The 1970s-style special effects do little to distract us from an uneven script, direction and performances. Yet there's enough here for us to hope it'll come together.
The Craft (1996)
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Reviews Counted:28
Fresh:12
Rotten:16
Average Rating:5.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Sarah, the troubled new kid in town, has just begun attending St. Benedict's Academy. There, she draws the attention of dysfunctional outcasts Nancy, Bonnie and Rochelle -- and discovers that they,... Sarah, the troubled new kid in town, has just begun attending St. Benedict's Academy. There, she draws the attention of dysfunctional outcasts Nancy, Bonnie and Rochelle -- and discovers that they, like her, can perform "the craft." By joining their clique, Robin provides the last of the four elements (earth, fire, air, water) needed for the girls to concoct magic spells. Armed with this new supernatural ability, the bewitched quartet set out to make life a living hell for the students who taunted and abused them in the past. Revenge is indeed sweet, that is until a power struggle begins between Sarah and Nancy.... [More]
Starring: Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Robin Tunney, Rachel True
Starring: Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Robin Tunney, Rachel True, Skeet Ulrich, Christine Taylor, Breckin Meyer, Cliff De Young, Assumpta Serna, Helen Shaver
Director: Andrew Fleming
Director: Andrew Fleming
Screenwriter: Andrew Fleming
Composer: Graeme Revell
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Reviews for The Craft
Fleming's film begins promisingly as a black comedy a la Heathers, but then quickly succumbs to its machinery of special effects; this is yet another bad picture in a long list of Hollywood flops about witchcraft.
Fairuza Balk completes the cycle from Dorothy Gale to wicked witch; too bad the film can't keep up with her.
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