Bookending this October’s media posts with Fairuza Balk. She grew up into a damn fine witch in The Craft.

When I saw this at the cinema as a teenager I was the only person in attendance and they’d put it in the smallest room so I pretended it was a private screening. I was heavily into my witchy-phase, so I was dressed similarly to Fairuza Balk. Though I didn’t have the funds for the wardrobe, I did my best.

Nancy was my favourite. She had a black noose in her locker.

Her expression also sums up how I felt about school.

One of my fav scenes. Those boots. I eventually acquired a pair and they were not comfortable. I think I may have worked out why Nancy was so cranky. A nice pair of trainers may have helped her disposition.

I loved the way all of the girls dressed and, after seeing the film, tried to mimic them as much as possible, minus the Catholic skirts. I was not a short skirt person.

The soundtrack was one of those rare albums without a bad song on it. I listened to it constantly and still enjoy it. Jewel’s Under the Water was a particular fav. It’s probably the only song of hers I like. Here’s the entire album.

In the film, Portishead’s Scorn (a darker remix of Glory Box) is played, but didn’t make it onto the soundtrack. It’s a great song, though, so here it is:

This wraps up the October witchy posts. Thank you for bearing with me through the lack of other posts. I’m trying to get through this bout of anhedonia and back to regularly scheduled posts.

BONUS!

In the 90s Lifetime did a series of Intimate Portraits on famous and important women. One of my favourite episodes was the one on witches. It was narrated by Anjelica Huston. So…all the win.

Unfortunately, there’s only one version on the YouTube and it’s not available to embed, so here are the links.

Part one

Part two

Have a great rest of the weekend and Halloween!