Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- moody
- heightened
- empowering
- halloween viewing
- teen movie night
What critics said
Critics found the sequel an occasionally entertaining and insightful modernization of its predecessor's supernatural teen formula, but uneven and less effective when it drifted into soap-opera subplots.
What sets it apart
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The central group consists of high school students who form a coven of witches.
The film was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award and centers a diverse group of young witches.
The film is a sequel to The Craft and explicitly builds on witchcraft-related legacy themes.
Critical reception describes the film as entertaining but also sidetracked by a teenage soap-opera subplot.
Films like The Craft: Legacy, and why
The Craft
teen witchcraft, female friendship, supernatural horror, and coming-of-age themes
The Covenant
teen supernatural fantasy centered on friendship, identity, and emotional empowerment
Practical Magic
young women confronting occult forces through a darkly playful supernatural drama
Movie Details
- Director
- Zoe Lister-Jones
- Release Date
- 2020-10-28
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 (918)
Cast
- Cailee Spaeny
- Zoey Luna
- Gideon Adlon
- Lovie Simone
- David Duchovny
- Michelle Monaghan
- Nicholas Galitzine
- Julian Grey
- Charles Vandervaart
- Donald MacLean Jr.
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Craft: Legacy about?
- Four high school friends discover that witchcraft can transform their social lives while exposing the costs of power, loyalty, and inherited magic.
- What is The Craft: Legacy like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Craft: Legacy as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Craft: Legacy violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Craft: Legacy as mild.
- What did critics think of The Craft: Legacy?
- Critics found the sequel an occasionally entertaining and insightful modernization of its predecessor's supernatural teen formula, but uneven and less effective when it drifted into soap-opera subplots.
- Which films are like The Craft: Legacy?
- Films with a similar feel include The Craft, The Covenant, and Practical Magic.
- How long is The Craft: Legacy?
- The Craft: Legacy runs 94 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Craft: Legacy?
- In United States, The Craft: Legacy is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex.
