What doesn't work in 90-odd minutes would fare better laid bare in an eight-episode series. Gee, where's that spell when you need it?

| Original Score: C+ | Nov 2, 2020

Though this horror sequel about a coven of teen witches wastes time on delivering shocks instead of developing character, the feminist fire of filmmaker Zoe Lister-Jones sees to it that there's more here than a Halloween throwaway.

| Oct 30, 2020

There's magic being performed by this quartet of young witches.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 30, 2020

A lot of this film just doesn't work, and a lot of that has to do with the characterizations... There is virtually no attempt to give character to the three [other] girls.

| Original Score: D | Oct 29, 2020

A smart and witty update that pays tribute to the original but is very much its own take on the subject, with a couple of delicious twists along the way.

| Original Score: B+ | Oct 29, 2020

Sadly, the story collapses in its final leg.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 29, 2020

The biggest disappointments of The Craft: Legacy stem from it starting off so promisingly, using elements of its source material while heading somewhere unpredictable.

| Oct 29, 2020

Sadly, it then goes totally haywire, with a third act trading in maudlin melodrama, climaxing in a cheap and poorly directed supernatural battle between the sexes, turning what initially felt like a stone-cold classic into Twilight: Special Witch Edition.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 28, 2020

It's through the friendship between the young leads where Legacy shines the brightest, but Lister-Jones seems to struggle everywhere else. Including a central antagonist whose intriguing methods are only teased in fleeting images and a tame finale.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 28, 2020

A confused movie.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 28, 2020

A frustrating franchise-forward choice aside, this sequel is wickedly fun and bewitching.

| Oct 28, 2020

Looking to cast a spell of its own, The Craft: Legacy tries some new tricks. It's just a shame that for all the worthwhile additions, it's sometimes more toil than bubble.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 28, 2020

"The Craft: Legacy" is a smart, edgy, wickedly funny and wild ride from the talented writer-director Zoe Lister-Jones...

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 28, 2020

But aside from composer Heather Christian's cool techno theme on the end credits - which is far more memorable than the timid scoring throughout - Legacy left me less than spellbound.

| Oct 28, 2020

By the end of Legacy, each of the witches has become less interesting and less distinct.

| Original Score: C- | Oct 28, 2020

It is a noble effort, if an ultimately doomed one.

| Oct 28, 2020

The original "Craft" may be a mess, but it does have a legacy, and this ain't it.

| Oct 28, 2020

"The Craft: Legacy" is firing on all cylinders, looking back respectfully but also showing how the same story in different hands can soar.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 28, 2020

As far as franchise revivals go, this one's got the right elements.

| Oct 28, 2020

These are confident, independent young women even before they harness the mysteries of the occult, which makes for a gentler, more carefree take on the material.

| Original Score: B- | Oct 28, 2020