The Craft (1996)

Film details

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Year1996
CountryUSA
TypeMovie
Runtime101m
CastRobin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Rachel True, Skeet Ulrich, Christine Taylor, Breckin Meyer, Nathaniel Marston, Cliff De Young, Assumpta Serna

Review

""The Craft" has a remarkable sense of style and it offers something for everyone with sharp performances, great special effects, and a unique horror story that ends on a truly twisted note. It's a film that deserves much more attention than it gets in the span of the decade, as "The Craft" is a pure nineties gem that offers great imagery, strong special effects, and a story that will appeal to fantasy and horror buffs alike." - Feliz Vasquez Jr., Cinema Crazed

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