--- title: "Hazbin Hotel" year: 2024 kind: "series" canonical: "https://film.one/tv/hazbin-hotel" fi1m_id: "hazbin-hotel" imdb_id: "tt7216636" tmdb_id: 94954 wikidata_id: "Q75020770" fi1m_score: 72 critics_score: 74 critics_reviews: 5 published: "2026-09-24T03:12:21.135759+00:00" updated: "2026-09-24T03:12:21.848860+00:00" region: "KR" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Hazbin Hotel (2024) Created by Vivienne Medrano · KMRB 19 · Animation, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy ## Identity Hazbin Hotel - **Canonical:** https://film.one/tv/hazbin-hotel - **Type:** Series - **Fi1m ID:** hazbin-hotel - **IMDb ID:** tt7216636 - **TMDB ID:** 94954 - **Wikidata ID:** Q75020770 - **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7216636/, https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/94954, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75020770 **Fi1m score: 72** · Critics 74 (early) from 5 reviews *In a sentence:* Hell has hired the right singers and forgotten to explain the house rules > We recommend Vivienne Medrano’s adult animated musical for its songs and voice cast. The storytelling is harder work: Hell has plenty going on, and too little of it gets explained clearly. ## Synopsis Hell is home to Charlie Morningstar (Erika Henningsen), Vaggie (Stephanie Beatriz) and Angel Dust (Blake Roman). Their company includes Alastor (Amir Talai), Husk (Keith David), Niffty (Kimiko Glenn) and Sir Pentious (Alex Brightman). This animated musical moves between its characters’ dealings with one another and the larger rules governing Hell, with songs, sexual humour and questions of morality sharing the episodes. Vivienne Medrano creates a series in which comedy, drama and fantasy sit alongside musical numbers, and an earnest concern for the characters runs through the adult material. ## Review *Hazbin Hotel* works best when it sings, and we recommend it to anyone who likes their animation loud, rude and musical. Creator and director Vivienne Medrano puts an earnest concern for people inside a setting that seems determined to advertise its bad behaviour. That combination gives the series something worth pursuing, even when the jokes make a great deal of fuss about being for adults. The trouble is that the storytelling keeps hurrying past matters the audience needs time to understand. The animation has enough personality to hold attention before a character opens their mouth. Vivienne Medrano’s Hell is busy and emphatically stylised, which suits the broad performances, although a distinctive look cannot explain how a fictional world operates. We can enjoy an image and still wonder why somebody is doing something. Too often, the series treats another burst of activity as sufficient reason to move on, leaving its rules and motivations less clear than they need to be. The voices give us a firmer reason to stay: Erika Henningsen as Charlie Morningstar, Stephanie Beatriz as Vaggie and Blake Roman as Angel Dust give the ensemble considerable assurance. The singing allows the show to be sincere without becoming coy about its rude material. We were won over by the feeling in those performances, particularly because the surrounding humour had led us to expect another joke. The musical passages give us time to care about characters whom the dialogue can seem impatient to get through. Evan Alderete, Brian Sadler and Gooseworx have music credits, and the range of musical styles helps keep the numbers from becoming interchangeable. The songs earn their prominence: they supply pleasure and a sense of occasion that the hurried storytelling cannot always manage. There is a useful lesson here for adult animation, which can become wearying when provocation is its only source of energy. *Hazbin Hotel* is more engaging when it lets its cast sing than when it insists on reminding us how outrageous it is. Andrew Thompson and Scott Henry are credited with editing, and lack of momentum is scarcely the problem. The first season has eight episodes, but the amount of mythology and character business makes that space feel cramped. Episodes can leave us struggling to understand a motivation before the next development demands attention, which makes the thin characterisation particularly frustrating beside such capable voices. A brisk pace is welcome in a comedy; here, we sometimes wanted another scene before the story moved on. The writing also settles for a more conventional view of goodness than the setting initially suggests. Putting familiar moral lessons in Hell can be funny, but the contrast needs sharper jokes and more curiosity than the series consistently supplies. The wholesome streak is appealing, and we would not ask Vivienne Medrano to replace it with automatic cruelty. We would ask for fewer competing demands on our attention, so that the serious feelings have room to develop outside the songs. For anyone tired of adult animation that treats sincerity as an embarrassment, there is something welcome here. The series does not need to become respectable, quiet or tasteful to improve; it needs to give its characters more space between the big numbers. We would gladly trade some bustle for that. Try it for the singing, provided a messy story is a price worth paying. *Fi1m score 72, published 24 September 2026.* ## Straight answers **Is Hazbin Hotel worth watching?** *Hazbin Hotel* is worth watching for fans of loud, rude animated musicals, and we score it 72 out of 100. We recommend it for the songs, assured voice cast and unexpected sincerity, though its hurried storytelling leaves too many character motivations and rules of Hell unclear. **How long is Hazbin Hotel, and what is it rated?** *Hazbin Hotel* is rated 19 by the KMRB in South Korea. It is an animation and comedy series. **Where can I watch Hazbin Hotel in South Korea?** *Hazbin Hotel* is streaming on Amazon Prime Video in South Korea. Availability is checked daily; the links above go straight to each service. **How violent or frightening is Hazbin Hotel, and is it suitable for children?** *Hazbin Hotel* carries a UK 15 certificate and a US TV-MA rating, making it unsuitable for children. Its sexual humour and adult material suit older teenagers and adults comfortable with rude comedy; the certificates indicate mature content, but we cannot give a more specific account of violence or frightening scenes from the material covered in our review. **How does Hazbin Hotel compare to The Nightmare Before Christmas?** *Hazbin Hotel* is the ruder, more hurried musical; we recommend [*The Nightmare Before Christmas*](https://film.one/film/the-nightmare-before-christmas) ahead of it for macabre animation that gives its songs more room to breathe. Both show affection for their grotesque characters, and both have storytelling weaknesses, but the series suits those seeking adult humour while the film offers the stronger combination of animation and music. **What should I watch after Hazbin Hotel?** After *Hazbin Hotel*, try [*The Nightmare Before Christmas*](https://film.one/film/the-nightmare-before-christmas) (1993, Fi1m 82): For macabre animation that gives its songs more room to breathe. Then [*Crazy Ex-Girlfriend*](https://film.one/tv/crazy-ex-girlfriend) (2015, Fi1m 82): For songs that tell us what ordinary conversation lets characters conceal; and [*The Triplets of Belleville*](https://film.one/film/the-triplets-of-belleville) (2003, Fi1m 84): Try this for animated strangeness, musical invention and considerably less shouting. ### Reviews we read (5) - **Radio Times**, Emma Flint (77/100, inferred): Season 2 hits its stride as a musical extravaganza that doubles down on chaotic, unashamed energy and follows its own rules more successfully than season 1, with improved musical numbers and expanded storytelling. It stumbles with a rushed finale and some unrealised potential due to episode length limits. [Read](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/fantasy/hazbin-hotel-season-2-review/) - **The AV Club**, Jenna Scherer (B-): The critic finds the series vivid and stylish with strong animation, music, and voice cast but faults its writing for insufficient context, character development, and pacing amid a sprawling premise. [Read](https://www.avclub.com/tv-review-prime-video-animated-series-hazbin-hotel-1851163803) - **Variety**, Alison Herman (57/100, inferred): The series falters in translating its pilot's big ideas into a legible world with a cogent tone, with hazy cosmology, motivations, and a conventional morality that undercuts its Hell setting. It has strong aesthetic accomplishment and musical numbers but does not quite succeed as a full season of TV. [Read](https://variety.com/2024/tv/tv-reviews/hazbin-hotel-review-a24-amazon-prime-1235843846/) - **Collider**, Hope Mullinax (9/10): The critic finds Hazbin Hotel exceeds expectations as a delightful, toe-tapping trip to Hell that was worth the wait. They single out the stellar ensemble cast, showstopping music across genres, and phenomenal sound design for praise, while noting the early absence of Cherri Bomb as a minor gap. [Read](https://collider.com/hazbin-hotel-tv-series-review/) - **/Film**, BJ Colangelo (85/100, inferred): The critic calls Hazbin Hotel the best example of what adult animation can accomplish, a refreshing, character-driven musical with a wholesome core amid raunchy, edgy elements. They single out the standout music, stacked Broadway voice cast, and Medrano's unique vision for praise. [Read](https://www.slashfilm.com/1506782/hazbin-hotel-best-example-what-adult-animation-can-accomplish/) ## Details - **Created by:** Vivienne Medrano - **Creator:** Vivienne Medrano - **Director:** Vivienne Medrano - **Writer:** Vivienne Medrano, Adam Stein, Adam Neylan, Ariel Ladensohn, Skye Henwood, Connor Wright, Christina Friel, Rachel Kaplan - **Editor:** Andrew Thompson, Scott Henry - **Music:** Evan Alderete, Brian Sadler, Gooseworx - **Producer:** Anika Gallagher, Samantha Daley, Casey Rup - **Cast:** Stephanie Beatriz as Vaggie (voice); Alex Brightman as Sir Pentious (voice); Keith David as Husk (voice); Kimiko Glenn as Niffty (voice); Erika Henningsen as Charlie Morningstar (voice); Blake Roman as Angel Dust (voice); Amir Talai as Alastor (voice); Jessica Vosk as Lute (voice) - **Certificate (KMRB):** 19 - **Release (South Korea):** 18 January 2024 - **Genres:** Animation, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy - **Trailer:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLSWVCwy88g ## Where to watch in South Korea - Amazon Prime Video: streaming - Amazon Prime Video: free, uhd *Checked 2026-09-24.* Also available in: AE, AR, AT, AU, BE, BG, BR, CA, CH, CL, CO, CZ, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HK, HR, HU, ID, IE, IL, IN, IS, IT, JP, KR, LT, MX, MY, NL, NO, NZ, PA, PH, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SG, TH, TR, UA, US, ZA. Add `?region=XX` to this URL for another country. ## If you liked this - *The Nightmare Before Christmas* (1993), Fi1m 82: For macabre animation that gives its songs more room to breathe. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/the-nightmare-before-christmas.md) - *Crazy Ex-Girlfriend* (2015), Fi1m 82: For songs that tell us what ordinary conversation lets characters conceal. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/tv/crazy-ex-girlfriend.md) - *The Happiness of the Katakuris* (2001): A family musical with grisly interruptions and no interest in good taste. - *The Triplets of Belleville* (2003), Fi1m 84: Try this for animated strangeness, musical invention and considerably less shouting. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/the-triplets-of-belleville.md) - *The Rocky Horror Picture Show* (1975), Fi1m 72: Its sexual mischief and theatrical excess make a useful live-action companion. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/the-rocky-horror-picture-show.md) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/tv/hazbin-hotel