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Carrie

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Carrie

R

Released Nov 3, 1976

1h 38m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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In this chilling adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel, withdrawn and sensitive teen Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) faces taunting from classmates at school and abuse from her fanatically pious mother (Piper Laurie) at home. When strange occurrences start happening around Carrie, she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers. Invited to the prom by the empathetic Tommy Ross (William Katt), Carrie tries to let her guard down, but things eventually take a dark and violent turn.

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Critics Consensus

Carrie is a horrifying look at supernatural powers, high school cruelty, and teen angst -- and it brings us one of the most memorable and disturbing prom scenes in history.

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

Brian De Palma’s depiction of female adolescence is extremely dubious (the opening slow-mo shower scene is beyond icky), but this is a film that fundamentally fears women.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 18, 2024

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

It isn’t explicitly about school shootings and yet it shows you, like no other film I have ever seen, the horrifying wish-fulfilment ecstasy of such horrific acts. De Palma is the only director who could have done it.

Rated: 5/5

Oct 17, 2024

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Pauline Kael

The New Yorker

Carrie is a terrifying lyrical thriller. The director, Brian De Palma, has mastered a teasing style -- a perverse mixture of comedy and horror and tension.

Jan 20, 2024

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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

As heartbreaking as it is horrifying, Brian De Palma's adaptation of Stephen King's first novel is a near-masterpice.

Rated: 4.5/5

Feb 3, 2025

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Joe Lipsett

Horror Queers Podcast

A perfect film. Exquisite performances, masterful direction, Pino Donaggio's impeccable score, and an unforgettable finale.

Rated: 5/5

Jan 29, 2025

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

…Carrie the book is fairly raw, but this slick, concise film synthesises it into an effective, small scale horror that helped establish Stephen King as a household name…

Rated: 4/5

Oct 8, 2024

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Jules N

L'une des meilleurs adaptations de Stephen King !

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/25/25

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James B

Honestly this is absolutely amazing and although it may not be scary it's quite the spectacle.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/13/25

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Tyler B

While I enjoy Carrie for what it did for the genre and to make King legit as media force, it's not nowhere as great as critics make it out to be. There's a lot of things that De Palma did that both didn't age very well nor was very good back then. The visual look is a little too foggy looking in spots, the acting is quite hammy overall (looking at you Piper!) the camera angles were too stuck in the mid 70's in the bad ways, and honestly I don't feel they got the story overall enough and left a lot of good points out. I honestly prefer the sequel, it explores the tragedy of the situation way more so than this one does. Carrie in this isn't fully explored as a character and she's kinda silly. Not as much as her mom though.. oy vey.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/11/25

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Maud H

Carrie is a terrifyingly sadistic representation of what teen girls go through and the agony of high school. Though it wasn’t very bloody, every scene put me on edge, and I thoroughly enjoyed it and recommend it, even if you aren’t a horror fan.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

05/05/25

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Shaun R

One of the all time great films. Carries revenge during the prom, remains arguably the greatest and most satisfying 5 minutes in movie history. The way in how this movie makes you feel sorry for Carrie is so effective. Classic!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/01/25

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rouf S

the film was underated the charecetrs was so good and it,s a horror movie at least not an action movie and carrie is not very strong or very weak her has a midlle power i am don,t regret for watching it if want a very good horror movie watch it you will dont regret.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/29/25

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Carrie: Official Clip - Carrie's Mom

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Carrie: Official Clip - The Car Wreck

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Carrie: Official Clip - Carrie Pleads for Prom

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Carrie: Official Clip - Prom in Flames

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Carrie: Official Clip - You're a Woman Now

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Carrie: Official Clip - Carrie Gets Her Period

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Carrie: Official Clip - Dirty Pillows

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Carrie: Official Clip - Prom Queen

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Carrie: Official Clip - Carrie's Powers

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Carrie: Official Clip - Carrie Gets Angry

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Synopsis

In this chilling adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel, withdrawn and sensitive teen Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) faces taunting from classmates at school and abuse from her fanatically pious mother (Piper Laurie) at home. When strange occurrences start happening around Carrie, she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers. Invited to the prom by the empathetic Tommy Ross (William Katt), Carrie tries to let her guard down, but things eventually take a dark and violent turn.

Director: Brian De Palma
Producer: Brian De Palma, Paul Monash
Screenwriter: Lawrence D. Cohen, Stephen King
Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp., Criterion Collection, United Artists
Production Co: Redbank Films
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 3, 1976, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 27, 2015
Runtime: 1h 38m
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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