The Craft (1996)

• Year: 1996
• Released: 03 May 1996
• Country: United States
• Adwords: 1 win & 7 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115963/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/The_Craft
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-craft
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English, French
• MPA Rating: R
• Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
• Runtime: 101 min
• Writer: Peter Filardi, Andrew Fleming
• Director: Andrew Fleming
• Cast: Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell
• Keywords: magic, witch, female friendship, occult, suicide attempt,

	6.4/10
	55/100
	57% – Critics
	65% – Audience

The Craft Storyline

In Los Angeles, the teenager Sarah Bailey has just arrived from San Francisco with her father Mr. Bailey and her stepmother to live in an old house. When she goes to the Catholic high school, she is not well received by her schoolmates and has a crush on the football player Chris Hooker. He lures her and tells lies and gossips about their relationship. Soon the outcast Nancy Downs, Bonnie Rachel and Rochelle, who are known as witches, invite Sarah to join them. Nancy lives with her drunken mother and her boyfriend and hates him. Bonnie has awful burning scars on her back and has complex. Rochelle hates the racist Laura Lizzie, who despises her color and her hair. Sarah does not know that she is a powerful witch and when they form their coven, they become powerful and cast spells on their enemies. When Sarah feels that something is wrong with her friends, she meets the clairvoyant Lirio that tells that the spells may return three times stronger.

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Has not Aged and Is Still Good

In Los Angeles, the teenager Sarah Bailey (Robin Tunney) has just arrived from San Francisco with her father Mr. Bailey (Cliff De Young) and her stepmother to live in an old house. When she goes to the Catholic high school, she is not well received by her schoolmates and has a crush on the football player Chris Hooker (Skeet Ulrich). He lures her and tells lies and gossips about their relationship. Soon the outcast Nancy Downs (Fairuza Balk), Bonnie Rachel (Neve Campbell) and Rochelle (Rachel True), who are known as witches, invite Sarah to join them. Nancy lives with her drunken mother and her boyfriend and hates him. Bonnie has awful burning scars on her back and has complex. Rochelle hates the racist Laura Lizzie (Christine Taylor), who despises her color and her hair. Sarah does not know that she is a powerful witch and when they form their coven, they become powerful and cast spells on their enemies. When Sarah feels that something is wrong with her friends, she meets the clairvoyant Lirio (Assumpta Serna) that tells that the spells may return three times stronger.

“The Craft” has not aged and is still good, despite twenty-five years after its release. The storyline and the screenplay are great and is fantastic to see Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell and Rachel True younger and very beautiful. The special effects are still good and it was wonderful to see this film again. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil):”Jovem Bruxas” (“Young Witches”)

paint by numbers teen revenge drama

Sarah Bailey (Robin Tunney) is the new girl in the Catholic prep high school. She befriends a trio of outcast girls who dabble in witchcraft. Nancy Downs (Fairuza Balk) has troubled impoverished abusive home. Bonnie (Neve Campbell) has massive burns on her back. Rochelle (Rachel True) faces taunting from popular girl. When popular jock Chris Hooker (Skeet Ulrich) spreads rumors about Sarah, the girls cast a spell on him. This leads to more and more powerful spells as things spiral out of control.

The girls are interesting. It’s too bad the story is so mundane. It’s strictly a paint by numbers teen revenge drama. It has no surprises. Other than putting hot girls in Catholic school uniforms, there isn’t much to recommend from this film. Robin Tunney may not be the best to play Sarah. If I had the choice, I’d rather choose Neve Campbell. She can bring a lot more sweetness and innocence to the main role. That way the rumors would hurt more. The reluctance to play with witchcraft would be more pronounced.

Witches be witches

I can see how some may feel this has not aged well. But the talent at hand here is really all the money as one saying goes. And it all starts so … well I almost would have said innocently, but maybe that is not the right word. It begins slowly, it begins with things that seem nice to say the least. But even without anyone telling us, we know things can’t be that easy – can they? Most certainly not.

The movie goes on predictable, the effects may also not have aged well, but they are decent enough if you give this a break. The friendship of the females we have here feels more than real. The dialog is quite well written and the performances match that. The right women (playing girls, but nonetheless) for the right roles at the right time. Buffy was always quoted as an inspiration for Charmed, but I reckon this movie also had something to do with it. Lesson learned: Don’t mess with a witch … unless you are one yourself of course