_The Craft_ is a quintessential '90s movie that I would put in the same league as _The Crow_. The music, and the fashion very much root this in the era, yet the story itself, I think, is timeless; just like kids discovering Nirvana for the first time, _The Craft_ can easily be enjoyed by any generation of kids - especially the weirdos.
Since its release, _The Craft_ has been called "_Carrie_ meets _Clueless_" and I think that's accurate.
The story itself is very simple: four teen girls get magic powers, all seems to be going well until it isn't, resolution.
Nothing groundbreaking here. No, the real draw of the movie is our quartet - mainly Nancy (Fairuza Balk).
The movie is not perfect: primarily a terrible ADR moment that will always bother me, and Robin Tunney's acting - I don't know why she was phoning in her performance, but it is painful at times.
Another odd aspect is that _The Craft_ doesn't neatly fit into any category. Is it a drama? Well, only in the sense that stories are all either a drama or comedy. Is it horror? Sort of... there are three deaths, and two brief moments that could be called scary. For the most part, this is just a movie about loyalty within a group of outcasts, and how power corrupts. To a degree, I'd relate this to _The Lost Boys_ from the 1980s: they are both teen movies first, time capsules second, and genre movies last.
_The Craft_, above all else, is a hangout movie. When I rewatch this, it's because I want to revisit my old friends Nancy, Bonnie, Rochelle, and Sarah is there too.