We intentionally decided to stay away from what I would call a 'real' deity like Kali, or Hecate, because I did not feel it was appropriate to invoke a potentially living deity for the amusement of the masses. And I don't want a bunch of teenagers invoking Hecate when they don't know what they're doing. It's disrespectful and believe me if she shows up and you don't know what to do, you don't want her there. If you think Karma is bad, wait till you start playing with magic if you don' know what you're doing. It makes me cry to see it.
Most movies coming out of Hollywood tend to be pretty sensationalistic.
It's much more amusing, if you're Disney, to have witches flying around on Hoover vacuum cleaners and sucking the life out of little children, which is what a lot of us got upset with that movie about. And this is an important thing to know. When these young girls deliberately ignore the advice of a more experienced practitioner - because they just want to have fun, they don't want to hear that there are laws involved, they don't want to think about the theology involved. They're teenage girls, they want power in their lives, they want to have a good time, they want to be able to pull elaborate tricks, they want to float, they want to get beautiful, they want to get the boy. As an opportunity for dialogue and education, I think the movie will be really positive.