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The Craft: Legacy's LGBTQ-Inclusive Witches Explore Telepathy in Clip

The Craft: Legacy's LGBTQ-Inclusive Witches Explore Telepathy in Clip

The Craft: Legacy

The follow-up to the 1996 classic teen witch flick includes a trans lead and is available on demand now. 

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Just in time for Halloween, Blumhouse's The Craft: Legacy is now available on demand. The follow-up to 1996's classic The Craft, about a coven of witches navigating their powers and high school, is queer-inclusive and stars transgender actress Zoey Luna as Lourdes, one of the film's leads.

Writer-director Zoe Lister-Jones wrote the character of Lourdes specifically to expand the young women's circle of inclusion. She worked with GLAAD on a casting call to which more than 300 trans women responded, according to The Wrap.

The official synopsis for the film reads, "In Blumhouse's continuation of the cult hit The Craft, an eclectic foursome of aspiring teenage witches get more than they bargained for as they lean into their newfound powers."

In the clip below, the witches including Lourdes, Tabby (Lovie Simone), and Frankie (Gideon Adlon) test out their telepathic communication skills on a newcomer to the coven, Lily (Cailee Spaeny), who's just moved to town with her mom, played by Michelle Monaghan.

The Craft: Legacy costars Nicholas Galitzine and David Duchovny. For purists who loved the original, Fairuza Balk reprises her role as Nancy Downs in this continuation.

Watch the witches test their telepathy below. The Craft: Legacy is available via VOD now.

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Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP of Editorial and Special Projects at equalpride. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP of Editorial and Special Projects at equalpride. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.