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How the slasher genre helped bring a beloved teen drama back from the dead

Bailee Madison, Chandler Kinney, Malia Pyles, Zaria and Maia Reficco in "Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin."

If you're a fan of "Pretty Little Liars," you know that each text from "A," the series' anonymous tormentor, is enough to put one on edge. But in the spinoff series "Original Sin," there's a whole new level of fear with each cryptic message.

The HBO Max series, which concluded its first season last week, introduces a whole new friend group in a different town with their own A — one who is out for blood. "Original Sin," adding to the franchise based on Sara Shepard's young adult novels, leans into the slasher genre, standing

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