the teen horror series for Parts 3 and 4, watch the cast put their magic knowledge to the test in our Sabrina Spell-ing Bee, and check out all of the hidden symbolism you might have missed in the show from the start. Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.