Today, Blumhouse’s The Craft: Legacy arrives on VOD and digital platforms everywhere courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Written and directed by Zoe Lister-Jones, the sequel follows a group of young women who come together to explore their powers as a coven of witches, and must fight together against a sinister force that threatens to destroy them all.

The Craft: Legacy stars Cailee Spaeny, Zoey Luna, Lovie Simone, Gideon Adlon, Nicholas Galitzine, Michelle Monaghan, and David Duchovny.

This past weekend, Daily Dead had the opportunity to participate in the virtual junket for The Craft: Legacy, and we spoke to Lister-Jones, who discussed how ahead of its time The Craft was and how she’s been a longtime fan of the original film, which is why she wanted to take on this sequel. The writer/director also chatted about the importance of the messaging in The Craft: Legacy for today’s teens and why it was so important that the sequel have an authentic and respectful representation of witchcraft as well.

Look for more on The Craft: Legacy in the next few days, right here on Daily Dead.

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    About the Author - Heather Wixson

    Heather A. Wixson was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs, until she followed her dreams and moved to Los Angeles in 2009. A 14-year veteran in the world of horror entertainment journalism, Wixson fell in love with genre films at a very early age, and has spent more than a decade as a writer and supporter of preserving the history of horror and science fiction cinema. Throughout her career, Wixson has contributed to several notable websites, including Fangoria, Dread Central, Terror Tube, and FEARnet, and she currently serves as the Managing Editor for Daily Dead, which has been her home since 2013. She's also written for both Fangoria Magazine & ReMind Magazine, and her latest book project, Monsters, Makeup & Effects: Volume One will be released on October 20, 2021.