Editing The Craft (film) (section)

==Legacy==
The film is often labeled a "[[Cult film|cult classic]]" and has acquired a loyal fan base and social media presence.<ref name="auto">{{cite news |author=Rankin |first=Seija |date=October 29, 2013 |title=''The Craft'' Reunion Gets Us in the Halloween Spirit |work=[[Refinery29]] |url=http://www.refinery29.com/2013/10/56343/the-craft-reunion |url-status=live |access-date=June 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108233308/http://www.refinery29.com/2013/10/56343/the-craft-reunion |archive-date=January 8, 2018}}</ref><ref name="complex-craft-20"/> Matthew Jacobs and Julia Brucculieri of the ''[[Huffington Post]]'', writing in 2016, praised ''The Craft'' for departing from [[cliché]]s of the [[Teen film|teen movie]] genre and incorporating darker themes, saying it became "part of the '90s teen canon and a cult classic of its own merit."<ref name="huffpost">{{cite news |last1=Jacobs |first1=Matthew |last2=Brucculieri |first2=Julia |date=May 20, 2016 |title=Relax, It's Only Magic: An Oral History of the Craft |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-craft-oral-history_us_5734f7c9e4b060aa7819d362 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415023637/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-craft-oral-history_us_5734f7c9e4b060aa7819d362 |archive-date=April 15, 2017 |access-date=June 30, 2017 |work=Huffington Post}}</ref> Kristen Yoonsoo Kim of ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]'' magazine praised the relevance of the film 20 years later, saying it "feels much more progressive than many of the movies that come out today" and calling the viewing of the film "a rite of passage" for young women.<ref name="complex-craft-20"/> [[Angelica Jade Bastién]] of ''[[New York (magazine)|Vulture]]'' wrote, "''The Craft'' earned a generation of devoted fans because of how it charts the friendship between these four girls — its tentative beginnings, the joys of its strength, and its ultimate downfall," and singled out "Fairuza Balk’s fierce performance{{nbsp}}... [as] perhaps ''The Craft''{{'}}s greatest legacy{{nbsp}}... She's a beguiling and fearsome portrait of female anger."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bastién |first=Angelica Jade |date=2017-10-27 |title=The Profound, Enduring Legacy of The Craft |url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/10/the-craft-its-enduring-legacy.html |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]] |language=en-us}}</ref>

In 2013, three of the main actresses, with the exception of Fairuza Balk, reunited for a special [[Halloween]] screening of the film at the [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]].<ref name="auto"/>

''The Craft'' served as an inspiration for the 2013 song "[[Dark Horse (Katy Perry song)|Dark Horse]]" by [[Katy Perry]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Katy Perry Reveals 'Prism' Influences, Adds Stripped-Down Performances at Album Release Event |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5763220/katy-perry-reveals-prism-influences-adds-stripped-down |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=November 1, 2019 |archive-date=October 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027052306/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5763220/katy-perry-reveals-prism-influences-adds-stripped-down |url-status=live }}</ref>

The film can briefly be seen during the end credits of the [[Marvel Television]] series ''[[Agatha All Along (miniseries)|Agatha All Along]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/agatha-all-along-credits-the-craft-wizard-of-oz-bewitched/|title=All the Pop Culture Witch References in Agatha All Along's End Credits|website=Comic Book|last=Drum|first=Nicole|date=September 21, 2024|access-date=September 21, 2024}}</ref>