The Craft (Special Edition)
by Andrew Fleming
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Actor: Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Rachel True, Robin Tunney, Skeet UlrichDirector: Andrew Fleming
Brand: SONY PICTURES HOME ENT
Cinematographer: Alexander Gruszynski
Writer: Andrew Fleming
Editor: Jeff Freeman
Producer: Douglas Wick
Producer: Ginny Nugent
Producer: Lisa Tornell
Writer: Peter Filardi
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Chinese (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); Thai (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Original Language), Unknown; French (Original Language), Unknown; Portuguese (Original Language), Unknown
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 101 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-09-12
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of The Craft (Special Edition)
Movie Review: One of the best movies of all time
Summary: 5 Stars
I picked up this movie in HMV one day. I was attracted to it mainly because it had Neve Campbell in it and I wanted to see one of her movies. But the main reason was the witchcraft. I love reading anything to do with the subject, and am very into anything mystical or spiritual.
'The Craft' is the tale of a 17-year-old San Francisco girl called Sarah Bailey (played by Robin Tunney). She moves to Los Angeles with her father and his girlfriend and starts school in St. Benedict's, a very christian-orientated school. Sarah has always been able to 'make things happen', and is soon brought to the attention of the three 'bad-girls' of the school - Nancy Downs (BRILLIANTLY played by Fairuza Balk) and her two friends Bonnie (Neve Campbell) and Rochelle (Rachel True). Nancy is emotionally unhinged in a way, a goth girl with not the greatest home situation. Bonnie's upper body is covered in horrific burns that she hides from the others at school, though in reality is extremely pretty. Rochelle is the only coloured girl in an entirely white school, and is the subject of harsh bullying from the popular, blonde and blue-eyed Laura Lizzie (Christine Taylor).
Sarah soon becomes part of the group, and together they are able to accomplish things they never could before - Sarah casts a spell to get the boy she likes Chris Hooker to fall in love with her, Bonnie asks for her scars to heal, Rochelle wants pay-back on Laura, and Nancy wants the higher power, the power of Menon. But soon things start moving too fast for Sarah's liking, and that's when things start going wrong. (BE WARNED, if you have a phobia of creepy-crawlies, like spiders and maggots, and also snakes and scorpions and rats, then be on your guard)
The most outstanding performance in this movie is that of Fairuza Balk, who's outing as the crazy, and slightly evil Nancy is one of the most powerful performances by a young actress I have ever seen. The end scene is one of the most compelling and disturbing scenes she does in the entire movie, and she is not only extremely convincing, but likeable at the same time.
Robin Tunney is good as the troubled, occasionally suicidal Sarah. Neve Campbell and Rachel True also provide pleasing performances, but are outshined by Balk.
This film I would classify as not a full on horror. On the first viewing, there will be a few bits that you jump at, but only on the first viewing, and there are some horror elements in there, but it isn't scary enough to be a proper horror movie. This is more of a late-night movie that a bunch of friends watch at a sleepover. (you CAN'T say that you haven't tried the whole 'light as a feather, stiff as a board' thing! If you haven't, watch the film and then try it)
The movie is really enjoyable and makes the idea of witchcraft seem really exciting and appealing. I suggest it for everyone out there, even if this isn't your normal choice of movie. Just watch it and you'll be pleasantly surprised. And for more atmosphere, watch it with all the lights off and candles everywhere, it's great!
Summary of The Craft (Special Edition)
Sarah has always been different. So as the new girl at St. Benedict's Academy, she immediately falls in with the high school outsiders. But these girls won't settle for being powerless misfits. They have discovered The Craft, and they are going to use it.If Buffy the Vampire Slayer represents the lighter side of high school as a macabre experience, here's a movie that asks the burning question, "What happens when angst-ridden teenagers develop supernatural powers?" More to the point, how do four outcast teenaged witches handle their ability to cast wicked spells on the taunting classmates who've nicknamed them "The Bitches of Eastwick"? The answer, of course, is "don't get mad, get even." That's about all there is to this terminally silly movie, which makes up for its ludicrous plot by letting its young female cast have a field day as they indulge their dark fantasies. Fairuza Balk is enjoyable as the most wicked of the witches, and is therefore the focus of the film's most dazzling special effects. But it's Neve Campbell from television's Party of Five who made this film a modest box-office hit, just before she became her generation's fright-movie favorite in Scream and its popular sequel. --Jeff Shannon
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