1976 Directed by Brian De Palma
Carrie White, a shy and troubled teenage girl who is tormented by her high school peers and her fanatically religious mother, begins to use her powers of telekinesis to exact revenge upon them.
Sissy Spacek John Travolta Piper Laurie Amy Irving William Katt Betty Buckley Nancy Allen P.J. Soles Sydney Lassick Stefan Gierasch Priscilla Pointer Edie McClurg Michael Talbott Doug Cox Harry Gold Nichelle North Cindy Daly Deirdre Berthrong Anson Downes Rory Stevens Cameron De Palma Mike Towers Glen Vance
wishing this film wasn’t directed by de palma so it wouldn’t be male-gazey as hell vs. knowing that if it wasn’t directed by de palma that prom scene would never have been that damn good
I'm at a loss for words. I'm taken a back to what I had witnessed unfold in front of me. Going in expecting to know what was gonna happen but left completely shocked and genuinely terrified. Stuck at a complete standstill for minutes on end as the now iconic prom scene unfolded and everything that followed afterwards.
Mostly because....I just felt so bad for her. Constantly being bullied, hurt, or disgraced in some fashion, always being left in the dust or the butt end of a joke. One moment for her, everything is absolutely perfect. She feels pretty, she feels as if this is her time to shine, and above anything else, she feels truly welcomed among the people who…
There are few things more awkward in this World than watching the opening credits of Carrie in the presence of your parents. Any teenage boy who has had to endure such a scenario will know just how uncomfortable it is. You just don’t know where to look! Worse still, if you’re in the boat that I was in when I first sat down to watch it, you’ve got the added dilemma of pretending that you’re enjoying it – but not too much – so as not to arouse suspicious glares from your parents who, despite your love of Abba and Duran Duran, are very much in the dark about your choices in life. I’m not sure if that was…
am i supposed to feel sorry for those annoying ass bitches? cause I SURE AS SHIT DON'T
carrie didn't deserve all that but you know did deserve all that? EVERYONE IN THAT WHOLE GODDAMN GYM HA
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If you don't identify with Carrie White in this film you're a fucking cop
So glad I finally watched this, it was fantastic. Great performances all around, especially Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie. DePalma’s directing here is outstanding, along with the cinematography. I loved all of the zoom ins to show how claustrophobic and boxed in Carrie felt at all times.
This was really fucked up though I feel so bad for Carrie good god. Also when John Travolta showed I audibly laughed I had no idea he was in this. Anyway, GREAT movie. Will be watching many more times.
pure, haunting, crescendos
will cling like pig’s blood to the hairs on the back of your neck
I remember enjoying this more than I did this time. Have I mentioned how much I detest soft focus?
One of the best horror movies ever. Hurts like a punch. De Palma seal of quality.
All the scenes at the prom are 5* material. Only the soundtrack and ending annoyed me a bit.
'Carrie' is the definitive tale of a social misfit terribly rejected by the world she desperately tried to connect with in the first place. One of the most influential of American horror films, Brian De Palma's 'Carrie' was also the auteur's most emotionally inclined work, especially when considering such prior films as 'Hi, Mom!,' and 'Sisters,' marking the days of De Palma's celebratory exploitations. It is a mature stirring of gothic pathos and a rise above Stephen King's original text, taking the unappealing protagonist of Carrie White, and shaping her into a tragic cautionary tale.
De Palma embraces King's propensity for melodrama and crafts the greatest Stephen King adaptation of all, even better than Kubrick's chilly masterpiece 'The Shining.' The…
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