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Episode #797: The Craft (with Angelica Jade Bastién)

“This is just a collection of mediocre covers.” - Chris on the soundtrack

On this week’s episode, the gang’s under the spell of the mid-90’s witchcraft cult classic, The Craft, chatting about the flick with long-time friend of the show, Angelica Jade Bastién! Does this movie get better with each viewing? Couldn’t the script have added a little more of Cliff De Young’s character (for Eric)? How great is Snake Guy and his exit from the film? And did anyone care about that legacy sequel? PLUS: Should Charles Xavier take these girls under his wing?

The Craft stars Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Rachel True, Christine Taylor, Breckin Meyer, Nathaniel Marston, Cliff De Young, Assumpta Serna, and Skeet Ulrich as Chris Hooker; directed by Andrew Fleming.

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Episode #797: The Craft (with Angelica Jade Bastién)

Comments

the We Hate Movies School of Fingering is an all-time diversion

TJ Guiney

Angelica is a great guest every time

Arthur Cunningham

Loving the bad French accent, keep it up, boys

Arthur Cunningham

"People doin' AI, now I gotta have a maggot toilet." I mean...that made perfect sense to me. Do I have Eric Brain Disease?!

Rose Esposito

I watched every dang episode of Graceland and Covert Affairs. Anyone else? No? Okay.

Rose Esposito

Get Cliff DeYoung back shitting in major movies you cowards! You're telling me he can't shit in the new thunderbolts film? Come on!

Jason

DS9 forever!

TDB

Manons with the best escargot exclusively at The Gettin' Place

DMAC

Well, it’s not quite worthy of a mailbag but I have travelled in developing countries where, at least on one occasion, we pulled over for a bathroom break and the rural toilet actually did have maggots in it.

Craig

I loved Steve's Manon voice so much! It made me laugh every time!

Tony King

I knew there would be wig talk in this BUT CHRIST you can literally see exactly where it’s glued to her head, man😭 Hair and Makeup did NOT GAF!

nadia

Lots of Neo-pagan people here in Salem MA, so there’s big love for Witchcore movies. Hoping they’ll play The Craft at the local indie theater at Halloween this year. Great to hear AJB back as guest. This is a new fav of mine now, with Teen Witch and The Shining. You guys need to do the original English movie from 1972-The Wicker Man, brought to you by Hammer films

Catboyslim

I was also a weird black girl who was shaped by this movie so I understand completely where Angelica is coming from. the pubes line hits too close to home though. I remember watching this at a sleepover and we all agreed they needed to jump her!

Alex Charles

I don’t think I’ve ever heard an episode with her before, but she was amazing!!!

Amber Schumacher

This was a great ep, love the ones w Angelica. Great time.

Brandon

Cliff DeYoung also shits his pants in The Substitute when Tom Berenger choke slams him against a wall.

duck of death

Number 2 sit in the back with tarot her power also involves stuff you would find in a junk draw.

Mark D Myers

Stiff as a board sums up my adolescent experience with this one.

Alexander Trattner

That pubic hair line hits too close to home 😅 my grandpa called me his nappy headed grandson (he's white). He's since evolved, thankfully.

Ray

Oh man back to school would be a great themed month for them.

Lar

I agree they should have left a lot of stuff in (or filmed it in the first place?) but unfortunately I think a lot of ideas y’all had for this movie ended up being in The Covenant instead. Murders, car crashes, etc etc. Is that a good movie? Not at all. But it had some violence and Sebastian Stan kissing our lead on the mouth for some reason. Bless.

Lar

It’s not “gene” therapy, it’s “jean therapy,” they were using the same sewing machine they use to make jeans.

Gone

Not sure why it took me so long to realize I fucking despise Breckin Meyer

RJ Cunningham

I am the only person here to say that Shock Treatment really isn’t that bad. It’s another weird music cult film with a main role for Jessica Harper, who took over the role of Janet, and Arrow did a nicely lush release of it a few years ago.

Kevin Matthews

This, the David Lynch nightmare fish theatre story, the Spider-Man parade balloon, the Spawn-abduction, the "get nahshty on the phone" story. Steve needs to publish a memoire of these.

Matt

It would've been cool if Christine Taylor's character slowly turned into Chris Elliott's character in Scary Movie 2.

Daryl Williams

Maybe 1943, but that's obv not a beat em up.

MarkNM

If his hatred for Breckin started after the movie 54, I completely understand.

MarkNM

I think Angelica is probably my favorite guest. 2nd place is Mrs. Jupin. Every episode featuring either of them are ones I can repeatedly listen to. Angelica is amazing. Tell her I said so. Andrew, I know you read these lol

Jonathan Lyons

The X-Men talk in this episode is funny because that re-quel movie from 2020 totally gives the witches mutant powers. Yes, it's very bad

Robert Walton

“ if it’s not a wedding it’s witchcraft.” -Crow T. Robot

Catboyslim

Yeeeees my dream blunt rotation reunited!

Tala Hobballah

"Breckin Meyer must die!" Szyszka and his hatred for BM is hilarious 😂 Great EP Boys, and AJB has an excellent energy she brings to every EP she guests on

Watch_N_Rewatch

Oh man, when Steve was talking about his illegal Catholic school jeans I was hoping we'd get a reprise of the, "I will not cool my jets, MAN!" story 😂 One of my fave Steve anecdotes

Dennis Stack

I want to say Final Fight is the first game where using special moves depleted your health.

Frank Grimes

I have to admire the shamelessness of it.

Justine Prudhomme

aw yeah, AJB is back

StylinGreymon

Fairuza’s screaming speech she gives to Skeet Ulrich is my favorite part of this!! He’s sorry! He’s sorry!! She knocked it out of the park!

Jaime Lee Ezell

I also indulged in a lot of that USA Network fuck-shit. Monk, Burn Notice, SVU reruns, it was all there on glorious basic cable.

Tim O'

Angelica is back!

Leesha Olivier

It may be a mediocre cover, but it still pisses me off that Charmed stole Love Spit Love's take on "How Soon is Now" just two years after this was released.

CharlesGrodin'sToupee

That Beatles cover at the beginning.... Jesus Christ 😂

Purple Roundy

Great episode 👏

Kureigu

Wait, there's people wearing wigs in this movie? I don't believe it.

Ray

It wasn't until listening to the podcast tonight that I realized this is a primo September "Back to School" kind of episode. However, I think we're close enough to the middle months of the year to go ahead and consider it a nice "Back to Summer School" episode.

Busiris

Call me craft the way I shoot up lightning in my veins

MrDirtyDan

AJB has a great newsletter btw, I subscribed to it awhile back, highly recommend it!!

Jaime Lee Ezell

Haven’t listened yet but I am preemptively declaring it one of my new favorite episodes! AJB!! The Craft!! Also - Amazing covers on an amazing soundtrack!!

Jaime Lee Ezell

I’ve been waiting for this episode for 5 years🙏🏽

Miguel Sanchez

Agreed

Nicholas Knecht

Oh hell yeah, always love an Angelica guest spot!

Barnaby Jones


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