Carrie

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Carrie

R

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In this chilling adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel, withdrawn and sensitive teen Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) faces taunting from classmates at school and abuse from her fanatically pious mother (Piper Laurie) at home.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.

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

The Times (UK)

10/18/2024

4/5

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.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

10/17/2024

5/5

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.

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Pauline Kael

The New Yorker

01/20/2024

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.

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Kyle Logan

Cultured Vultures

Feb 18

Carrie may be the first movie that showed that horror and coming-of-age stories are a match made in heaven (or hell, as it may be).

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Bryce Hanson

Horror Movie Talk

Sep 23

10/10

It walks the line between dark comedy, horror, melodrama successfully. The over the top cruelty and humiliation portrayed in the film don’t seem ridiculous... because they represent the inner distorted world that every teen experiences in high school.

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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

02/03/2025

4.5/5

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

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Scott M

Oct 14

They saw my dirty pillows.

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Ed B.

@EdLee May 3

Carrie, a nice Stephen King adaptation starring Sissy Spacek delivering a great performance as the telekinetic protagonist, Carrie White. Brian de Palma direction from different angles at the infamous prom scene, adds to the suspense and horror. A Good scary Movie.

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Zane T

@ZaneThind Apr 30

A horrifying and suspenseful thriller packed with great acting and a nice revenge narrative at the end. Brian De Palma in the director's seat is no slouch and does everything he can to make this film great and he does. The acting and music are on a whole other level as well. A terrific horror film to watch with a nice runtime.

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Griffith J

@griffithxjohnson Apr 3

A classic 70’s horror tone that shows the ups & downs of high school in full force. Simple cinematography that uses unusual angels, movements, & split diopters to make things look absolutely amazing. Yet the pacing is awful & inconsistent as it flies over the setup & crawls towards the climax. A bold story for its time & I’m glad it never holds back on the tough subjects of bullying, puberty, & fanatical religion. It’s campy & overdone at times but that actually ends up reinforcing its identity & target market.

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Todor Y

@Phantom961 Apr 2

Compared to the newer version of the film, I definitely liked this one more. Quite impressive for it's time and the lack of special effects makes every scene so intense.

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Charles T.

@CharlesGaming1000 Mar 29

Great movie I love the supernatural stuff and the weird religiousness The ending was insane. Besides the chair jumper at the end. I’m not going to say when it is I’m not spoiling the chair jumper what all I’m saying is that it’s pretty predictable. I love some of the characters and I hate some of the characters too, which makes me like it even more when they die I have the same thing with fear Street prom queen This is my first favorite prom horror movie here my top six (I have watched six prom movies) 1. Carrie loved 2. Fear Street Prom Queen loved 3. Prom Night loved 4. Prom Night 2 Loved 5. Jenifer’s Body liked 6. Prom Night (2008) hated

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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)