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…

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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…

While no atrocity in the history of film, Carrie doesn’t achieve in its ambition as either a horror or coming of age film. Both in execution and deep-rooted in the story as well, the film is fundamentally flawed in its aim to deal with themes of toxic-religion, discrimination towards women, and the complex of teenage life. De Palma and Cohen, unfortunately, take these concepts and attempt to shove them in the face of the audience with very little subtlety in the presentation.

When it comes to our introduction to the world of the film and those who inhabit the high school which Carrie attends, the strong sense of disingenuous life comes to fruition. This overwhelmingly harsh way of life Carrie…