When it debuted in theaters in May 1996, The Craft, a horror-fantasy film about a group of teenage girls dabbling in witchcraft, wasn't expected to make a huge splash. But seemingly overnight, the witchy tale cast a spell (sorry!) on moviegoers across the country, earning nearly quadruple its budget in box office earnings, cementing its status in cinematic history as a cult classic, and, just this year, spawning a soft reboot-slash-sequel, The Craft: Legacy. In the more than two decades since The Craft premiered, the movie has only grown in relevance, with many citing it as a seminal example of "female outsiderdom" and of the rarely-seen-onscreen phenomenon of young women coming into their power outside of the bounds of the patriarchy. The movie also helped launch the careers of many of its young stars—here's what the coven (and the targets of their spells) are up to now.
Robin Tunney
Tunney played Sarah Bailey, the new girl at an L.A. private school who is recruited to join the coven of three aspiring young witches after they spot her showing off her supernatural abilities in class. Though her new friends end up turning on her after the effects of their spells take a turn for the worse, Sarah is the only one to keep her powers at the end of the movie.
Fairuza Balk
As Nancy Downs, Balk played the most power-hungry of the young witches, and the one who ultimately leads her friends in tormenting Sarah. After casting a spell for more power, Nancy leaves a trail of death and destruction in her wake (and suddenly gains the power to walk on water?!) before being stripped of her powers and placed in a psychiatric hospital.
Fairuza Balk
Balk went on to star in dozens more film and TV roles, many of them just as dark—American History X, The Island of Dr. Moreau, and Ray Donovan, to name a few. She's also dabbled in music and art, and is the owner of an occult shop in L.A. where she researched her role in The Craft.
Rachel True
Upon gaining her occult abilities, True's Rochelle Zimmerman starts immediately by casting a revenge spell on the leader of a group of racist bullies. Though successful, Rochelle is then forced to contend with the effects of the spell and the unrest within the coven, eventually resulting in the loss of her powers.
Rachel True
Like her costars, True, too, has had a very successful Hollywood career since her breakout role in The Craft, including a long stint as Mona on Half & Half and, most recently, a guest appearance on Better Things. And, like Balk, she's also embraced her witchy side in the years since the 1996 film: As of 2017, she was working as a tarot card reader in L.A.
Neve Campbell
Campbell's Bonnie Harper was the only member of the coven who cast a spell that affected only herself—though that turned out to be her downfall, as her beauty spell eventually made her cripplingly narcissistic. Like Rochelle, though Bonnie first followed Nancy's orders and turned against Sarah, that plan quickly backfired and resulted in the loss of her powers.
Neve Campbell
When The Craft premiered, Campbell was already a certified star thanks to her long-running role on Party of Five, and she cemented her status as a horror darling when she appeared in Scream later the same year. More recently, she's had roles in House of Cards and the Disney film Clouds. Campbell has two children with actor JJ Feild.
Skeet Ulrich
The Craft was Ulrich's first credited movie role, and he also joined Campbell in Scream later that year. Though he's appeared consistently on the big and small screens over the years, he's now perhaps most recognizable as FP Jones on Riverdale. He has a twin son and daughter with ex-wife Georgina Cates.
Christine Taylor
Taylor had already made a name for herself in Hollywood before The Craft thanks to her role as Marcia Brady in The Brady Bunch Movie—she's the face of the "sure, Jan" GIF!—and she went on to star in a stream of blockbuster comedy films and shows, including The Wedding Singer, Zoolander, Dodgeball, and Arrested Development. She has two kids with ex-husband Ben Stiller.
Breckin Meyer
In the '90s and early 2000s, Meyer seemed to pop up in just about every teen/young adult/coming of age film: Clueless, Can't Hardly Wait, Josie and the Pussycats, and the list goes on. And he's continued to stay booked and busy, most consistently as writer, producer, and star of Adult Swim's Robot Chicken for the last 15 years. He also has two children (was that in The Craft's contracts?)—two daughters with ex-wife Deborah Kaplan.
Nathaniel Marston
After appearing in The Craft, Marston became a bonafide soap star, with contract roles on As the World Turns and One Life to Live, playing two roles in the latter. Sadly, Marston died in 2015 due to complications from surgery following a car accident.
Helen Shaver
Shaver has been working as an actress and director for decades, and has the Emmy noms to prove it. Directing has taken precedence in recent years, with Shaver at the helm of episodes of Westworld, Snowpiercer, and Lovecraft Country just in the last year alone. She has one son with Steve Smith, her husband of more than 30 years.
