We put them in these costumes that were kind of goth-y. That was my premise: What if those witchcraft girls in high school dressed like they were in The Cure? I just had this idea that they should have a punk element. At that point, goth wasnβt really a thing.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-craft-oral-history_n_5734f7c9e4b060aa7819d362
[OP's note: it WAS really a thing, just these Hollywood types weren't aware of it.]
cross-posted from: !fullmoviesonyoutube@piefed.social btw they're having a "halloween-a-thon" there fulla seasonal movies, you should check it out!
What if the high-school goth kids REALLY WERE witches? That's the premise of this mid-90s movie that had the same kinda effect on some people as "The Crow". Personally in the early 00s I had a small carefully-curated collection of like 5-6 DVDs that I physically owned, and this was one of them.
full movie: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9kbky4 (I watched this yesterday but can't guarantee it'll be there long)
just for fun, here's the Spanish dub. it's clipped and mirrored so I don't recommend watching it, but it's kinda fun to hear them speak in Spanish: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9k69i0
BONUS FILM: there was a sequel "The Craft: Legacy" made in 2020 that used a whole different set of kids. I've only seen it once and thought it was pretty good. I think this is it, tho the description makes it sound like it's the original: https://archive.org/details/the-craft-legacy-2020-net-naija.com
Don't get the witches mad at ya!
hashtag Nancy did nothing wrong!
for more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Craft_(film)
A far better movie about Magick is The Lords of Illusion. Also a Dark song. IMO, The craft is like the sparkling vampires version of occult movies.
Probably better than this version
That looks like an 80's horror film.
Indeed
for some reason I have a link to a copy of that free online: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x97sxja I think it was being considered for a monsterdon watch party at some point...
I haven't seen it in 40 years, but it is one of those iconic sort of underground 80s horror films. nowhere near the notoriety or coverage of the slasher films of the late 80s. sort of a different take on the blob. Instead of eating people from the outside in, this goes from the inside out. There are some real, inventive and unique camera shots and special effects in this for the time. Not a ton, but they definitely put a lot of work into it and it isn't just some B movie, despite how bad some of the prosthetics look.
Lord of Illusions is super underrated in 80s horror, written and directed by Clive Barker it as good as Nightbreed and Hellraiser but nowhere near as well known as those films.
It is awesome probably my favorite of the three you mentioned, but 1995 though.
Lord of Illusions
Only reason I looked it up was because I forgot how old I was when I saw it. After confirming I turned to dust writing this reply. Farewell.
Ah interesting that its that much later, but I guess it makes sense when I think about the timeline. It feels like an 80s movie though :D
Nightbreed is a fantastic film.
Lord of Illusion is more horrifying and with actually unsettling antagonists, but The Craft is an excellent teen horror movie. A fun romp of teenagers getting in way over their heads with the supernatural.
Both are solid movies for their intended audiences.
Thanks for the tip, looks like Lords of Illusion is free at Tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/546980/clive-barker-s-lord-of-illusions (uBlock Origin adblocker seems to work on it too.)
Yeah, The Craft is definitely a time-and-place kinda thing. I think it was kinda like the "Wednesday" miniseries is nowadays in introducing kids to the idea of "dark culture" and maybe some people look into it deeper. And The Craft was made before Buffy and Hunger Games etc and back then they weren't really thinking of making things for YA girls/women. But it's still an imperfect though entertaining movie, and Fairuza Balk in particular did an outstanding job.
Good points, I would rather their intro to dark culture be Wednesday.
I am working on my culture snobbery, lol.