The Craft

1996 "Welcome to the witching hour."
6.4| 1h41m| R| en| More Info
Released: 03 May 1996 Released
Producted By: Columbia Pictures
Country: United States of America
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A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rivals or meddlesome parents.

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chadd-firchau This flick has a very standard teen-movie formula. It's like Airbourne or Hackers, except instead of rollerblading and hacking, it's witch craft. The protagonist, Sarah, is the new girl in school. She butts heads with the bad crowd and then eventually joins their gang until the final showdown in the end. The leader of the coven is Nancy, played by Fairuza Balk. She got that ugly-hott going on. I always had a crush on her. She looks like the kind of trashy girl who can shot-gun a beer. There's some mondo continuity errors in the characters of this movie. For example, Sarah freaks out when her friends' spells and hi-jinx get a couple people killed. She no longer wants to be part of their club. But why would this bother her? At the beginning of the movie, a homeless person is nailed with a car, and they're laughing and celebrating because they think they made it happen with a spell. This is how they become friends in the first place: by killing a dude.One of the witches, Rochelle, starts to feel really guilty about putting a curse on some babe-zilla bully that causes all her hair to fall out. She shows no remorse, however, for any of the deaths and she has no qualms with trying to kill Sarah and her entire family at the end of the movie. It's like the writer of this script has ADD so bad that he can't even pay attention to his own writing. He forgot what he wrote one page ago as he pulls this whole thing out of his butt. This movie is pretty cheesy, but I feel it could be cheesier. I probably just don't get it because I'm a boy. Maybe if Van Damme were in it, I'd like it more.
Tweekums When seventeen year old Sarah Bailey moves to a new school in Los Angeles she initially has no friends but quickly gets close to three other girls; Nancy, Bonnie and Rochelle. These three are very much outsiders at school and see themselves as witches; one of them sees Sarah as the potential fourth member who will make their magic work. They each cast a spell; Sarah wants the boy who hurt her feelings to love her; Rochelle wants revenge on the girl who racially abused her, Bonnie wants her scars to disappear and Nancy, the de facto leader of the group, wants the power of 'Manon' the deity they worship. Their spells soon take effect and not long after that it becomes apparent that they haven't quite gone according to plan; the boy Sarah wanted to love her becomes dangerously obsessive and the other girls enjoy their power a little too much. Sarah believes they must stop their activities but the others, particularly Nancy, are determined to carry on and turn against Sarah.This is an enjoyably teen film with a supernatural twist. The magical elements are built up gradually but it is safe to say few viewers won't be surprised when things turn bad and people start to die. There aren't many really scary moments, unless you have a problem with the sight of snakes, bugs and rats. The cast do a solid job; Robin Tunney is good in the role of Sarah and Neve Campbell and Rachel True impress as Bonnie and Rochelle however it is Fairuza Balk who stands out as the increasingly insane Nancy; she makes her character feel genuinely dangerous. The film doesn't over-rely on special effects and those that there are are pretty good. The story is well told and fun to watch; there is a little bit of swearing and some mildly scary moments but overall I'd think this can be enjoyed by most teenage (and older) viewers. Overall a fun film that fans of the genre should enjoy; just don't expect anything very scary.
bonniebabyblu I watched this simply because I read negative reviews on another film that claimed to rip this one off? Well I quite liked this film too. This is an American movie bunch of sexual teenage girls who discover they have special powers and turn into witches. 'The Coven' is a British film about a bunch of terrified young tweenies sneaking into the woods for a sleepover and is not in any way shape or form similar to 'The Craft'! Go figure! I digress, The Craft is entertaining and obviously had some money on the spfx. It's fun, even though it's a bit dated now. This is more like Sabrina the teenage witch with a bit more oomph.
Makes Peaches This movie was freaking tight. I liked the girls who were acting and the story. It was cool to see the girls be nice to the new girl by telling her that who wanted to get with her was a jerk, then when he told the whole school she slept with him despite her innocence, she realizes, hey these girls be alright I shoulda done trusted dem in the first place.So that was cool but then later in the film the same girls betray her and try to kill her over some trivialness. I'm not really sure why they try to kill her actually, like, it wasn't made clear why. The viewer can imagine it's because she wants to stop them. I mean she does put a binding spell on the evil girl but the spell doesn't even work so she's rather harmless so why kill the witch, ay?It's understandable too I read another review saying the evil witch steals the show. She does kind of, stealing it is a good way to call what she does, but she also expresses some emotions that are almost out of place. For some reason I still freaking loved this movie. The girls are really cute and do a good job acting and it's about witchcraft so I guess that's all I really need. The plot is kind of neat too with the new girl trying to fit in and stuff.