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
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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
100
Blood-red release. Transformation spiraling into a moaning river-control-stream. Waiting for a car accident; still gasping at the smoke and human fumes. Orgasm Trauma bred within America's foundational cracks, pig blood sealing outcries of fate, trembled bodies dazzled and skewered. De Palma reinvigorates movement: its sensuality glides touch against the grain of composition. Terror in the known, and provoked. "It's beautiful." Laughter ensues. The fragile things don't just break, they shatter. Pop vulgarity shot up with tragic realism; the cloud nine of a master caught between pain and its deliverance.
A tragicomic stage show. Watch how the pageantry moves.
Incredible. Only bummer was the last few mins. Everything leading to the bucket at the prom is pure tension... unreal. Honestly would have been a 5 for me if the last minute wasn’t there. So maybe that means it is a 5. In the book Sue goes on to live not in fear of Carrie but in shame that no one reached out t Carrie sooner. For Sue, Carrie’s not the monster. We are.
Sissy Spacek is on a different planet. Now for me to watch every movie she’s ever been in.
The story is phenomenal. However, a lot of the acting leaves much to be desired. The film def shows its age. Sissy Spacek is great. Don’t feel the need to rewatch.
movie challenge #1
8. a movie of own choice
Carrie, directed by Brian de Palma. Lead by Sissy Spacek.
I’ve seen Carrie (2013) before this at a much younger age, not knowing there was another version. The 1976 version is seen as a classic and I can see why, but for me both has its flaws. If the movies were a tad bit longer I think I’d like it more since some parts were a bit “too rushed” for my feeling. The story still hasn’t won me over. But the 1976 version is definitely the superior ones in terms of the technical department.
I do have to add that Sissy Spacek’s scream is the loudest scream I’ve ever heard in a movie.
Now Carrie is a very influential film surrounded by a great narrative by Stephen King and a suitably creepy outlook associated with his books. It’s such a beautiful look at how high school affects a person and on how teens act in social situations… with an extra dose of superpowers. It tells the timeless story of ‘don’t bully people or they’ll murder you with telekinesis’. I jest but it is still a good social commentary on the effect of bullying and the consequences it can have on others.
So, the main meat of the plot is surrounding the prom. Carrie gets her period and doesn’t know what it is (due to her crazy god loving mother) and becomes the laughingstock…
Whilst not everything Brian De Palma does here sits right with me, I do admire the balls he has to execute some of it. The entire prom scene is a tour de force in building tension and delivering payoff as Carrie quite literally brings the house down. What I like most of all is that the horror comes not from her supernatural powers, but the way poor Carrie is treated by her peers (and her crazy Christian mother), and the typical high school drama is turned into something truly terrifying.
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