NightMans Horror Movie Blog

Going through high school can be rough, but being in a coven of witches must really be hard on the social life.

     I saw The Craft a long time ago and thought it was pretty clever, and even now it stands up as a fairly decent little horror flick.  Its mostly light, and not all that scary, but it should appeal to the younger crowd.  The premise for it was borrowed from heavily for another movie, this time with young guys getting supernatural powers, called The Covenant.  Either way, the acting is not all that bad, as we do have some good talent here.  Neve Campbell, Rachel True, Robin Tunney, and my favourite, Fairuza Balk.  Fairuza steals most of the scenes she is in, and plays her part with psychotic glee.

     Now as for the story itself, it centers around Sarah (Robin Tunney) who moves to L.A. with her family.  She has had some issues in her past, and this could be a fresh start for everyone.  Except once at school she is befriended by a trio of girls who are social misfits for the most part.  And as she learns later, practice a form of witchcraft.  The three of them notice that Sarah is what is refered to as a natural witch, and adding her to their coven would benefit them greatly.  Once they complete their coven with Sarah, they indeed conjure up some incredible power.  At first they use this power to amuse themselves and get some payback on people that have wronged them.  But as it goes with power, it tends to corrupt, and things start to go downhill from there, eventually leading to a final confrontation.

     As I stated earlier, this is the sort of horror flick that would be great for younger viewers, and a good way to get more women into liking scary movies.  It wouldn’t be for everyone, but it is a well made movie with witches, that doesn’t have anything to do with Hogwarts.