There’s a new coven in town. A trailer for “The Craft: Legacy” introduces the next generation of witches and pays tribute to their foremothers. A sequel to 1996’s “The Craft,” Zoe Lister-Jones’ pic sees Hannah (Cailee Spaeny, “On the Basis of Sex”) and her mom (Michelle Monaghan, “Messiah”) moving in with latter’s new husband and starting school in a new city.
An unexpected — and leaky — period leads to Hannah being bullied in the classroom, but not everyone is a jerk. Three girls (Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone, and Zoey Luna) visit her in the washroom she’s hiding out in, and invite her to hang out after school. “You’re our fourth,” they tell her. The coven of witches has finally found its missing link. “Half the battle of having your powers is believing you do,” they tell Hannah, explaining that this is the reason why covens have always been so important.
We see the girls trying their hand at “light as a feather, stiff as a board” — a game made famous by the original “Craft” — and their success inspires them to try more spells.
The spot suggests that Hannah begins losing control of her powers and abusing them. “The number one rule of the craft,” we’re told, is that “if a person is a danger to herself or others they will be bound.” An image of Nancy Downs (Fairuza Balk), the witch who went to the dark side and had to be bound in “The Craft,” appears on-screen.
Lister-Jones made her feature directorial debut with 2017’s “Band Aid,” for which she hired an all-female crew. She penned the script for the comedy about a couple who turn their fights into songs and co-starred. Her other screenplay credits include “Consumed,” “Lola Versus,” and “Breaking Upwards,” all of which she appeared in.
“The Craft: Legacy” will be available On Demand October 28. Lister-Jones wrote the script.