Review of The Craft (1996) by Angel M — 09 Jan 2010

Rating - MA15+ for Adolescent Themes, Medium Level Violence.

Tagline: Welcome to the Witching Hour.

AUstralian Gross - $3,332,276.

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.

Entertaining. As far as teenager based supernatural thrillers go, they all try to be smart, witty and funny. This succeeds by adding humour where necessery, and adding tension before building up to a sequence pure enjoyment. The last 20 minutes shows just what power does to people when they can't handle it, but the ending was kinda dull. The whole witch-craft sub-genre is an intriguing one, and one that is hard to master depending on how full-on you go, and this successfully satisfies the witch side of things, as well as sub-plots needed for the film to soldier on.

The plot was sometimes pretty hard to follow, but we eventually cottoned on. I thought it was great that each character had a sub-plot going on, in which they each cast a spell on anyway.

The acting was good. "Robin Tunney" and "Fairuza Balk" were immediate highlights, successfully ranging expressions into the character. "Neve Campbell" is still my favourite actress of all-time, and this is another notch to her belt of films that she has been excellent in.

Overall "The Craft" is successful in reeling you in, keeping you entertained and watching, but the ending was as bland as watching someone wipe down a bench. My rating is 3/5.