The Craft is a 1996 American horror film directed by Andrew Fleming and starring Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Rachel True, and Robin Tunney. The film's plot centers on a group of four teenage girls who pursue witchcraft and use it for their own gain. The film was released on May 3, 1996 by Columbia Pictures.
Plot
Four girls at a Los Angeles Catholic school form a coven of witches that cast spells on their classmates and each other. Their new powers overwhelm them, leading to an internal power struggle. Sarah Bailey, a sixteen year old troubled teenager with a painful past and history of suicidal tendencies and hallucinations, moves to L.A. with her father and stepmother to start a new life. She is soon enrolled into a Catholic school where she comes into contact with three unlikely friends, Bonnie, Nancy and Rochelle. The three girls dabble in occult practices, and when they notice that Sarah has the powers of a natural witch, they talk her into joining their coven. After Sarah agrees to accompany the girls in their group, they soon discover that with a fourth witch in the coven, they are able to cast spells more powerful than they could before, and begin to amend all the things wrong in their lives. However, like everything else in life - things come with a prices.
Trivia
- The producers had a Wiccan consultant (Pat Devon) who was apart of the largest covens in the U.S. Pat helped the producers and cast with different areas of witchcraft.
- Fairuza Balk is a practicing Wiccan.
- When the four actresses did the "Invoking the Spirit" scene, the tide would rise. At one point, it washed their altar out to sea. Another time, when Fairuza yelled "Manol, fill me!" all of the power to the cameras went out.
- The producers had to use a fake diety name to prevent teenagers to run down to beaches and invoke a spirit.
- Rachel True was the eldest one of the girls.
- Rachel True and Neve Campbell are still good friends.
- The girls are seen watching the 1964 television series Bewitched at one point.
- Pat and her coven used a chant to help the film do well and it ended up being the number one film in the box office at it's time.