Wishcraft is a 2002 American slasher film directed by Richard Wenk and starring Michael Weston and Alexandra Holden.
Brett is a high-school outcast who doesn’t run with the in crowd, unlike Samantha, the cheerleader he tutors and on whom he has a desperate crush. One day he receives a mysterious package that contains a totem—a bull's penis—that can supposedly grant him 3 wishes. His first wish is for Samantha to go to the spring dance with him. The next day she asks, to her own bewilderment and that of her boyfriend Cody. When she drops him immediately after the dance, Brett wishes for Samantha to love him forever, and she does, although after a while her affection starts leaning toward obsession. Then murders start occurring in the school, which Brett gradually starts to connect to the totem. Now it's his responsibility to save their lives.
Tropes:
- Alliterative Name: Protagonist Brett Bumpers.
- Caught in a Snare: Desiree is snared by a steel cable while crossing the street, and then suspended from a traffic light by the killer.
- Chained to a Bed: Samantha wakes up after being captured by the killer to find herself chained to a bed and the killer using her as the target girl in an impromptu Knife-Throwing Act.
- In the Hood: The killer wears a grotesque mask and a black hooded cloak.
- Jerk Jock: Samantha's boyfriend Cody is the captain of the football team, and the school's star jock. He and his jock friends bully the outsiders like Brett and Howie.
- Knife-Throwing Act: The killer has Samantha Chained to a Bed and amuses himself by throwing axes at her so that they bury themselves in the bedhead around her: explaining that it is an old Viking pastime.
- Off with His Head!: The killer subjects Cody to a Sand Necktie and then knocks his head off with a bowling ball.
- One-Word Title
- Portmantitle: 'Wish' + 'Witchcraft'
- Sand Necktie: The killer buries Cody up to his neck and murders him by rolling bowling balls at his head.
- The Stoner: Brett's best friend Howie is convinced he has done enough to pass, and is happy to spend the rest of his final year getting high. (And hitting on the school's grief counselor.)
- Unwilling Suspension: Desiree gets suspended from a traffic light after been Caught in a Snare by the killer.
- Weaponized Ball: After burying Cody up to his neck, the killer murders him by using his head a s a target for bowling balls.
