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''[[The Craft]]'' is a 1996 teen horror film about four high-school outcasts who practice witchcraft, and how the use of their powers affects their friendships and relationships.
[[Naive Newcomer|Sarah Bailey]], a [[Troubled but Cute|troubled teenager]] from [[San Francisco]], moves to [[Los Angeles]] with her father and stepmother. Enrolling in a local Catholic school, she inadvertently attracts the attention of three of the school's outcasts: Nancy, Bonnie and Rochelle, who also happen to be witches.
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The film is notable for [[Shown Their Work|hiring an actual Wiccan as a script consultant]] and [[Fairuza Balk|another one]] to play Nancy. But since Wicca is just a mundane religion, most of their suggestions were ignored in the name of [[Artistic License]].
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* [[Above Good and Evil]]: The god Mannon is is described as such. The girls try to do the same with their magic. [[It Got Worse|It doesn't work]].
* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Laura.
* [[Artistic License]]: Unlike most films of this ilk, they [[Shown Their Work|actually did the research]] on Wicca before making the film. Since an accurate portrayal of Wicca wouldn't make for a very good horror movie, most of it (apart from some flavoring) got thrown out in favor of a ''[[
* [[Asshole Victim]]: Chris, Laura, Nancy's stepfather.
* [[Ax Crazy]]: Nancy, after she gets her powers.
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* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: The {{spoiler|deaths of Chris and Nancy's redneck stepfather.}}
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: Sarah attempted suicide in the past. Bonnie's comments on Sarah's scarred wrists "you even did it the right way" indicate she may have at least considered it. Combined with the events of the film, this makes {{spoiler|Nancy's}} plan to kill Sarah and [[Never Suicide|make it look like suicide]] pretty plausible.
* [[Eerie Pale
* [[Flat Character]]: Bonnie and Rochelle have no characterization outside of their "freak" status.
* [[Four
* [[Glamour]]: Using magic to change your appearance is just so much simpler than going to a salon.
* [[Goth]]: Nancy. The lone psycho variety.
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* [[Naive Newcomer]]: Sarah, both to the school and to magic.
* [[Mind Rape]]: What Nancy tries to do to Sarah.
* [[Missing Mom]]: Sarah's mother ([[Generation Xerox|who was also a witch]]) [[Death
* [[Parental Substitute]]: Sarah receives advice from the owner of the magic shop.
* [[Primal Fear]]: The house full of snakes.
* [[Rape
* [[Reality Subtext]]: [[Fairuza Balk]], the actress who plays Nancy, is a Wiccan in real life, and used to own an occult shop.
* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]: Specifically, snakes.
* [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]]: The girls are [[Mistaken for Gay]].
* [[Shout
* [[Shower Scene]]: The girls showering after swimming class, which leads to...
** [[Shower of Angst]]: Laura begins to cry when she realizes her hair is falling out in the shower.
* [[Stalker
* [[Token Minority]]: Rochelle.
* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]: You don't want to end up like {{spoiler|Nancy}}.
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