The Craft Information

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 revolves around four teenage girls who form a coven in order to pursue witchcraft. The film was released on May 3, 1996 by Columbia Pictures.

Plot

Sarah Bailey is a sixteen year old troubled teenager who is learning to adjust to her new life in Los Angeles, California. After being enrolled into a local high school, Sarah comes into contact with three unlikely friends; Bonnie, Nancy, and Rochelle. After her new friends explain that they are all witches, and that they need her in order to complete their coven, Sarah refuses to believe them - until the girls show her how to unlock her magical powers. However, it isn't until Sarah discovers the dark and dangerous motives of bad-girl Nancy, that Sarah must fight to protect both her family and herself from her former coven. Threatened by the possibility of her demise, Sarah invokes the energy of an extremely powerful deity named "Manon". Newly imbued with infinite power, Sarah successfully defeats her coven and disempowers the mighty Nancy.

Cast

• Robin Tunney as Sarah Bailey
• Fairuza Balk as Nancy Downs
• Neve Campbell as Bonnie Hyper
• Rachel True as Rochelle Zimmerman
• Skeet Ulrich as Chris Hooker
• Christine Taylor as Laura Lizzie
• Helen Shaver as Grace Downs
• Assumpta Serna as Lirio

Reception

The Craft received mixed reviews from critics, where it currently holds a 48% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 31 reviews.

Box office

The movie was a sleeper hit. According to BoxOfficeMojo.com, The Craft is the 8th highest grossing movie since 1980 dealing with the genre of witches.

A straight-to-DVD sequel was in the works, but was terminated.

Home media

Following the film's theatrical release, The Craft was released in VHS format in the United States on April 1, 1997 via Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. A second VHS edition was made available from Sony on April 14, 1998; this edition contained the film's original widescreen format. In the United Kingdom, the film was released on VHS by home entertainment company Cinema Club on August 6, 2001. The film has been made available as a double feature in the UK; Cinema Club released it with Mary Shelley's Frankenstein on December 27, 2000, and Uca Home Entertaiment released it with Disturbing Behavior on March 17, 2003. Cinema Club also release it in a triple feature, included with Urban Legend and Phantoms.

In the United States, the film made its DVD debut on August 6, 1997 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in a 'Deluxe Widescreen Presentation' edition. September 12, 2000 saw the release of the 'Special Edition' which featured a collection of special features including an Isolated Music Score, Director's Commentary, 3 Deleted Scenes, Original Featurette, Theatrical Trailers, Talent Files and Exclusive Making-Of Featurette: "Conjuring The Craft". Sony released the film with Wild Things as part of a 'Double Feature' on November 23, 2007, and another released was made on June 1, 2010 in a 'Dreadtime Stories' edition with The Woods. The Craft was first made in available on DVD in the United Kingdom on September 14, 1998 by Sony and the 'Collector's Edition' was released by Sony on December 4, 2000. Another standard edition became available on December 10, 2007 via Uca.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the film on UMD for Play Station Portable (PSP) in the United States and United Kingdom on May 20, 2008.

On October 13, 2009, Sony made The Craft available on Blu-ray format in the United States. It was released in Australia on Blu-ray on June 2, 2010 via Blu-ray by Sony.

The Craft was also released in several other countries via VHS, DVD and Blu-ray. Such countries include Germany where is is known as Der Hexenclub.