You feel they borrowed a lot from Harry Potter and Scooby-Doo. It is quite obvious who the villain is from the moment her backstory is presented, and it's easy to identify her from her episodic presence and lack of negative attributes, so just like in Scooby-Doo.

The relations between characters is superficial and any negative attitudes just get lost in plot.

However for very young audiences you can see how these things are actually intriguing and Wednesday's semi-dark background is edgy and cool.

Also the way it directed, the nature shots, the creepy locations is all eye-candy.

I would have loved to see a bit more thriller/horror, as they barely show any blood and ridiculous wounds, while every single action is cut before you can see it happening. I guess they really wanted to be a family friendly show.