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Carrie

Carrie

Horror · Thriller · 1976

Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from her classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers, things take a dark and violent turn.

Movie details

Carrie

“If you've got a taste for terror...Take Carrie to the prom!”

1976 Horror · Thriller 1h 38m

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7.3 / 10

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Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from her classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers, things take a dark and violent turn.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Carrie?

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Carrie

Horror · 2002

An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl's lonely life is dominated by relentless bullying at school and an oppressive religious fanatic mother at home. When her tormentors pull a humiliating prank at the senior prom, she unleashes a horrifying chaos on everyone, leaving nothing but destruction in her wake.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Brian De Palma

Written by

Lawrence D. Cohen

Sissy Spacek

Sissy Spacek

Carrie

Piper Laurie

Piper Laurie

Margaret White

Amy Irving

Amy Irving

Sue Snell

William Katt

William Katt

Tommy Ross

John Travolta

John Travolta

Billy Nolan

Nancy Allen

Nancy Allen

Chris Hargenson

Betty Buckley

Betty Buckley

Miss Collins

Court is in session

Put Carrie on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Big-Idea Head

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.