Nancy, Bonnie and Rochelle take Sarah to an occult shop that they frequent (and regularly shoplift from) and reveal to Sarah they are practicing witches. Sarah has always been different. Requirements: Picture of the person you wish to bind, white ribbon. Nancy cast a spell for all the power of her god, Manon. Hail to the guardians of the watchtowers of the west, powers of water and intuition, hear us! Especially racist pieces of bleach-blonde shit like Laura Lizzie. Eventually, Nancy uses the glamour spell, disguising herself as Sarah, tricking Chris into making out with her,  and then uses her telekinesis powers to push him out the window to his death. Place your index finger and your middle finger on top of the sweet wine. Her father is never seen, suggesting he abandoned her, and her mother, Grace Downs-Saunders, remarried a man named Ray Saunders, whom Nancy despises due to his drunken and slovenly manner, as well as his abusive and inappropriate behavior towards her and her mother. "Fairuza!" They later attack Sarah with magic at her house, using glamours to make it seem the place is covered with snakes, rodents and insects (which Sarah had previously mentioned having a phobia of) and fabricating a TV news report that her father and stepmother have been killed in a plane accident. This culminates in Nancy using telekinesis to hurl Chris from the bedroom window, killing him. Unfortunately, Nancy still desires more power, becoming so consumed by this notion she plans to invoke Manon. Spell: This is to feel (touch the candle flame), this is to be (touch the rose pestle), shape and form it for all to see. You must drink the wine. After forming a coven with Sarah Bailey, Bonnie and Rochelle, Nancy gains magical abilities. Spell: I drink of my sisters, and I ask for the ability to not hate those who hate me. The girls used actual Wiccan rituals. It's like he fills you. Unbeknownst to Nancy, however, Sarah has managed to invoke Manon herself and uses a glamour to trick Rochelle and Bonnie into thinking they'd been punished for their misdeeds by the Rule of Threefold, causing them to flee. He takes everything that's gone wrong into your life and makes it all better again. She cast a spell on Laura to get ultimate revenge on her. We invoke thee, we invoke thee, we invoke thee! Healing her spirit, healing her skin, Goddess of healing, let it begin. When Sarah tries to bind her power again, Nancy tries to plead with her, to no avail. Rochelle was a victim of bullying by Laura Lizzie. After Sarah retreats upstairs, Nancy orders Bonnie and Rochelle to go get her. She causes Ray to suffer a fatal heart attack. A group of high school students form a coven of witches. Spell: I drink of my sisters and I take into myself... all the power of Manon. She often wears maroon lipstick with black eyeliner and is commonly shown wearing black clothes or her school uniform and cross earrings. https://thecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Spells_and_Rituals?oldid=5970. She had few friends and didn't seem to trust people much; however, considering her upbringing and the way her peers generally treated her, it is hardly surprising. In the beginning, Nancy had no powers until Sarah completed the coven. With those fingers, touch the wounded area of the person you're healing. Spell: Goddess of healing, let it begin. https://thecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Nancy_Downs?oldid=5971, Causing Ray Sanders to have a heart attack, Telekinetically pushing Chris Hooker from a window, The Vagrant (caused a car to hit him, with Sarah, Rochelle and Bonnie's help; unknown if he died), Ray Saunders (caused him to a have heart attack; could be regarded as self-defense, given that he had tried to attack her and her mother, and had apparently been abusing them for years), Chris Hooker (telekinetically pushed him out of a window), Sarah Bailey (attempted; terrorized her, tricked her into thinking her parents were dead in an attempt to get her to commit suicide; slashed her wrists with a knife and tried to stab her). During the ritual, Nancy successfully invokes Manon; she is struck by lightning and develops even greater powers, being able to walk on water. Requirements: Rose pestle, candle. Directed by Andrew Fleming.Written by … Light the sage incense, then douse it in the sweet wine. Blessed be. The Craft‘s technical advisor was Pat Devin, a Dianic Elder Priestess. Sarah used a spell to heal Bonnie while she was in the hospital. Sarah uses magic to frighten and subdue Nancy. Nancy snaps, screaming at Ray to stop and lashing out with her power. (Take sip of wine) Blessed be. Spell: I drink of my sisters and I ask for the ability to love myself more and be loved more by others. However, afterwards, Nancy seems less mentally stable. She is the only one of the four girls who can drive, or is seen driving. Nancy favors a Gothic aesthetic. Nancy is responsible for the deaths or attempted murders of several people, including: The Craft Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. So as the new girl at St. Benedict's Academy, she immediately falls in with the high school outsiders. The Craft is a 1996 film about a newcomer to a Catholic prep high school who falls in with a trio of outcast teenage girls who practice witchcraft, and they all soon conjure up various spells and curses against those who anger them. She is a troubled girl who practices witchcraft to try and improve her life. You know, in the old days, if a witch betrayed her coven, they would kill her. Healing without, healing within. However, over time, she loses her sense of empathy and goodwill, even towards her friends. She is addicted to her power and uncaring of her abuse on the laws of magic, seeing herself as being above them and everyone else. However, the spell fails and Nancy turns on Sarah for her 'betrayal'. After forming a coven with Sarah Bailey, Bonnie and Rochelle, Nancy gains magical abilities. Have you ever heard of invoking the spirit? Take your index finger and your middle finger that touched the wine and touch them on your forehead, below your right breast, your left shoulder, your right soulder, then below your left breast, making a pentagram. How do you enter? Requirements: Take a sip of wine containing your blood and the other members of your coven's blood. Then, kiss your fingers. Relax, it's only magic. Nancy goes upstairs to confront Sarah herself, armed with an athame. Aid us in our magical working on this May's eve. 1. She also seems to care for her mother, unleashing her first real display of power to protect her from her stepfather. As a witch, Nancy is a capable of performing spells and glamours as well as projecting and performing significant and difficult spells. Wrap the white ribon around the picture and chant. The Craft is a 1996 film about a newcomer to a Catholic prep high school who falls in with a trio of outcast teenage girls who practice witchcraft, and they all soon conjure up various spells and curses against those who anger them.. One girl holds the athame against the other girls chest. Off screen, Nancy and Chris used to date. Spell: I bind you (Person's Name) from doing harm, harm against other people, and harm against yourself. But these girls … At the end of the film, she is shown to have gone insane and is locked deep in a mental institution. Ray Saunders is Nancy's stepfather. Requirements: Wine, drop of you and the other member's of your coven's blood. Spell: I drink of my sisters and I take into myself the power to be beautiful. Later, when Chris starts spreading rumors around the school about Sarah after she declined to sleep with him, Nancy warns her about what people are saying. This changes one night, however, when she returns home from school and witnesses her stepfather try to hit her mother. I'm getting a rag. Nancy shrugs her off by telling her that they don't need a fourth person and is unimpressed by Sarah, being hostile towards her. View Quote. Touch candle flame, then the rose pestle. Ray also was abusive to Nancy's mother, Grace, which makes Nancy angry. Bonnie cast a beauty spell to give herself confidence and beauty. Hear us! She has jet black hair cut-short, slate grey eyes, and pale skin. But when Sarah displayed magical powers, Nancy instantly warmed to her as she found Sarah as a catalyst to access her full powers. Directed by Zoe Lister-Jones. https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=The_Craft_(film)&oldid=2555818, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Blessed be. Nancy becomes increasingly power-hungry and detached from reality. The Craft. Requirements: Athame, coven members. Sikes responds to Nancy’s rage at the gang’s cruel and threatening treatment of Oliver after they have captured him from Mr. Brownlow’s home. However, her desire for more power leads her to invoke the spirit of Manon, making her an incredibly powerful witch, but also an extremely dangerous and unstable one. It is possible she may be bisexual, given some of the sexual remarks she makes towards or about women in the film. Invocation of the spirit/calling the corners. She also appears sympathetic when Chris spread rumors about Sarah, appears to pitying rather than scornful when Sarah admits she still wants Chris to like her and seemed genuinely upset at Bonnie's distress over her scars. Touch candle flame, then the rose pestle. Nancy does show kindness towards those she cares for, such as warning Sarah about Chris and befriending Rochelle when she first moved to the neighborhood. Ultimately, this resulted in her being stripped of her power and becoming completely mentally unhinged. Nancy warned Sarah about Chris's womanizing demeanor, "He spreads disease. Requirements: Four coven members standing in a circle around a bonfire (at a beach), a caged bird, a snake, a moth in a jar, and a fish (in a plastic bag of water). However, none of their spells worked, due to them lacking a fourth witch to make a complete circle. Nancy Downs is one of the main characters of The Craft, eventually becoming the film's main antagonist. Nancy Downs: Yeah, wonderful. She consulted on the elements used in the movie and modeled them after actual rites. Nancy has apparently lived most of her life in a run-down trailer park.