Variety
A modest but effective shock-suspense drama about a pubescent girl, her evangelical mother and cruel schoolmates.
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Carrie (1976)
Horror based on Stephen King's first novel, from director Brian De Palma (Scarface. Follows a young girl (Sissy Spacek) who possesses the power of telekinesis - the ability to move objects by the force of her mind. The school wallflower and the brunt of her classmates' jokes, Carrie uses her talent for revenge.
1976Rating: R16, contains violence94 minsUSA
Horror
- Director:
- Brian De Palma ('Scarface', 'Mission: Impossible', 'Carlito's Way')
- Cast:
- Sissy SpacekPiper LaurieJohn TravoltaAmy IrvingWilliam Katt
Carrie (1976) | Reviews
Total Film
Brian De Palma transcends the pulpy horror feel by emphasising the awakening-sexuality metaphor, and using some glorious trickery.
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The New York Times
It is sometimes funny in a puzzling kind of way, it is generally overwrought in an irritating kind of way, and once in a while it is inappropriately touching.
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Roger Ebert
An absolutely spellbinding horror movie, with a shock at the end that's the best thing along those lines since the shark leaped aboard in Jaws.
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Empire Magazine
The reason Carrie is still held in such high regard as a horror classic is very simple: it's all in the sheer directorial bravado. De Palma at the top of his game.
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BBC
Unlike other examples of the horror genre, there are classic elements of tragedy that lend this gruesome tale a compelling edge.
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