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Effective film about the horrors of being a teenager.

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I've put off seeing this film for a while, but it was well worth the wait. Possibly my favorite horror film of all time and definitely Brian De Palma's best. Sissy Spacek is perfect and Piper Laurie should have won the oscar hands-down. The film builds perfect suspense and the clmactic prom scene is every bit as disturbing as it should be. Such a great fucking movie.

Can't stand this movie liked the book a little more this just isn't the genre for me I guess.

De Palma crafts a bizarrely compelling story about maturing, rejection, and social stigma. With an otherworldly Spacek leading the way this film explores what might happen if high school trauma met budding telekinetic ability. There is a surprising amount of feeling in the broad charicatures that make up the cast, from an incredibly evil debutante to an amusingly slap happy Travolta. Ultimately, it feels like the film is addressing more than just what it depicts, and that makes it special.

Not sure how much of my liking for this is genuine and how much is guiIty pleasure. So bizarrely decadence; the swirling camera work, the bright colours, the split screen, the music, the quite garish cues for the power. The prom scene is very sinister due to us viewers already knowing what's coming and the ending is actually pretty scary.

Poor, poor Carrie. So sweet and shy, but so downtrodden, abused by her peers and her mother, holing up inside of herself until her classmates take it too far and...damn. The best aspect of Carrie is how it gradually arrives at the horror by careful buildup and a real understanding of Carrie herself. The tension doesn't just come from Carrie's actions at prom night but from the suspense and knowledge of how badly she's going to be embarrassed. It can get cheesy but damn what a movie.

Holy shit that was cheesy as hell. How is something labeled horror when it is so not scary at all? Who knows. Spacek was good but why do I give a crap what happens to her? There are a couple of times when De Palma really shows you how terrible he is as a director. Example: there is a scene where Carrie and Tommy (lol) are dancing and De Palma just spins the camera around in a circle for no reason. It's seriously one of the most terribly shot scenes I've ever watched. Travolta owned tho.

Not so much a horror film but a drama for me, however a good one.

Similar to watching The Exorcist for the first time, I was surprised (perhaps stupidly) at how good this was. The shock horror aspects have lost a little, especially the Psycho style sound sting- although the final scare did make me jump. What impressed me most was the scary human characters especially Piper Laurie as the crazed dogmatic mother. Like Norman Bates or the devil inside Regan, terrifying characters outlast conventionally set-up scares.