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In this chilling adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel, withdrawn and sensitive teen Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) faces taunting from classmates at school and abuse from her fanatically pious mother (Piper Laurie) at home.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

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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

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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Madam D

@Madam1948 Mar 8

Having seen this a couple of time before, I wasn't expecting much. However, got into the trapped teen this time & enjoyed the prom scene.

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Max M

@livmackenzie Feb 27

Brian De Palma’s Carrie (1976) is haunting, operatic, and devastating in a way that lingers long after the credits roll. Sissy Spacek gives a painfully vulnerable performance, capturing Carrie’s isolation with heartbreaking subtlety. The film builds tension slowly, letting the cruelty of high school feel almost mundane—until it explodes into one of the most iconic horror sequences ever filmed. The prom scene isn’t just shocking; it’s tragic, beautiful, and terrifying all at once. With dreamy cinematography and an eerie score, the movie feels like a twisted fairy tale about humiliation and rage. It’s not just horror—it’s a character study about loneliness, religious extremism, and what happens when someone is pushed too far. A true classic.

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Alejandro E

@Alex970 Feb 8

The film that put Stephen King in the spotlight and, incidentally, brought issues such as religious fanaticism and bullying to the fore. Despite being 50 years old, it does not feel dated, and its final 20 minutes continue to send shivers down the spine.

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rex w

@RT11010153 Feb 4

Great performances by Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie. A great soundtrack, too. "Carrie" is a good movie, not great. It is a horror movie, although not horrifying. I left the theater laughing with my friends. The last 25 minutes are pure cinema entertainment. I rank "Carrie" as one of the top 15 horror films of all time.

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John B.

@rjcartoonist69 Jan 16

Carrie is a somber, even tragic tale of a cute yet shy outcast who means no harm to anybody but what they don’t know is that she holds a special gift, something that seems magical that in turn can be downright terrifying if she gets pushed too far. Sissy Spacek was absolutely perfect with her performance as the title character & if you told me would I ever take Carrie to the prom? I’d say yes!

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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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