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The Craft is a 1996 movie directed by Andrew Fleming about a girl who moves to Los Angeles, California from San Francisco, California and meets three friends who teach her about the world of witchcraft. As they become more adept at witchcraft, they experience good fortune, and put curses on their enemies. Sarah, played by Robin Tunney, becomes increasingly separated from the other three girls, and soon finds that her best friends can become her worst enemies. Sarah later discovers that her late mother was a powerful white witch, and unlike the other girls, she has the inherent gift of witchcraft herself.
Tag Line: Welcome to the witching hour.
Main cast
- Robin Tunney — Sarah Bailey
- Fairuza Balk — Nancy Downs
- Neve Campbell — Bonnie
- Rachel True — Rochelle
- Skeet Ulrich — Chris Hooker
Pop culture impact
The film employed state of the art special effects, presenting "gothic fashion" and pagan behaviour to the MTV Generation in an attractive package. Through this exposure, many teenage viewers gained an interest in witchcraft/paganism, especially Wicca. Though some of the interest waned, the movie helped lesser known religions come into the spotlight for a time. Athough The Craft is fictional, some of its background details are based on actual neo-pagan beliefs and practices.
Trivia
- The musical group Love Spit Love recorded the song "How Soon Is Now?", which was originally sung by 80s music group The Smiths, for the film. Two years later the WB television series Charmed was created, also centered on young witches, and used the same song as its introduction theme song.
- Neve Campbell and Skeet Ulrich would again work side by side in Scream, which was released later that year.
- During the climax of the movie, over three thousand live snakes were brought in including pythons, boas, water snakes, garter snakes, rat snakes, a 10 foot Amazon constrictor, and even rare albino snakes.
External links
1996 films | Fantasy films | Horror films | Teen films | Wicca
"The Craft (film)"