The Craft

A young girl who has just started at a Catholic school quickly befriends a coven of witches that is shunned or feared by the other students. But when a powerful spell goes wrong, the consequences can endanger their lives, and that of everyone at school. Specific to Cinema ZED Leuven The Craft is the choice of Girls On Film, a feminist film collective that wants to give a broader platform to cinema by and about women. Before the screening on Thursday, October 29, they will explain why this is their favorite 'schoolgirl' film. Commentaar The Craft came out at a tipping point in the horror genre. Basically, the genre was practically (creatively) dead in the '90s, but something was in the air that would soon change that. Later that same year, Scream (1996) confirmed that trend as the best-known example within 'campy' meta-horror. But actually The Craft was a bit earlier, because here too the irony flies thick and fast and a special balance is found between genuine suspense, fun, and pulp, drenched in a wonderfully kitschy high school vibe and cheesy '90s special effects. Actress Neve Campbell also had a huge year, because in combination with this role and a few months later Sydney Prescott in Scream, she became world-famous.