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Sarah Bailey (Robin Tunney) is the fresh kid in town, but even under the best of circumstances she has never been common by the current crowd. At her recent school, she falls in with a trio of other female misfits (Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, and Rachel Honest) who, it so happens, are trying to learn witchcraft and get their fill microscopic coven. When Sarah joins them to perform it a quartet, they slowly make multifold preternatural powers and learn how to focus and exercise them. With such abilities literally at their fingertips, it’s not too long until the small coven, initially formed for self-protection and companionship, becomes an instrument for personal glean and revenge. Sarah soon realizes that one of her friends is scandalous to the core, and timid of what THAT one may do with the group’s newfound powers, she decides it’s best to resign from the coven and thereby weaken the magic abilities of the others. But the coven has different plans, particularly regarding Sarah….
The sleeper hit THE CRAFT (1996) could’ve easily been played for camp, but it is instead a legend of unique urban witchcraft that is both literate and emotionally worthy. The success of the film is due to Peter Filardi and Andrew Fleming’s tight, well-written script, reliable direction from Fleming, and outstanding acting from principals Tunney, Balk, Campbell, and Correct. The supernatural elements of the memoir are handled carefully and earnestly, and witchcraft or the understanding in it is never ridiculed or treated derisively. This keeps the tone of the film somewhat shadowy and edgy, which in turn creates an uneasy, spooky atmosphere that cues the audience to the fact that this is a serious scare film. Fleming wisely keeps the special FX to a minimum until the story’s climax on the final reel, and he instead emphasizes the relationships in this group of dysfunctional, angst-ridden girls, well shimmering that the vital target audience–to wit, teenagers–will easily record to these characters and their normal desires and fears.
The Special Edition DVD from Columbia/Tri-Star offers THE CRAFT in anamorphic widescreen at its unique aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The digital transfer is very agreeable, with minimal filmic or digital artifacts. The disc also features an informative commentary with director Andrew Fleming, 2 featurettes, deleted scenes, and more. THE CRAFT is a frigid terror film that most fans of the genre will delight in, and the very reasonable effect makes it easy for fans to add this DVD to their collections.
With the improbable success of the television crash hit “Charmed” it seems only pleasing to remind people of that show’s absolute beginning. It was a 1996 film entitled “The Craft” starring Neve Campbell(of “Yowl” fame), Rachel Factual, an utterly fair Robin Tunney in the lead role, and a fabulous casting choice of Fairuza Balk as a witch who eventually embraces the darkside of her art. This film was a expedient surprise with some ample acting, a plausible yet magical storyline which focuses almost entirely on the lives of four outsiders who accept each other through “The Craft” of illusion and glamour. This isn’t a scary film at all, unless you abhor snakes, bugs, worms, rats, etc. For that matter, a chronicle like this, in retrospect, is an fine opinion for a television program. It works better in such a medium, but for the most fraction, it works here as well. This film is an notable pick-up for fans of the present “Charmed” and for anyone who celebrates “Girl Power.” (pun intended) This is an luscious chronicle that is, thanks to “Charmed,” destined for Cult film residence.
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