I must be honest in that I had never heard of the movie 'The Crucible' until a few weeks ago when my English teacher had us watch it for a unit we were currently doing on witchcraft. Figuring it was some teacher's educational video, I was not very thrilled.

My opinion changed abruptly as the movie began with several mischievous girls sneaking out one dark, eerie night in the 1600s. The setting seemed to put me there with the bright, full moon shinning over the calm lake and the cool, misty air seeming to hang in the air like ghosts.

The girls ran, looking nervously over their shoulders as if they were committing a deadly crime, into the daunting woods.

Aside from the never-ending action and suspense of this film, it also made history come alive. The costumes, the backgrounds, the accents, the way of life made you feel like you were living with the actors back in the 1600s.

In my many trips to Hollywood Video to catch the new releases with the good reviews and the best actors, I never even considered exploring the old sections of movies. I have learned not to judge movies on what I hear or the year it was made or what other people's opinions are of that film, but rather explore old films, which are new to me.

There they met a mysterious black woman around a fire, and they began screaming the names of those they were infatuated with and requested a spell to be cast on them, which wou

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