Christina Ricci makes return to the Addams Family as new character 'Miss Thornhill' in trailer for Netflix spin-off series Wednesday

Christina Ricci has returned to the Addams Family in a trailer for the new Netflix spin-off series Wednesday. 

The 42-year-old appeared in the two-and-a-half minute long clip as a new character named Ms. Thornhill. 

Ricci famously played Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993). 

The trailer opens on a large, wrought iron gate which read 'Nevermore Academy' above its large, creaky doors. 

'Nevermore was created as a safe haven for our children,' a woman says offscreen. 'To learn and to grow, no matter who or what they are.' 

At this, a pair of students in preppy uniforms turn to reveal they do not have faces while another group howls into the air like wolves. 

Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) meets her new roommate, Enid (Emma Myers), who tells her she looks 'pale.' 

Wednesday's mother Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones) says she's allergic to color while her husband Gomez (Luis Guzmán) simply smiles. 

When asked what happens to her if she's exposed to color, Wednesday replies, 'I break out into hives, and then the flesh peels off my bones.' 

Wednesday then monologues in a voice over as she makes her way through a fencing class. She also goes into a cafe where she fights boys dressed as pilgrims and hits the bullseye during archery. 

'There's just something wrong about this place,' she comments as a stone gargoyle falls, nearly crushing her.

'And not just because it's a school,' she adds dryly. 

She then alludes to a homicidal monster whose bony shadow distorts the wall behind it. Its large, scaly foot can be seen climbing a rickety staircase. 

In the woods, Wednesday hears a noise and attacks a man who jumps down from a tree. He grabs the sword she swings at him in between his hands before removing his hat and revealing himself to be Uncle Fester (Fred Armisen). 

'I like to travel incognito,' Fester says as he shows her his Dalmatian-spotted motorcycle and sidecar. 

The trailer then jumps from various scenes including a macabre funeral and a vivacious school dance. 

Students race in canoes while Wednesday walks through a secret wall into a dank underground cellar. 

'I know the suspense is killing you,' she says as the title card pops up off screen. 

In the trailer's final scene, Ricci appears with bright red hair and a black flower in her arms. 

She introduces herself as Ms. Thornhill before saying, 'I trust Enid has given you the old Nevermore welcome.' 

Wednesday replies, 'She's been smothering me with hospitality. I hope to return the favor...in her sleep.' Enid's smile quickly disappears before the release date, November 23, pops up.

While Ricci once played the character, she says that Jenna Ortega's performance as Wednesday is 'incredible.' 

'I saw some of the wardrobe photos before I went [to set] so I knew [what she looked like in character] and I was like, it's such a great modern take on Wednesday,' she told Variety. 'It's so true tonally to the heart and soul of [the original], but it's then it's incredibly modern and it's great.' 

Wednesday 'follows Wednesday Addams' years as a student, when she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart and solve the mystery that embroiled her parents,' according to its IMDb page.