The Craft: Legacy (aka Daddy Duchovny's Red Flag Factory) with Allie Mullin and Alicia Whitley

In 2020, Blumhouse took another stab at making The Craft, this time with actual teenagers. It seemed fated to be a great movie...then the second half of the movie happened.
Fear Level: Spoopy (not scary)
Trigger Warnings: Mind control, abusive parents, blood, embarrassment 
  • Directors: Zoe Lister-Jones
  • Writers: Zoe Lister-Jones, Peter Filardi
  • Stars: Cailee Spaeny, Zoey Luna, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone, David Duchovny, Michelle Monaghan  
Did you ever meet somebody who seemed really great and begin what felt like it was going to be a deep and fulfilling relationship and then it turned out that they never made good on any of their promises?

Nevermind, I don't know why I brought that up.

The Craft: Legacy is the sequel/reboot/remake of the classic The Craft for 2020 that has so much going for it. The young actresses are all great. One of the main characters is trans and is played by a young trans actress. David Duchovny is here to handle the creeping you out so that none of our girls have to go mad with power and pull a Dark Phoenix.

So why doesn't it work? Well...there are a few reasons but you'll have to listen to the podcast to find out for sure.

Topics of Discussion:
-Princess Nokia
-Mysterious self-cleaning jeans
-Shadows
-Dangling plot threads
-Meaningful representation
-Daddy Duchovny
-The Red Flag Factory
-Dickensian orphans

Recommendations:
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Teen Witch
Riverdale
Sailor Moon
The Books of Jonathan Stroud
Witch Hunt Atelier
Gideon the Ninth

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Alicia Whitley on twitter: @aliciawhitley
Alicia Whitley on Instagram: @alburnet

Allie Mullin on twitter: @alliemullin
Allie Mullin on Instagram: @alliemullin
Allie's Photography Website: alliemullin.com

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