We put them in these costumes that were kind of goth-y. That was my premise: What if those witchcraft girls in high school dressed like they were in The Cure? I just had this idea that they should have a punk element. At that point, goth wasn’t really a thing.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-craft-oral-history_n_5734f7c9e4b060aa7819d362
[OP’s note: it WAS really a thing, just these Hollywood types weren’t aware of it.]
cross-posted from: !fullmoviesonyoutube@piefed.social btw they’re having a “halloween-a-thon” there fulla seasonal movies, you should check it out!
What if the high-school goth kids REALLY WERE witches? That’s the premise of this mid-90s movie that had the same kinda effect on some people as “The Crow”. Personally in the early 00s I had a small carefully-curated collection of like 5-6 DVDs that I physically owned, and this was one of them.
full movie: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9kbky4 (I watched this yesterday but can’t guarantee it’ll be there long)
just for fun, here’s the Spanish dub. it’s clipped and mirrored so I don’t recommend watching it, but it’s kinda fun to hear them speak in Spanish: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9k69i0
BONUS FILM: there was a sequel “The Craft: Legacy” made in 2020 that used a whole different set of kids. I’ve only seen it once and thought it was pretty good. I think this is it, tho the description makes it sound like it’s the original: https://archive.org/details/the-craft-legacy-2020-net-naija.com
Don’t get the witches mad at ya!
hashtag Nancy did nothing wrong!
for more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Craft_(film)
What?? How’d I miss that? Thanks OP!
I heard it was very very rough. The original was not perfect but had its charms. For this comment I checked and it sits at 2.1 out of 5 on Letterboxd.
I just re-watched it, and that score is undeservedly low. Looking over the IMDB (4.6/10) reviews, a big chunk of them were expecting a horror film (apparently it was marketed with a “Blumhouse’s…” prefix, and they make horror films?) and were disappointed. Another big chunk don’t like it bc it was too “woke” – well, look around, you don’t have that problem any more. There’s another bunch that don’t like the “loose ends” and underdeveloped characters – they have a point. This movie could have used another 20 minutes to accomodate more info about the characters, and still been under 2 hours. So if an audience member likes to have everything spelled out for them (which, fair enough; this woulda made a great miniseries) then they have a legitimate gripe. Personally I think it gives just enough info for you to figure out the details, and focuses solidly on the coming-of-age / discovery of self-identity storyline.
@Gullible@sh.itjust.works – in addition, this was released almost towards the end of covid. I wonder, what did you think about it?
I haven’t watched it just yet. I’ll try to reply after I do!