The Craft - The Cinema Snob

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[@powegger2]

If I win I’d like for you to just set it on fire the warmth it produces will be more entertaining than the film

[@gyromurphy]

When this came out I was 12 and legitimately thought the movie was awesome. I still remember renting it with The Crow and for some reason Stargate...and then we had ourselves the 90ist night ever.

[@benemlaw6428]

I'd say the 90'st night ever was my Nikelodeon funded, extream sports themed birthday party at Hard rock cafe where myself, Kurt Cobain, Bill Clinton, Macauley Culkin, Tupac and a Jurrasic park T shirt watched Pauly Shore movies while drinking Sunny D and playing with Gak.

[@stefanfilipovits21]

Jeez, ur right. Surfing AOL in a coffee shop while covered in Nickelodeon slime wouldn’t be half as 90’s as a Craft/Crow/Stargate triple feature. That’s kinda awesome.

[@jamesbond9975]

Good 90's night but I'd rather take Sega Channel and softcore porn on Cinamax.

[@makaveli4205]

The 90s had the best rap music too. It's garbage now. All the Big time guys died really young. Eazy E, Tupac and Biggie

[@tkubat1997]

@@jamesbond9975the soft core porn would probably be better than any of those movies.

[@matthewstoneback9]

Don't you just love it when a movie is such a product of it's time that it feels almost like a parody of itself?

[@DreFromMaine8472]

Indeed. This movie is sooooo 90s and really hasn't aged well at all. Just like Hackers from the year before and Reality Bites from the year before that!

[@LucasBradleylpbproductions6]

What's surprising is that both Neve Campbell and Skeet Ulrich would later star in another scary movie that same year... SCREAM.

[@Lucky_Chase]

Surprising... 😒🥱

[@justindriscoll1844]

"Oh I almost forgot about mean girl Christine Taylor. She's sort of like a regular HS mean girl, only if she was also head cheerleader for the KKK." 😂😂😂

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

That joke could have been expanded on more. *Cheerleader:* Give me a K. *Crowd:* K! *Cheerleader:* Give me a K!! *Crowd:* NO!!!

[@theblocksays]

Horrible thought just occurred to me, this movie is set in LA right? Y'know what other movie was set in LA which stars Fairuza Balk? American History X! She was successfully treated for her belief that she could do black magic SO much (3 Fold Law) that after she's released she winds up joining a local Skinhead gang and shacks up with Edward Norton! Thus protecting her from all the "black magic" in LA! LMAO

[@riveracheron989]

@@theblocksays This is now officially canon

[@filmfanaticx4212]

Fairuza Balk's beautifully unhinged performance in this film makes it worth the price of admission alone, in my opinion...

[@jasonvoorhees310]

Who's that

[@filmfanaticx4212]

@@jasonvoorhees310 The actress who plays Nancy...

[@joelgordon7814]

You mean throughout the movie, or just the end?

[@filmfanaticx4212]

@@joelgordon7814 She's crazy throughout. She just hides it better in the first act

[@godisdead]

I just love her so much

[@VGamFVG]

I like the idea in this movie that Sarah is the only one that actually has powers and the other girls are just leeching off her throughout the film.

[@MissLovebat]

God I loved this movie as a teenager.

[@joelgordon7814]

I still do

[@DivideandConquerCichlidKeeping]

Still an epic flickn

[@AnInsideJoke]

Still love it myself, and is still one of the better, more realisic depictions of Paganism in media (well, Hollywood-created media, anyway). Glad Brad agot around to reviewing it before the sequel/reboot/remake tries to kill it.

[@megano2000]

@@joelgordon7814 Same

[@voilvelev6775]

I never watched it as a teen and now as an adult, I cant stop cringing every time the main goth chick opens her mouth to say a line

[@alicenolfi2095]

I can buy four girls practicing witchcraft, but what I CAN'T buy is a girl WILLINGLY going to school when she has the option to stay home, watch TV, and eat ice cream until she has a uniform.

[@reikun86]

She must've really wanted to get out of the house. Unfortunately, she would've have to wait till 3PM for Days of Our Lives, and by then, school would've been over.

[@alicenolfi2095]

@@reikun86 still! She could still get out of the house and go anywhere, like the beach, or a museum, or the mall. But SCHOOL? Ugh.

[@marklouis1890]

Perhaps she was depressed and just wanted to get out of the house

[@reikun86]

@@alicenolfi2095 Apparently witchcraft and attempted suicide is okay, but playing hooky crosses the line.

[@spiceupyourafterlife]

To be fair, this is not too long after Sarah survived a suicide attempt and is probably still dealing with depression, but wants to overcome it. When you have depression, it helps to get out of the house and do things that distract you from that depression. That’s how I’ve always seen it.

[@Spectra651]

"Hey, Chris..." *looks up* "Jesus, man." Dammit, Snob, I nearly choked to death on an almond I was eating XD (totally worth it, tho)

[@theblocksays]

I really hope he was able to sneak that in without getting stricken by those twerps who made that video, cause they've done that before.

[@DivideandConquerCichlidKeeping]

I never in my life thought I'd see Cliff DeYoung in the role of a loving, sensitive, fatherly human being lol.

[@reikun86]

@Bub the Zombie I thought he was a decent guy in The Hunger. He just had bad luck being Susan Sarandon's boyfriend in that movie.

[@ShadowSonic2]

He was a nice dad in that 80s horror flick "Pulse".

[@rebeccasmith3837]

yes, i love it, more Lloyd with explosions, please.

[@Tadicuslegion78]

Guarantee Fairuza Balk is the reason why this movie is remembered the way it is. I mean she’s what a 5’2 100 lb pipsqueak and yet steals the whole show by a landslide

[@stefanfilipovits21]

For real. She’s got a real presence in this. She can be an awesome friend or a hellish witch and she pulls off both.

[@reikun86]

I was convinced that she wasn't acting when she was telling Skeet Ulrich off.

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

Funny enough there was one time she didn't steal the show. When she was Dorothy from Return to Oz. Mainly because she was playing the sane person for once. Mombi and the Gnome King were the crazy ones. She must have taken her cues from them.

[@leelongvideo]

@@Shanethefilmmaker She didn't steal the show in American History X. I guess when you're playing a white supremacist surrounded by other white supremacist it's hard to stand out.

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

@@leelongvideo considering she was among character actors known for their own share of Over the Top, it was a toss-up between her craziness, Edward Norton's ability to influence, Ethan Suplee's hilariously offensive and Stacy Keach's creepy demeanour.

[@WilfredoWolganG]

This was one of my favourite movies growing up, so happy you reviewed it

[@pindakaas1811]

Fairuza Balk is gem in this movie. Her acting ability is so raw and pure and that is what makes the movie such a cult classic. All their problems are relatable too. Easily in my top 10 best teen movies.

[@rickyjkuron5275]

Love the song “how soon is now”

[@ryantyler9677]

Not going to lie, this movie is a guilty pleasure.

[@PolygonAlchemist]

I was friends with the goth kids in middle/high school when they all suddenly got into witchcraft because of this movie. I also remember the "The Craft is the worst movie ever because it misrepresents Wicca!" posts from them years later on LiveJournal.

[@brianhebert6152]

Talk about irony! And that mention of LiveJournal reminds me of 2000s social media.

[@anowhereguy2521]

Does anybody else remember the other "witch" movie that came out the same year as this, called "Little Witches"? For some reasons I remember that movie even more. Probably because there's a scene where a bunch of girl perform a dark ritual completely naked. Yeah, that's DEFINITELY the reason...

[@jamesduncan6729]

Sounds like a film I need to watch for... research. Yeah, research, that's it... 😏

[@lifeispuzzling]

Love this movie! Not ashamed to admit it

[@makaveli4205]

They left it open for a sequel. Never happened though.

[@Rob1976x]

Had the pleasure of watching this on patreon and can say Brad brings his A game with the humor and 90's nostalgia.

[@LunatheLoungeSinger]

So Neve Campbell and Skeet Ulrich were just 1996 movie gold

[@CyberSpider35]

You miss a nice opportunity to make Arnold Scwartzneger's End of the World movie-reference, cause Robin Tummey also were creeped out by hobos there.

[@japantuning88]

You mean the not so well known torture movie 'End of Days', right? And she was seduced by Satan.

[@anubusx]

I want him to review it.

[@natsafan]

This movie is a blast from the past. Still have the VHS. Even if it is really cheesy, I really liked the soundtrack. I guess it's my guilty pleasure...

[@fingerforce]

I remember watching this when I was 12 and my brother who was 22 at the time rented it for me and his girlfriend to watch, nothing but nostalgia everytime I see it and reminds me of the good times! I can't believe they are rebooting basically the original is good on its own. I haven't seen the trailer for the new one yet.

[@Avigorus]

I have to wonder how many laughs Fairuza Balk (the one who goes nuts in this one) got out of playing both witches (in The Craft and The Worst Witch) and a famous witch slayer (Return to Oz)? lol yup both roles are in her filmography!

[@riveracheron989]

I knew she was in 'Return to Oz' but I NEVER thought of that irony before. lol!

[@christophercarey3232]

@@riveracheron989 She was also in The Worst Witch, alongside Tim Curry.

[@tremorsfan]

I remember when the toilet full of maggots showed up I started chanting “Flush Flush Flush”.

[@o8thmsmunchieman]

I sure do love the Cinema Snob!

[@godzillaprime]

Man... Neve Campbell is too cute for school in this

[@reikun86]

I thought she had the perfect body. Especially in Scream. She even made sweaters and jeans look good.

[@godzillaprime]

The blood really brings out her eyes

[@ryandowney8743]

2:44 "As you can see the movie is also costarring The 90s. Just, The 90s. Everything 90s." I hear The 90s is really difficult to work with. Always storming off to it's trailer, and insisting that the green ones be removed from it's bowl of Zubaz.

[@louisduarte8763]

The Craft: the movie that inspired a kinda-weak Lisa-centered Simpsons episode a decade later, a Steve-focused American Dad! episode a few years ago, and a Venture Brothers joke (because of course they'd do that). Interesting symmetry here: Fairuza Balk begins "Return to Oz" in a mental hospital, and ends this movie in another one.

[@jerraldwest2935]

I so miss living in Lincoln Illinois. I always thought it was so cool that one of my favorite KZbinrs lived less than an hour from me.

[@MichaelSmith-fq6hz]

A teenage girl expressing surprise that a teenage boy would lie about having sex with her is the least realistic thing in a movie that features literal magic spells.

[@MichaelSmith-fq6hz]

@Jamie Lee At least the way I read the scene she seemed completely surprised that a teenage boy would lie about having sex. Hence the "but we didn't" line. It comes across like someone who forgot what being a teenager is like wrote it.

[@BWMagus]

Well, but remember that just because the writer knew about that, doesn't mean the character would. After all, most of us didn't know the shit that was going to happen in high school until we were IN high school dealing with it (especially those who did not have older siblings).

[@arsenelupin9697]

@Jamie Lee So a usual high school student^^

[@Doctor_Odin]

@Jamie Lee what we see of him didn’t denote a creepy scum bag but a normal stereo typical insecure meathead teenager. The creepy scum stuff really only happened because of the love spell. Which messed with his rational thought by messing with is hormonal attraction to her. The rule of threes a bitch she asked for love and she got the most extreme form of it.

[@angrytheclown801]

@@Doctor_Odin That's why I consider all of them villain protagonists. Even if she figured out her mistake she still tried mind control. It's a fun movie but ultimately one bad guy dealing with worse bad guys.

[@mikeyfn-a6684]

The true horror of 2020 makes me wish it was just a nightmare and I'd be waking up back in the 90's

[@19TGoody]

I couldn't agree more. Honestly movies like this really make me so nostalgic it brings tears to my eyes. I appreciate the 90's even more now.

[@OptimumBuster]

Ray's Occult Books. Good one Brad.

[@Yukinoomoni]

That wasn't her sister; that was her step-mother x_x

[@ZekeStaright]

You're a wizard, Snob.

[@riveracheron989]

lmao When he said "I'm a wizard now", I almost spit out my beer.

[@Earlynovember-f3]

@@riveracheron989 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZvQpZedd9utY9E

[@Snake4985]

It's 1996, Brad! Tall grass means there's a Pidgey hiding in there!

[@dominicdelapena5914]

I bind you Snob ..

[@nicklager1666]

Hmm Clueless sure was alot darker then i remember it being. While i find the feature itself mediocre at best its fun seeing Fairuza Balk having the time of her life with her overacting. Christ talk about having a weird acting year for her the craft and the disaster on set that was the Island of Doctor Moreau.

[@gyromurphy]

I'm prefer the tamer Waterboy Fairuza bulk than The Craft or American History X Version. She still is scary in whatever she's in but man does she jump into her roles. Does she act in anything anymore?

[@TheRealNormanBates]

Don’t forget *Space Truckers!*

[@staceyann1180]

@@gyromurphy Return to Oz! She'll always be my second favorite Dorothy!

[@kinomankapospolita5593]

good one xD

[@babyfaceweeb8937]

Less people died in this scream movie

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

Fun fact, when they invoked Manon in this movie, a stage light blew out.

[@thEannoyingE]

Yet another film set to be remade, I’m sensing a trend here....

[@KHWendy28]

Sequel! Looks like shit anyway.

[@Pooky1991]

I want him to review The Covenant so bad. It's often joked as the male version of The Craft with fanservice.

[@jakobthedragonboy]

I have 2 things to say about this movie: 1, as a kid my friends dad kinda ruined the "Light as a Feather" bit with the simple alternite chant of "Fat as cow, Fall like a brick".yes it is pointlessly mean and I'm not proud of it. Something I *AM* proud of and not sorry for... 2, Why hello Vicki Vallencourt.

[@mattDettling]

Omg you did it !!! I’m so happy

[@BobbyDrake2000]

On Craft 2, to quote the Snob "Don't want to picture that!"

[@theblocksays]

That nerdy looking one already makes me assume she wanted to audition for Stranger Things.

[@fumblebunnyfunny1251]

Damn you were on POINT with this one! I’ve never laughed so hard. 😂

[@Luke.S2099]

Lol, I've seen this movie so many times, and I only just realized Neve, and Skeet were also the main characters in Scream.

[@Celicagame13]

Balk & Campbell are the only reasons I watched this movie back in the 90’s, I had such a crush on Neve!

[@Briansgate]

Full Moon Entertainment was just amazing in the 90s. Loved all of them.

[@riveracheron989]

OMG yes! I actually like their older 80's stuff even better, when they were called Empire Pictures. ('Re-Animator', 'From Beyond', 'Dungeonmaster', 'Ghoulies', 'Trancers', 'Troll', 'Crawlspace', etc.)...Charles Band was a freakin genius!

[@jordanhunter1211]

I miss the 90s

[@AliciaNyblade]

Me, too. Wish we could go back to them. That was the decade of my childhood. Seeing how awesome this movie is, I wish I'd been older at the time so I could have seen it in theaters (I was eight in '96).

[@Lucky_Chase]

Awesome. I didn't think this would ever get done.

[@Niinkai]

The high schoolers in this movie almost look age-appropriate. Perhaps they were supposed to be playing middle schoolers?

[@riveracheron989]

I know, right??? And that only seems to be an American thing. Ever seen the English/Irish-made slasher, 'Stitches?' The kids are ACTUALLY 15/16!

[@rossclark9651]

Rachel True was 30 when she played Rochelle in this movie

[@madsketcher]

That was an 80s thing, really. Not so common to see thirtysomething high school students in the 90s, unless they were freakishly preserved (i.e. Rachel True, Stacey Dash)

[@marklouis1890]

@@rossclark9651 And can pass an high schooler. Black don't crack

[@DreFromMaine8472]

LOL, everyone was at least in their mid 20s, all playing "teenagers", hahahah!

[@DestinyPifer]

One of my favorite movies!

[@samhouston1979]

this movie is such a guilty pleasure

[@someothername7886]

Really wanted to find this movie to watch, so it’s awesome to see Snob talking about it!

[@makaveli4205]

It's out on 4k blu ray now I have it

[@danethanor]

Hey, it was Miguel from Tremors driving the passenger bus.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Fairuza Balk seriously deserves a lifetime achievement award for her work in advancing the appreciation of goth girls. I was already indoctrinated by my pre-teens and didn’t even realize it - never stood a chance, really. 1990’s - early 2000’s was like the Golden Age of Goth Chicks.

[@daphnelawless9194]

I based my whole look on Nancy's get-up at the party for about 5 years

[@Lucky_Chase]

Shaddup. Winona Ryder in Beetlejuice.

[@geardog24]

Note to self, never give catholic school girls magic powers.

[@stefanfilipovits21]

I’m a catholic school survivor. Can confirm.

[@LegionIscariot]

I remember this movie from when I was a child.

[@artmedz484]

i just watched this movie with my mother last week! what a timing 👁👄👁

[@JoeyJ0J0]

This movie is great, it's like someone turned Clueless into a horror movie

[@francescagonzalezramos9442]

I saw The Craft on Tubi, and this film is awesome.

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

The craft was available on Tubi? I really want to see the craft so bad, but I don't know where I can watch it for free or on a streaming service :(

[@makaveli4205]

​@@kittykittybangbang9367It's on 4k blu ray now for like 20$ I have it

[@helpyourselfimbusy5747]

One of my favorite movies.

[@FirstPersonShane]

I have to say, today's episode of What If It Exploded would have been better if Lloyd sang, "Come with me, and you'll be, in a world of spotaneous combustion."

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

We are the weirdos, mister. Most 90s line ever.

[@carlosmontesinos1544]

The new Snob Halloween review is up, now we know what the next Nstalgiaween review will be!

[@fallout3600]

I always laughed alot in this movie. Still love it

[@UnCreativeDeconstructionism]

Lol that girl is from that show "half and half"

[@MsKala]

Proof that she had the power.

[@UnCreativeDeconstructionism]

@@MsKala only half. Lol

[@marclewis5505]

Yeah I liked that show and Rachel from Family Matters was her mother.

[@jeremysmetana8583]

It's funny you should point out us all staring out the window at the rain at the time. In the realm of Useless Trivia, 1996 was part of a three or four year El Nino extravaganza that resulted in some of California's wettest years on record (with the 1997 Pacific Hurricane Season - July into December - being the height of the cycle). Could use rain like that again, now. Without all the power outages, mudslides, flooding, etc., of course. But beggars can't be choosers.

[@Montork]

This reminds me how much I loved... And still love this fuckin power trip of a movie. God. Fucking amazing.

[@spinningspin6053]

"You know the thing"- Jim Crow Joe

[@julesrules7297]

I was so cool in middle school because I had this soundtrack and burned copies for my girlfriends. 😄🤟

[@ashleyjohnson8248]

I loved this movie when i was in 7th grade watchin it with my girlfriends then trying to do light as a feather stiff as a board

[@Wapnerzebra16]

Fairuza Balk the Witch vs Christine Taylor the Grand Wizard Also: Cliff DeYoung "I'll be your discount Andrew Robinson for the evening"

[@sunshineholmes3487]

Since you referenced it let's stick with the 90s and do Fear.

[@BananaPhoPhilly]

Are you stalking me Snob? I just watched this movie last night with my ex lol

[@llandor]

I'm starting to really miss the 90s...

[@Nightshift10000]

After Chris fell out of that window he ended up hating women, moved to another small town, befriended a weird outcast, & convinced him to go on a killing spree with him where they both commit murders wearing a ghostface mask.

[@matthewkoch6937]

That actually would make Scream make a lot more sense.

[@Pratchettgaiman]

The Berenstain Bears joke is especially funny because Jan and Stan Berenstain were apparently pretty devout Christians while they were alive

[@alexnejako777]

great soundtrack!

[@WineRedEchos]

I recognize this movie is cheesy as hell, but I still like it.

[@stefanfilipovits21]

Same. It’s super 90’s, super fun, and has some pretty effective scares.

[@WineRedEchos]

@@stefanfilipovits21 other than just HOW 90's it is the only real like. "flaw" I noticed last time I watched it is there's 1 scene with the girl from scream dressed sexy before she gets the scars removed.

[@CapitainBeefhartfanO]

I loooove this movie so much, yeah it's the 90's testament for pop culture, cheese, a girl's clique movie with witchcraft (that's depicted actually very realistic) but I just love this, as well as Jawbreaker, which is a lot worse than this, but it's entertaining

[@Rob_Thorsman]

You should review The Covenant. How can you not when it has lines like, "I'm gonna make you my weeotch."

[@RedSpade37]

I still quote that line to this day!

[@XardionZ]

Can we please get a miniseries entailing the adventures of The Wizard Snob?

[@marclewis5505]

1:54 "False!"😆

[@Snakedude4life]

Ah yes, the first spark of “GOTH GF” for many. Well, this and beetle juice. 🐍 💀 no step on SNEK! 🇺🇸🇭🇰

[@red_z8069]

I liked when that wonkavator blewed up. It blowed up real good

[@DavidHaselhoff]

good job as always lloyd

[@davebooshty299]

I find the New Craft Trailer for The Craft Legacy makes their main characters look like even more X men / X People characters only.

[@aericraadley]

Fairuza Bulk.. never i put a name to that.. feeling she gives me lol

[@taags]

Like disgust.

[@BabysitterSky]

The less we talk about "Doom Generation" the better.....I'll get PTSD flashbacks if this keeps up.

[@stefanfilipovits21]

There’s a movie I haven’t thought about in forever. Thank god.

[@DeRockMedia]

that was my first gfs favorite movie.... she showed it to me... made me concerned of who i was dating afterwards XD

[@orcwarchiefreviews]

Great video can't wait to watch nostalgia critic do it on Wednesday

[@dreamlandnightmare]

6:39- I don't get the J.J. Abrams reference.

[@emperortrevornorton3119]

90's didn't give a crap because of the 80's being much cooler

[@riveracheron989]

Well, the early 90's started out okay with some potential. It wasn't until the DARK days of Dimension and Miramax milktoast, studio-meddling "horror" that ruined everything for quite a while. Another thing to hate Harvey Weinstein for.

[@chriswilson3126]

It always annoyed me that the moment of the trio flying in together through the window was a friggin dream sequence.

[@riveracheron989]

Yeah, that's trailer's for you. Deceiving the public since the birth of cinema. :/

[@ryandowney8743]

I think Lloyd should produce a reboot of Farm Film Report.

[@Thephantom95]

4:30 Jokes on you Snob. I called that out 1 second before you did.

[@declanhandley-byrne4335]

Skeet Ulrich looks like a live action Sid the Sloth

[@patrickkelmer6290]

Fun fact: I was rooting for Nancy the entire time.

[@riveracheron989]

A lot of people do.

[@MF-R]

The evil lead (I'm very bad at names) looks exactly like my best friend in high-school. Like, identical. Kinda same brand of crazy aswell. Still friends, she's pretty tamed down now.