Charmed and Dangerous
It’s unmistakable that the 90s was the decade of the teen witch. Movies and television shows were packed with young witches with attitude, leading to a craze among teenagers that had young girls and boys looking and feeling the part alongside their favourite televised witches.
One of the main contenders when it comes to deciding just what was responsible for the teenage fascination with the world of witchcraft, paganism and the occult is the memorable 1996 movie The Craft. Starring Fairuza Balk, Robin Tunney and a decidedly young-looking Neve Campbell, The Craft showed witchcraft at its most alluring – and dangerous. Following a group of teenage girls who began to dabble in witchcraft in order to help themselves cope with the trials and tribulations of high school life, The Craft showed just how much that famous Spiderman saying – “With great power comes great responsibility” – rings true. When several of the girls go bad after a power rush goes to their heads, karma kicks in and teaches them the valuable lesson about the corruption caused by power.
However, it wasn’t all serious during the 90s. With television shows gracing prime time children’s TV hours like Sabrina the Teenage Witch, a pre-teen comedy starring Melissa Joan Heart as the eponymous lead, we learned just how much magical powers could impose on a teenager’s attempt at a normal life. Talking cat Salem and Sabrina’s two zany aunts Hilda and Zelda provided the perfect backdrop to this show, which was enormously popular in its heyday and remembered fondly by many Nickelodeon kids even today.
Of course, it’s impossible to do a roundup of famous witches from the 90s without mentioning the cast of Charmed. Appearing on our screens a year after the
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