As much as I love this movie I don't think they gave Rochelle enough of a background story, nothing about her family or upbringing. The racist bully was the only thing shown about her.
I always thought it was because Rochelle had the most stable (and therefore uninteresting) home life of all the girls. She might’ve even been rich. I think her only problem was racist bullies at school.
@@thedarkcreole she was rich. When Sarah was almost raped she went straight to Rochelle's house. Judging from the film, that place looked expensive. I was under the impression Nancy was the only poor one.
And then this "Chris" transforms into Billy Lumis to be Bonnie 's aka Neve Campbell' s sociopath bf in Scream that also came out in 1996 We're dealing with some famous ass 90s pop culture faces kids 😂
The reason why she wanted to make Chris like her is because he humiliated her by telling everyone they had sex, so she was going to humiliate him by making him wiped for the new girl & her weird friends. Getting him to hold there books & there bags was the whole point. She did it out of revenge. Not because she really liked him. After he lied about her, she was over him. The only reason she went to talk to before she tried to SA her was to try to get him to stop.
@@Pinkladyisv same i think she did like him...cuz remember when she said to her father after he died..that she believed he was a good person underneath it all
Nancy could have been a magnificent witch on par with Sarah, but her inability to be vulnerable was her downfall. Chris broke her heart and shredded her reputation without remorse, her mother isn't the strongest person and God alone knows how many time her stepdad had been bothering her. A teenage girl with that much passion & focus, but feeling trapped by her circumstances, was bound to head down a wrong road. If she had only opened up to Sarah about how she was feeling, hell maybe even Bonnie, she would have been OK.
They definitely used Sarah and then flipped and gaslit her throughout the entire ending except when she bossed up. "You don't wanna end up like Nancy did." 💯
Nancy was looking for a way to not be an outcast. Home boy made her feel like she could find her way into “normalcy” and popularity. She got her hopes up and was manipulated only to be let down. She sees someone that has everything she’s never been and that made her angry and jealous. The real tea is that Chris is her mirror. He had 2 homies that followed him around. She had 2 homies that followed her around. They were both manipulative people with some narcissistic traits in there.
Good eye I didn't catch it until I re-watched it when a few years ago. Besides her ego/ lil bit of jealousy of Sarah, the blood sacrifice is why Nancy powders went really dark. Sarah didn't plus the fact that Sarah was a natural witch
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I think they all had magic, but their magic was something that worked when they were all together, while Sarah could be alone. The other three were bonded by trauma and alienation, but Sarah was more worried about personal aspects of herself, not how outside factors affected her life. Bunny didn’t want people to keep seeing her as some type of freak bc of her burns, Rochelle was tired of the racial macroaggression she was facing, and Nancy wanting out of her toxic and poverty ridden life.
@@jama3997 I would disagree because didn't they drink her blood and that's when their powers started manifesting. With that little link they were able to use it on their own. After the fighting, Sarah binded their magic. I don't think you can bind something that doesn't belong to you. Perhaps they had a little magic on their own but it was depleted by Nancy. It's been years since I've watched this movie.
@@michilafox2106 you are correct. Their magic was learned/taught. Which is why they lost their powers in the end. Sarah's magic was natural. She was born a witch through her mother. They became stronger once Sarah, the natural witch, joined their covenant. Her powers/blood made them stronger.
I have a friend that's a Wicca practitioner and she says the drinking of the sisters is how they got Sarah's blood into them to make them more powerful because they were already practicing magic
If you ever find the DVD of The Craft, there's a deleted scene where Nancy got into it with Bonnie, Rochelle, and Sarah and she pretty much said she befriended Rochelle because all the white folks at her school hate her. It's actually an intense scene. This whole movie is intense at times.
Great scene and very well acted, but the producers wanted it deleted cuz they felt it would confuse the audience as to why Rochelle and Bonnie would stay so loyal to Nancy (esp to the point of getting Sarah to self harm again) after she verbally dragged them both lk that
I agree that Nancy didn’t start as a villain. She was abused and traumatized and was trying to figure out a way to overcome it. It just turned out badly. And Rochelle’s character deserved better, and Rachel True deserved better. I think it’s really interesting that Sarah was compassionate in her binding spell, where Nancy just wanted to hurt ppl.
I feel bad for Sarah's dad. Sarah can control the friggin' weather, heal people, and stage a whole ass plane crash with her mind. Meanwhile her pops is slaving away 60 hours a week as a middle manager. You don't think her pops could use a little help? Maybe use some of that razzle dazzle to get a promotion. Maybe use a little wind to blow off some extra roof tiles so the repair is covered by insurance? Maybe a branch "accidentally" falls on the car he's upside down on? He seems like a good guy why can't fortune smile in him?
I feel like she didn't realize how much she loves him until she thought she lost him. Sarah feels like she sees herself like a stranger in her own house. Her dad tries his best, but they seem to struggle communicating. Her step-mom isn't mean, but they don't have a connection. I think in Sarah's eyes the only parent who could've understood her and genuinely felt like they loved her was her mom. We tend to idolize the parent who passed away or isn't around, especially if our other parent seemingly pays more attention to their new partner or their new kids. And being a dad in the late 90s, there are going to be issues Sarah faces because of her gender that he can't relate to or fully comprehend. I think the last scene being her helping her dad unpack the flowers for the house (I think?) indicates the change in her, since the movie starts with Sarah walking away from her dad and stepmom moving in.
Had Chris done that to me, I would have told the school "of course i was a lousy lay! I pushed him off of me because he kept calling me his mommy!" The rumors woukd just get wilder and wilder until he admitted he made it up. Either he'll be known as a liar or he'll be known as being bad in bed himself. 😊
19:37 chiiiiile, I remember, back in the mid-90s, seeing ALL of these new CGI images, in the promos (I.e. Nancy walking on water, the 3 “bad witches” levitating & flying around, Rochelle levitating during “Light As a Feather, Stiff As a Board” scene, etc) and being MESMERIZED!!
21:55 personally I think Nancy always wanted to hurt Chris and now she has the opportunity too and is using what happened to Sarah as a cover to exact her own revenge on him.
Nancy wanted to get back at Chris, not just for Sarah, a member of her coven, but also because of her past with Chris. In the early part of the film, Nancy makes it pretty clear to Sarah that Chris is "poison" and that he's not worth her attention. Sarah goes out with him anyway, turns down his advances, and after making it look as though he wasn't bothered by her rejection, Chris goes around telling everyone about how bad she is in bed to try and save face at school. Nancy is the one who catches wind of this and tells Sarah about the rumor going around, and it's pretty clear that Chris had done the exact same thing to Nancy before, leading to her social ostracization along with Rochelle and Bonnie. They also allude to their past as sexual partners when Nancy comes on to Chris at the party, so he was probably leading her on, and making fun of her and spreading lies about Nancy behind her back before she found out what he was saying about her around campus. Nancy saw Sarah's attack as her chance to finally get revenge on this guy who'd ruined her reputation, and she'd get to play mind games with him the same way he did to all the other girls at school. She knew he'd be drawn to her because of her proximity to Sarah, so she lures him away from the party pretty easily, expecting that she would take him to see Sarah. Nancy made sure that everyone saw them going upstairs together, and when he accuses Nancy of being jealous, she scoffs at him, "you don't even EXIST to me!" It's one last final humiliation before she knocks him out of the window, getting her revenge while also protecting her coven. It explains why she gets genuinely upset and hurt that Sarah attempts to put a binding spell on her after the incident, because she not only got back at Chris for assaulting Sarah, she put an end to the love spell in the most brutally efficient way. There's still a part of me that feels bad for Nancy, because of the conditions she grew up in, the social isolation she experienced as a result of falling for a really toxic guy, the lack of control she felt she had, and the corruption of her spirit due to the raw power she absorbed through that ritual on the beach. To see her at the end in a psych ward under all those meds, screaming for Manon and feeling like she's flying away, it made me so sad for her character that she would be robbed of her agency and freedom, while the other 3 saw no repercussions for their actions. Rochelle and Bonnie walk away unscathed, and Sarah gets to keep her magic, but Nancy loses everything despite coming up from essentially nothing. That's why I was hoping The Craft Legacy would at least give her character a shot at redemption, but they turned it into a PG13 tirade against the patriarchy with a whole new cast of young actors that ignores the events of this movie right until the end credits. Nancy (and her actor Fairuza Balk) gets a really raw deal in all of this. For a character that was so well-acted and who loses so much, I was really hoping to see her get a win.
@@oooh19They’ll have a harder time because society is in the dumps. Not because they didn’t run around the neighborhood. It was actually safe for us to be all over the neighborhood back then. It’s wayyyyy too many bold freaks walking amongst us now.
@LoveK1 right!? I just watched a compilation video of people trying to snatch kids off the street in broad daylight. Some of them when their parents are right there next to them. Crazy
9:56 what you said is so accurate about bullies. they NEVER address the bully, but when the bully gets beat ALL OF SUDDEN "we don't condone violence". Oh but you condoned it when it was me being bullied?
I’m weak because I just quoted this exact opening line to my roommate this morning because of talking about something else😂😂😂 “You’re white honey just deal with it” to two other white girls might I add and they sitting up there agreeing. 😂😂😂 That line takes me out every time just watched a couple weeks ago. Lol Not to mention I’m just now finding your channel (starting with the “Soul Food” video and now I’m binging all the videos!!!! This my 3rd one just finished “Home Alone” . You are hilarious!!!! So happy you did “The Craft” and watching “Death Becomes Her” next. I love all these movies so this channel is great. And you should know you’re inspiring me with my own TH-cam to just go for it. I don’t know you at all and TH-cam referred your channel to me and now I’m a fan. The very same thing can happen to me with others. So you keep doing you and inspiring.
I have stopped and started TH-cam so many times so to be receiving this wave of subs and people engaging with my content is wild. The same thing will happen for you. We're speaking it into existence!! Go for it!
@@forthenostalgia Yessss thank you my love. That was such sweet and encouraging words and I love it for real!!! You’re so right I definitely have to just go for it and I’m so glad you went for it too. You deserve all the subscribers in the world. You just keep going and know I’ll always be here. Can’t wait for the incoming 🔥🔥🔥🔥 videos!!!!
Even as a white woman, the scene where the racist bully loses her hair i was thinking “are they really trying to make me feel bad for her rn? She deserves this” 😂
which is true it was unnecesarry unless maybe somehow trying to make us feel bad for that racist bully is her suffering from disease like cancer or alopecia then all of the people who letting her being racist toward rochelle start bullying laura. At first rochelle didn't care in the slightest but she was annoyed people are being hypocrite like they didn't do anything to stop her from being racist now they bully laura now she is an outcast. That was personally what i gonna go with but laura apoligizing to rochelle wasn't unnecesarry
Yeah I always felt if they wanted us to feel bad they should've made her get very I'll or disfigured not just go bald. Like ok get a better wig? Cry about it more
This is one of my favorite movies and I'm so glad you reviewed this. I loved your commentary and listening to your perspective on Nancy's personality change and her desires throughout the film. Can't wait to watch your commentary on Waiting to Exhale!
Just had your channel recommended to me by TH-cam, love your commentary. I love black women in these spaces :) will definitely be supporting your channel.
I saw Sarah's love spell as punitive - he treated girls badly and played with their feelings, so she put him in a similar place. It felt like she wanted him to feel the pain of love and the humiliation of openly pining for someone who is mostly indifferent to his feelings. When he became obsessive it was no longer fun fir her.
A bit. But, I also believe that Sarah had a crush on Chris, & was devastated when it turned out that he was jerk, but, despite that, she was still attracted to him, & wanted him to fall in love with her. Then after he became obsessed with her, she changed her mind & wanted to turn him off.
Befor i watch the whole video i gotta say, i felt really bad for Nancy, she didn't deserved that end! She lived in a trailer park with a neglectful mother and a very questinable abusive father that touched her inappropriately. Her crush made her be slutshamed by the whole school. Ofc she would try everything to keep the only thing that got her out of the slums, she finally felt like she had control over her life. Her 'punishment' sending her to a sanatorium is plainly cruel, making her end up having no control over her life till she (presumably) dies, no redemption for an already broken child.
Same but sometime a sympathetic character just because they are sympathetic they need to be redeemed but her punishment is too harsh. She should receive consequence for her action without a doubt something that is not cruel like putting her on abusive insitution. Like maybe she can receive help while also not being excused for her terrible action
@@metamorphony8834 Yeah true from all the girls sarah is only one who is rich pretty and privilege. She is natural witch so that add another thing to her privilege, however what nancy done is still harmful
SN: I met Rachel True in '19 at Blerdcon(Black Nerd Convention) and she is the most down to earth and sweet individual. She even smoked with my homeboys one night lol Her story needs a spinoff for sure!!
I’m regards to the whole Nancy and Chris situation I watched a video where someone commented that Nancy was secretly jealous of Sarah and wanted everything that she had. She was powerful and had the life that she wanted.
If I was Sarah.. I would’ve just said out loud at the lockers “well I told you I have HIV and sex is uncomfortable..” I would’ve took rumors I made up being passed around rather than his. A win is a win 🏆😂🙈
That white trash line always bothers me. Rochelle gets the least lines and then she makes this weird comment to someone who's supposed to be her friend and then she was just dealing with a racist bully at school. It just felt tacky
@@oooh19 Incorrect is more like how black people can be dismissive about other people whether their own people or outside of their people suffering simple as that. Like yes nancy is a white girl but she also poor so she still struggle because of her social class
yeah she totally deserved that but karma is not tool of justice from what i've learn is like cause and effect. Whether someone is good or bad they all have karma they gonna receive heck even in buddhism the gods is not immune to karma. Karma is from dharmic religion
Nancy proved the following quote by Billy Butcher from The Boys to be true... "With great power comes the absolute certainty that you'll turn into a right See You Next Tuesday."
(Before watching.) In my own opinion, I think that, since seeing Nancy's backstory, she was powerless for most of her life. She was verbally and physically abused by her stepfather, and her mother was probably too drunk to care. When she found magic and Wicca, she finally became conceited and determined. She put all of her faith, anger, and power into magic. This made her realize that she had power, that she finally found her worth. When you've never had power, it can feel like a thrill when you assert dominance for the first time, like an exotic pleasure. Nancy is a prime example of a girl who had nothing to start, and she ended up with nothing. She had pent up anger, anxiety, and undiagnosed disorder(s). In the deleted scenes, she is seen as insecure and jealous. When Rochelle and Bonnie turn to Sarah, this makes Nancy feel betrayed and powerless all over again, which seems to be a trigger for her. This is why she snapped at all three of the girls, directing her insults towards their most sensitive problems in the past. She is seen to lash out the moment anyone betrays her or hurts her, because she is like a cornered animal.
One of my favorite movies ever and I just love your commentary. They truly didn't give Rochelle enough character and background story... And Nancy's ending is sad because I think the true villain as always is society or the way a majority shaped society. And these girls suffered from their communities. I love how Sarah transformed her darkness into light and strength. It's her compassion with everyone (despite her and their flaws) that help her heal herself and her life. Truly a great story with lots of shades. Btw what's the music called that plays through the video? I loved hearing it while watching your commentary.
Sarah didn’t like the explanation foe evoking the spirit because her mom was dead and she know nothing would bring her back so that “makes everything better again” line triggered her
I love your commentary and the way you narrated this movie ..I watch it like 4×s already. My reasons on why Sarah did the love spell on Chris is because she wanted to make him feel like she did when he lied about "sleeping with her " Humiliation..but of course the love spell back fired I guess that was her ×3
I totally forgot about this crazy movie. Nancy was also crazy as Vicky Balencourt in the Waterboy.... This channel is like a sexy version of Primms hood cinema....This channel is Bae AF. 😍
I always figured that Rochelle's reflection "looked away" because she couldn't bear to meet her own eyes when confronted with the suffering her magic had caused. (Which... I don't feel bad for Laura either, but it was supposed to be another sign that the spells were getting too strong or going out of control.)
I forgot about this movie I was young on this came out so my first daughter had a chance to look at the videos after I used to rent them but my other daughters I didn't have a chance to share this video with them so just be my opportunity thanks for sharing this
You legit got me binging your channel right now! How do you not have more subs, you are the female version of Primms Hood Cinema. Your comedic timing everything too😂❤
I am so invested in your channel. I've been listening to/watching your videos all day and omg your commentary is so in line with my own thoughts on so many films! You have an amazing thing going and I hope that it grows for you and that you continue to enjoy it, you're very good at it!
I paused the video one second in, red about a dozen or so comments and am ready to commence! I hate how Rochelle's back story was cut. Faruza balk is a scary looking woman.
This movie and subsequently Charmed were a big part of my younger days with my mom, I revisit it a couple times like every year. Great drop sis, working my way through your videos, definitely keep it up. You're doing great
I just stumbled on your channel and I absolutely love it the craft was my and STILL IS MY favorite movie. Light as a feather stiff as a board realness im definitely a new subbie keep up the good work and keeping the nostalgia alive 💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿
Nope. They represent knowledge and wisdom. From what I've seen, it's only patriarchal religion canon that conflates self-determined knowledge with evil (on the surface, anyway).
Mmm, her hair grew, and she was apparently sporting a beautiful pixie at the time of filming. But the producers preferred that she wear that horrible wig instead.
I’m so very late however I absolutely love this channel and this review specifically as a Witch, myself ❤ seeing Rochelle the witch on TV as a little girl (even though she didn’t have many lines) was amazing
Sarah wasn't obsessed with Chris, She agreed to do a love spell on him to humiliate him( like he did to her) , show the whole that he became a simp for her.
The Craft walked so Charmed could run. Fun fact: the actress who plays the racist bully is Ben Stiller wife. Not so fun fact : Except Fairuza "Nancy" Balk, the rest of the cast and crew were AWFUL to Rachel True. To this day. Think how they treat Kate Graham in TVD. SAME.
Yesss we use to be outside guuuurl. Shoot I’m petrified to send my son anywhere !!! Lol he was in nyc this past summer I was so sick everyday until he came home just worried.
They all drank each other blood, so I think that's how they was connected to Sarah. Sarah couldn't do the same bc it was pretty much 3v1. But that's what I think
Omg yall, this movie right here. I was in the 2nd grade when this came out and got in trouble for the cup sharing thing, we predicted to do stick our fingers (we didn't) and our teacher caught me and my best friends. Instantly big trouble. This is classic for life.
Man I promise every time Racheal True shows up in a film I would just get mesmerized, back when I kid I was calling her brown sugar because of her skin complexion. Because lawdy lawd I used to have MAJOR crush on her.
29:05 I learned a lot this moment about girl world, in the whole Shakespeare "look the flower but be the serpent underneath" so manipulative women can use a guy to do their dirty work for them and then play innocent about it blaming it on them. But girls can do this with other women too. Like if there is one girl int he group who is louder or more aggressive, they just act innocent and let the aggressive one do the dirty work for them so it won't reflect on them. I think Channel #3 does this con with Channel in Scream queens.You see that in this scene how they act all nice when they think she has powers and then when they she doesn't they act all snide and show their true colors
I guess in that case, did Nancy take control of the group and the other two were her lackies? or were the other two letting her lead the charge so she would face the most penalty of carrying the power? (probably make fewer deals too) and they used her until she went crazy, then tried to do it again with the protagonist.
SHE WANTED THEM 2 B FAMILY AND SHE NANCY FELT SARAH WAS LEAVN EM..AND SHE WANTED HER 2 ENJOY THEIR POWER AND RIDE IT OUT..THOSE 3 GURLZ WERE HER WORLD HER FAMILY
As much as I love this movie I don't think they gave Rochelle enough of a background story, nothing about her family or upbringing. The racist bully was the only thing shown about her.
Agreed
They do that to token black characters a lot. Another example is Invisible Boy from Mystery Men. Everybody got a backstory through the movie but him.
Nancy actually brings it up in a deleted scene when she confronts the girls you can find it on TH-cam
I always thought it was because Rochelle had the most stable (and therefore uninteresting) home life of all the girls. She might’ve even been rich. I think her only problem was racist bullies at school.
@@thedarkcreole she was rich. When Sarah was almost raped she went straight to Rochelle's house. Judging from the film, that place looked expensive. I was under the impression Nancy was the only poor one.
The lady who plays Nancy needs an award.
FAIRUZA Balk is her name ❤❤
Fairuza Balk is the GOAT👍🏿
She did.
MTV.
I don't know if it's a thing, still. I bought it off her at a rummage sale for $15 and a bag of gummies.
I felt like Sarah did the love spell to validate her power and didn’t realize how powerful love spells can be
Fun Fact: the girl that played Sarah was great friends with the actor that played Chris. She was the one who got him the role as Chris!
His name is Skeet
And then this "Chris" transforms into Billy Lumis to be Bonnie 's aka Neve Campbell' s sociopath bf in Scream that also came out in 1996
We're dealing with some famous ass 90s pop culture faces kids 😂
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regaliaretailfashionmerch4314 I realized that billy and Sidney were in this I watched scream firt
@@ninjanibba4259Aka: billy Loomis
The reason why she wanted to make Chris like her is because he humiliated her by telling everyone they had sex, so she was going to humiliate him by making him wiped for the new girl & her weird friends. Getting him to hold there books & there bags was the whole point. She did it out of revenge. Not because she really liked him. After he lied about her, she was over him. The only reason she went to talk to before she tried to SA her was to try to get him to stop.
I thought it was a mix of both; to humiliate him but also because she did actually like him.
@@Pinkladyisv same i think she did like him...cuz remember when she said to her father after he died..that she believed he was a good person underneath it all
@@QueenK88 Chris was a Good Person?? Is He Really Tho?…
@@peanutsistheverygreatest I don't know...Just repeating what Sarah said!
Nancy had already slept with Chris before though.
Nancy could have been a magnificent witch on par with Sarah, but her inability to be vulnerable was her downfall. Chris broke her heart and shredded her reputation without remorse, her mother isn't the strongest person and God alone knows how many time her stepdad had been bothering her. A teenage girl with that much passion & focus, but feeling trapped by her circumstances, was bound to head down a wrong road. If she had only opened up to Sarah about how she was feeling, hell maybe even Bonnie, she would have been OK.
Solid point 💯
They definitely used Sarah and then flipped and gaslit her throughout the entire ending except when she bossed up. "You don't wanna end up like Nancy did." 💯
Nancy was looking for a way to not be an outcast.
Home boy made her feel like she could find her way into “normalcy” and popularity.
She got her hopes up and was manipulated only to be let down.
She sees someone that has everything she’s never been and that made her angry and jealous.
The real tea is that Chris is her mirror.
He had 2 homies that followed him around.
She had 2 homies that followed her around.
They were both manipulative people with some narcissistic traits in there.
Fantastic insight!! ☯️🪞
Fairuza Balk should’ve gotten awards for her performance in that movie.
Such an iconic movie.
Crazy how the black girl was the oldest in real life yet looked the youngest lol
Thats not true lol. Bunny looked the youngest and had a baby face
Black don't crack 🥰
Wait she was the oldest 😮
@@moxiemaxie3543that bitch looked all the bit of 40 😂😂
@@ohshanana2397 yes, she was at least 10 years older than the rest of the girls.
Power doesn't change a person; it just reveals who they really are.
I never realised it before, but it just hit me that Nancy's power spell required a blood sacrifice smdh
Good catch, I never noticed that.
Yes I noticed this as well
Good eye I didn't catch it until I re-watched it when a few years ago. Besides her ego/ lil bit of jealousy of Sarah, the blood sacrifice is why Nancy powders went really dark. Sarah didn't plus the fact that Sarah was a natural witch
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The way I would have laughed in Laura’s face while she was sitting there looking like cailou 😭NICE editing btw!
Not Cailou!!! 😂😂😂😂
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So many things to do, each day is something new, I'll share them with you - I'm Caillouuu!
Each day she baldin some more 😂
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Sarah was the conduit (her blood) helped their magic peaked. That's why when it was all said and done, none of them had magic except Sarah.
I think they all had magic, but their magic was something that worked when they were all together, while Sarah could be alone.
The other three were bonded by trauma and alienation, but Sarah was more worried about personal aspects of herself, not how outside factors affected her life. Bunny didn’t want people to keep seeing her as some type of freak bc of her burns, Rochelle was tired of the racial macroaggression she was facing, and Nancy wanting out of her toxic and poverty ridden life.
@@jama3997 I would disagree because didn't they drink her blood and that's when their powers started manifesting. With that little link they were able to use it on their own. After the fighting, Sarah binded their magic. I don't think you can bind something that doesn't belong to you. Perhaps they had a little magic on their own but it was depleted by Nancy. It's been years since I've watched this movie.
@@michilafox2106 you are correct. Their magic was learned/taught. Which is why they lost their powers in the end. Sarah's magic was natural. She was born a witch through her mother. They became stronger once Sarah, the natural witch, joined their covenant. Her powers/blood made them stronger.
I have a friend that's a Wicca practitioner and she says the drinking of the sisters is how they got Sarah's blood into them to make them more powerful because they were already practicing magic
As many times as I watched this movie that never occured to me. Tell your friend I said thanks.
If you ever find the DVD of The Craft, there's a deleted scene where Nancy got into it with Bonnie, Rochelle, and Sarah and she pretty much said she befriended Rochelle because all the white folks at her school hate her. It's actually an intense scene. This whole movie is intense at times.
That scene shouldn't have been deleted in my opinion
So we see there’s some goodness in Nancy
Was it when she goes on the rant and says no one would talk to the colored girl?
Great scene and very well acted, but the producers wanted it deleted cuz they felt it would confuse the audience as to why Rochelle and Bonnie would stay so loyal to Nancy (esp to the point of getting Sarah to self harm again) after she verbally dragged them both lk that
I agree that Nancy didn’t start as a villain. She was abused and traumatized and was trying to figure out a way to overcome it. It just turned out badly.
And Rochelle’s character deserved better, and Rachel True deserved better.
I think it’s really interesting that Sarah was compassionate in her binding spell, where Nancy just wanted to hurt ppl.
This was such an accurate movie with teenage girls trying to embrace the mystery of womanhood
Yup, my 11 year old self was OBSESSED with this movie ♥️
I feel bad for Sarah's dad. Sarah can control the friggin' weather, heal people, and stage a whole ass plane crash with her mind. Meanwhile her pops is slaving away 60 hours a week as a middle manager. You don't think her pops could use a little help? Maybe use some of that razzle dazzle to get a promotion. Maybe use a little wind to blow off some extra roof tiles so the repair is covered by insurance? Maybe a branch "accidentally" falls on the car he's upside down on? He seems like a good guy why can't fortune smile in him?
I feel like she didn't realize how much she loves him until she thought she lost him. Sarah feels like she sees herself like a stranger in her own house. Her dad tries his best, but they seem to struggle communicating. Her step-mom isn't mean, but they don't have a connection. I think in Sarah's eyes the only parent who could've understood her and genuinely felt like they loved her was her mom. We tend to idolize the parent who passed away or isn't around, especially if our other parent seemingly pays more attention to their new partner or their new kids.
And being a dad in the late 90s, there are going to be issues Sarah faces because of her gender that he can't relate to or fully comprehend.
I think the last scene being her helping her dad unpack the flowers for the house (I think?) indicates the change in her, since the movie starts with Sarah walking away from her dad and stepmom moving in.
😂😂
Everything you put out comes back times three.
Nancy reminds me of Bishop from Juice regarding their storylines.
Someone on Tiktok said that Juice and The Craft are basically the same movie and I have to agree with them. It really is!
@@forthenostalgia in what way?
@@kendall7086their characters I’m assuming have little to no backstory or they are just there to be the token punching bag
Fun fact: the guy who played as Chris is also in Riverdale. He plays as Jughead's dad.
He is sooo fine ❤
And the killer in the first SCREAM movie. Sidney’s boyfriend. And yes Skeet Ulrich is fine
@@20cutzzyup
Yup
Skeet Ulrich was and still is so fine to me.
Fairuza Balk did her thing in this movie. She scared the shit out of me.
Yas Rachel True was a low key IT girl... love Half and Half.
They were able to track her down because remember they drank each other's blood so I would think that would mean they are bonded in a way
Had Chris done that to me, I would have told the school "of course i was a lousy lay! I pushed him off of me because he kept calling me his mommy!" The rumors woukd just get wilder and wilder until he admitted he made it up. Either he'll be known as a liar or he'll be known as being bad in bed himself. 😊
Tell everyone his penis is small.
The craft just got added to the free to watch movies on TH-cam
I saw that. I wish I would have known before I rented it for this review. Thanks for watching!
19:37 chiiiiile, I remember, back in the mid-90s, seeing ALL of these new CGI images, in the promos (I.e. Nancy walking on water, the 3 “bad witches” levitating & flying around, Rochelle levitating during “Light As a Feather, Stiff As a Board” scene, etc) and being MESMERIZED!!
21:55 personally I think Nancy always wanted to hurt Chris and now she has the opportunity too and is using what happened to Sarah as a cover to exact her own revenge on him.
If you want to know the true character of a man or woman... give them power.
Or money...
@@forthenostalgia True.
Same thing isn’t it?
Nancy wanted to get back at Chris, not just for Sarah, a member of her coven, but also because of her past with Chris. In the early part of the film, Nancy makes it pretty clear to Sarah that Chris is "poison" and that he's not worth her attention. Sarah goes out with him anyway, turns down his advances, and after making it look as though he wasn't bothered by her rejection, Chris goes around telling everyone about how bad she is in bed to try and save face at school. Nancy is the one who catches wind of this and tells Sarah about the rumor going around, and it's pretty clear that Chris had done the exact same thing to Nancy before, leading to her social ostracization along with Rochelle and Bonnie. They also allude to their past as sexual partners when Nancy comes on to Chris at the party, so he was probably leading her on, and making fun of her and spreading lies about Nancy behind her back before she found out what he was saying about her around campus. Nancy saw Sarah's attack as her chance to finally get revenge on this guy who'd ruined her reputation, and she'd get to play mind games with him the same way he did to all the other girls at school. She knew he'd be drawn to her because of her proximity to Sarah, so she lures him away from the party pretty easily, expecting that she would take him to see Sarah. Nancy made sure that everyone saw them going upstairs together, and when he accuses Nancy of being jealous, she scoffs at him, "you don't even EXIST to me!" It's one last final humiliation before she knocks him out of the window, getting her revenge while also protecting her coven. It explains why she gets genuinely upset and hurt that Sarah attempts to put a binding spell on her after the incident, because she not only got back at Chris for assaulting Sarah, she put an end to the love spell in the most brutally efficient way.
There's still a part of me that feels bad for Nancy, because of the conditions she grew up in, the social isolation she experienced as a result of falling for a really toxic guy, the lack of control she felt she had, and the corruption of her spirit due to the raw power she absorbed through that ritual on the beach. To see her at the end in a psych ward under all those meds, screaming for Manon and feeling like she's flying away, it made me so sad for her character that she would be robbed of her agency and freedom, while the other 3 saw no repercussions for their actions. Rochelle and Bonnie walk away unscathed, and Sarah gets to keep her magic, but Nancy loses everything despite coming up from essentially nothing. That's why I was hoping The Craft Legacy would at least give her character a shot at redemption, but they turned it into a PG13 tirade against the patriarchy with a whole new cast of young actors that ignores the events of this movie right until the end credits. Nancy (and her actor Fairuza Balk) gets a really raw deal in all of this. For a character that was so well-acted and who loses so much, I was really hoping to see her get a win.
"We used to be outside!" Yes sis 👏🏾 the shyt we used to do....my kids would NEVER.
Sad how many are sheltered now. They will have a harder time dealing with things.
@@oooh19They’ll have a harder time because society is in the dumps. Not because they didn’t run around the neighborhood. It was actually safe for us to be all over the neighborhood back then. It’s wayyyyy too many bold freaks walking amongst us now.
@LoveK1 right!? I just watched a compilation video of people trying to snatch kids off the street in broad daylight. Some of them when their parents are right there next to them. Crazy
Neve Campbell was THAT girl of the late 90s! It was her moment
9:56 what you said is so accurate about bullies. they NEVER address the bully, but when the bully gets beat ALL OF SUDDEN "we don't condone violence". Oh but you condoned it when it was me being bullied?
Right??? Isn’t that ridiculous??
I’m weak because I just quoted this exact opening line to my roommate this morning because of talking about something else😂😂😂 “You’re white honey just deal with it” to two other white girls might I add and they sitting up there agreeing. 😂😂😂 That line takes me out every time just watched a couple weeks ago. Lol Not to mention I’m just now finding your channel (starting with the “Soul Food” video and now I’m binging all the videos!!!! This my 3rd one just finished “Home Alone” . You are hilarious!!!! So happy you did “The Craft” and watching “Death Becomes Her” next. I love all these movies so this channel is great. And you should know you’re inspiring me with my own TH-cam to just go for it. I don’t know you at all and TH-cam referred your channel to me and now I’m a fan. The very same thing can happen to me with others. So you keep doing you and inspiring.
I have stopped and started TH-cam so many times so to be receiving this wave of subs and people engaging with my content is wild. The same thing will happen for you. We're speaking it into existence!! Go for it!
@@forthenostalgia Yessss thank you my love. That was such sweet and encouraging words and I love it for real!!! You’re so right I definitely have to just go for it and I’m so glad you went for it too. You deserve all the subscribers in the world. You just keep going and know I’ll always be here. Can’t wait for the incoming 🔥🔥🔥🔥 videos!!!!
Even as a white woman, the scene where the racist bully loses her hair i was thinking “are they really trying to make me feel bad for her rn? She deserves this” 😂
which is true it was unnecesarry unless maybe somehow trying to make us feel bad for that racist bully is her suffering from disease like cancer or alopecia then all of the people who letting her being racist toward rochelle start bullying laura. At first rochelle didn't care in the slightest but she was annoyed people are being hypocrite like they didn't do anything to stop her from being racist now they bully laura now she is an outcast. That was personally what i gonna go with but laura apoligizing to rochelle wasn't unnecesarry
Yeah I always felt if they wanted us to feel bad they should've made her get very I'll or disfigured not just go bald. Like ok get a better wig? Cry about it more
This is one of my favorite movies and I'm so glad you reviewed this. I loved your commentary and listening to your perspective on Nancy's personality change and her desires throughout the film. Can't wait to watch your commentary on Waiting to Exhale!
Yes!!! I wanna see a waiting to exhale review too!!!!
Just had your channel recommended to me by TH-cam, love your commentary. I love black women in these spaces :) will definitely be supporting your channel.
Thank you so much for the support ❤️
I saw Sarah's love spell as punitive - he treated girls badly and played with their feelings, so she put him in a similar place. It felt like she wanted him to feel the pain of love and the humiliation of openly pining for someone who is mostly indifferent to his feelings. When he became obsessive it was no longer fun fir her.
A bit. But, I also believe that Sarah had a crush on Chris, & was devastated when it turned out that he was jerk, but, despite that, she was still attracted to him, & wanted him to fall in love with her. Then after he became obsessed with her, she changed her mind & wanted to turn him off.
She said it’s giving new born baby 💀
Really, only Nancy and Sarah get any development. Bonnie only gets more than Rochelle who gets none.
"Poor Nancy she's where she belongs, truly " 😂😂 You're Great!
Befor i watch the whole video i gotta say, i felt really bad for Nancy, she didn't deserved that end! She lived in a trailer park with a neglectful mother and a very questinable abusive father that touched her inappropriately. Her crush made her be slutshamed by the whole school. Ofc she would try everything to keep the only thing that got her out of the slums, she finally felt like she had control over her life. Her 'punishment' sending her to a sanatorium is plainly cruel, making her end up having no control over her life till she (presumably) dies, no redemption for an already broken child.
Not to mention she is punished by a conventional beautiful girl, with powers and some wealth (having a whole mansion just bought by the father lmao)
Same but sometime a sympathetic character just because they are sympathetic they need to be redeemed but her punishment is too harsh. She should receive consequence for her action without a doubt something that is not cruel like putting her on abusive insitution. Like maybe she can receive help while also not being excused for her terrible action
@@metamorphony8834 Yeah true from all the girls sarah is only one who is rich pretty and privilege. She is natural witch so that add another thing to her privilege, however what nancy done is still harmful
I thought that too I thought Nancy's punishment was cruel she said she was sorry
I love your movie reviews you funny as hell. “He don’t care he where he wants to be”💀
I think nancy was a really good friend, but that power corrupted her.
Nancy Downs is my favorite female villain ever. I'm glad you covered her. A great film and performance, from Fairuza Balk. Her finest hour.
This movie is definitely 90s high school nostalgia.
SN: I met Rachel True in '19 at Blerdcon(Black Nerd Convention) and she is the most down to earth and sweet individual. She even smoked with my homeboys one night lol Her story needs a spinoff for sure!!
I’m regards to the whole Nancy and Chris situation I watched a video where someone commented that Nancy was secretly jealous of Sarah and wanted everything that she had. She was powerful and had the life that she wanted.
Knowing how Rachel True was/is treated during this movie and even now regarding the fan cons they got going on. Somebody needs hands🤨
If I was Sarah.. I would’ve just said out loud at the lockers “well I told you I have HIV and sex is uncomfortable..” I would’ve took rumors I made up being passed around rather than his. A win is a win 🏆😂🙈
They basically just usex Sarah to activate her powers. Once Nancy got the powers, everyone true colors came out
That white trash line always bothers me. Rochelle gets the least lines and then she makes this weird comment to someone who's supposed to be her friend and then she was just dealing with a racist bully at school. It just felt tacky
Yea this is an example of how white people experience racism as well
@@oooh19 LOL no. Don't twist my comment into that bullshit. Racism is a power structure.
@@s-wo8781😂😂😂😂😂you not lying
I would simply say that she was merely implying that she needed to accept who she was, not necessarily what a terrible person is doing.
@@oooh19 Incorrect is more like how black people can be dismissive about other people whether their own people or outside of their people suffering simple as that. Like yes nancy is a white girl but she also poor so she still struggle because of her social class
I don’t think Laura apologised cause of her shitty behaviour. She genuinely thinks the girls are witches and did a spell on her & is scared.
I watched this movie when I was a teenager and oh man a part of me felt bad for Nancy but the power corrupted her.
What you said about laura losing her hair i said the same thing it was karma i tell ppl what you put out you get back 10 fold 💯
yeah she totally deserved that but karma is not tool of justice from what i've learn is like cause and effect. Whether someone is good or bad they all have karma they gonna receive heck even in buddhism the gods is not immune to karma. Karma is from dharmic religion
“ he’s where he wants to be!” I’m weak🤣
Nancy proved the following quote by Billy Butcher from The Boys to be true...
"With great power comes the absolute certainty that you'll turn into a right See You Next Tuesday."
(Before watching.) In my own opinion, I think that, since seeing Nancy's backstory, she was powerless for most of her life. She was verbally and physically abused by her stepfather, and her mother was probably too drunk to care. When she found magic and Wicca, she finally became conceited and determined. She put all of her faith, anger, and power into magic. This made her realize that she had power, that she finally found her worth. When you've never had power, it can feel like a thrill when you assert dominance for the first time, like an exotic pleasure. Nancy is a prime example of a girl who had nothing to start, and she ended up with nothing. She had pent up anger, anxiety, and undiagnosed disorder(s). In the deleted scenes, she is seen as insecure and jealous. When Rochelle and Bonnie turn to Sarah, this makes Nancy feel betrayed and powerless all over again, which seems to be a trigger for her. This is why she snapped at all three of the girls, directing her insults towards their most sensitive problems in the past. She is seen to lash out the moment anyone betrays her or hurts her, because she is like a cornered animal.
One of my favorite movies ever and I just love your commentary. They truly didn't give Rochelle enough character and background story... And Nancy's ending is sad because I think the true villain as always is society or the way a majority shaped society. And these girls suffered from their communities. I love how Sarah transformed her darkness into light and strength. It's her compassion with everyone (despite her and their flaws) that help her heal herself and her life. Truly a great story with lots of shades.
Btw what's the music called that plays through the video? I loved hearing it while watching your commentary.
Sarah didn’t like the explanation foe evoking the spirit because her mom was dead and she know nothing would bring her back so that “makes everything better again” line triggered her
Can we take a moment and talk about the clothing in this movie? I wanted almost all of their clothing! The 90s fashions were fashion-ing😍😍😍
Same Nancy from Waterboy? Let goooo... mama was right though!
I don't know why I laughed so hard at "roll that beautiful bean footage" 😅
I love your commentary and the way you narrated this movie ..I watch it like 4×s already. My reasons on why Sarah did the love spell on Chris is because she wanted to make him feel like she did when he lied about "sleeping with her " Humiliation..but of course the love spell back fired I guess that was her ×3
The algorithm got it right with this recommendation.
I know this is older… but I’m shook that 175k in 1996 has the spending power of about 350$ in 2024
I totally forgot about this crazy movie. Nancy was also crazy as Vicky Balencourt in the Waterboy....
This channel is like a sexy version of Primms hood cinema....This channel is Bae AF. 😍
Lol "roll that beautiful bean footage!"
I always figured that Rochelle's reflection "looked away" because she couldn't bear to meet her own eyes when confronted with the suffering her magic had caused. (Which... I don't feel bad for Laura either, but it was supposed to be another sign that the spells were getting too strong or going out of control.)
The bitches of Eastwick is a play off the witches of eastwick since that’s a real book and movie
I forgot about this movie I was young on this came out so my first daughter had a chance to look at the videos after I used to rent them but my other daughters I didn't have a chance to share this video with them so just be my opportunity thanks for sharing this
New subscriber, I don't usually comment but just want to tell you I love your commentary 🥰 will be binging your channel today
Thank you so much for the support ❤️
You legit got me binging your channel right now! How do you not have more subs, you are the female version of Primms Hood Cinema. Your comedic timing everything too😂❤
I am so invested in your channel. I've been listening to/watching your videos all day and omg your commentary is so in line with my own thoughts on so many films! You have an amazing thing going and I hope that it grows for you and that you continue to enjoy it, you're very good at it!
Thank you so much 💓
I paused the video one second in, red about a dozen or so comments and am ready to commence!
I hate how Rochelle's back story was cut. Faruza balk is a scary looking woman.
nancy was the ONLY ONE who wasn't rich...!
As a person that believes in magic in some form, spells that effect others free will can backfire or not play out the way you would think
Nancy was my girl. She wasn't playing with nobody.
This movie and subsequently Charmed were a big part of my younger days with my mom, I revisit it a couple times like every year. Great drop sis, working my way through your videos, definitely keep it up. You're doing great
I just stumbled on your channel and I absolutely love it the craft was my and STILL IS MY favorite movie. Light as a feather stiff as a board realness im definitely a new subbie keep up the good work and keeping the nostalgia alive 💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿
Actually In many esoteric practices snakes do not represent evil
Nope. They represent knowledge and wisdom. From what I've seen, it's only patriarchal religion canon that conflates self-determined knowledge with evil (on the surface, anyway).
@@FabalociousDee yes and a lot else has to do with western religions and media
Facts
I was going to say the same thing
I always wondered that cause aren’t they apart of a lot of Egyptian drawings and such
The girl playing Sarah was wearing a wig. She was bald for a movie she played in. I think Empire Records.
Mmm, her hair grew, and she was apparently sporting a beautiful pixie at the time of filming. But the producers preferred that she wear that horrible wig instead.
I am in love with your commentary! You definitely have a new subscriber, please keep uploading content!!!👏🏾
I’m so very late however I absolutely love this channel and this review specifically as a Witch, myself ❤ seeing Rochelle the witch on TV as a little girl (even though she didn’t have many lines) was amazing
Sarah wasn't obsessed with Chris, She agreed to do a love spell on him to humiliate him( like he did to her) , show the whole that he became a simp for her.
The Craft walked so Charmed could run.
Fun fact: the actress who plays the racist bully is Ben Stiller wife.
Not so fun fact : Except Fairuza "Nancy" Balk, the rest of the cast and crew were AWFUL to Rachel True.
To this day.
Think how they treat Kate Graham in TVD.
SAME.
Fairzu seems so cool in person despite her being cast the "crazy girl" in movies
Oh no!
Loving your channel already!!! Can you reasonable doubt?! Girl that whole series had my emotions on roller coaster
I’m a new subscriber and I’m binging all your videos. YOU ARE AMAZING ❤
This is my all time fav movie. I understood that Nancy was not all the way there but I always felt sorry for her.
Did anyone else notice that Nancy is wearing a candy necklace while telling Lirio she's a big girl?
So? You can wear anything and be a big girl lol plenty of adults enjoy fun accessories
Omg…I just started with “Fear” and, now, I thunk I may be binge watching, all night😁😁😁
Yesss we use to be outside guuuurl. Shoot I’m petrified to send my son anywhere !!! Lol he was in nyc this past summer I was so sick everyday until he came home just worried.
They all drank each other blood, so I think that's how they was connected to Sarah. Sarah couldn't do the same bc it was pretty much 3v1. But that's what I think
Idk how I came across your videos but I LOVE them already lol.. I'm watching while I do my nails. 😌
I hope they know how iconic they are
Omg yall, this movie right here. I was in the 2nd grade when this came out and got in trouble for the cup sharing thing, we predicted to do stick our fingers (we didn't) and our teacher caught me and my best friends. Instantly big trouble. This is classic for life.
Man I promise every time Racheal True shows up in a film I would just get mesmerized, back when I kid I was calling her brown sugar because of her skin complexion. Because lawdy lawd I used to have MAJOR crush on her.
29:05 I learned a lot this moment about girl world, in the whole Shakespeare "look the flower but be the serpent underneath" so manipulative women can use a guy to do their dirty work for them and then play innocent about it blaming it on them. But girls can do this with other women too. Like if there is one girl int he group who is louder or more aggressive, they just act innocent and let the aggressive one do the dirty work for them so it won't reflect on them. I think Channel #3 does this con with Channel in Scream queens.You see that in this scene how they act all nice when they think she has powers and then when they she doesn't they act all snide and show their true colors
I guess in that case, did Nancy take control of the group and the other two were her lackies? or were the other two letting her lead the charge so she would face the most penalty of carrying the power? (probably make fewer deals too) and they used her until she went crazy, then tried to do it again with the protagonist.
This is a great point and something I never considered. Makes a lot of sense.
SHE WANTED THEM 2 B FAMILY AND SHE NANCY FELT SARAH WAS LEAVN EM..AND SHE WANTED HER 2 ENJOY THEIR POWER AND RIDE IT OUT..THOSE 3 GURLZ WERE HER WORLD HER FAMILY
Play with ya mama, not me.. now doubt that 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣