Plus Icon
Alison Herman
TV Critic
aherman2006 See All Add us as a Google Preferred Source
Add us as a Google Preferred Source 
Courtesy of AMC+ The witchy thriller “Yaga” is a Canadian production that co-stars Hudson Williams, now hot enough off of “Heated Rivalry” to earn a “with” before his name in the credits. That’s about where the similarities with the hockey-themed megahit end, though not for lack of trying: “Yaga” — which airs on streaming service AMC+ in the States — painfully strains for the eroticism and insight into sexuality that came so easily to “Heated Rivalry,” resulting in an eight-episode season that’s often cringe without ascending into camp. But other blunders are all “Yaga”’s own. Choppy pacing, poor casting and facile feminism all combine to make “Yaga” a misfire, one viewers in search of seasonal scares should overlook in favor of alternatives.
Related Stories
