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Carrie
Carrie
Actors: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, John Travolta, William Katt
Director: Brian De Palma
Genres: Indie & Art House, Horror
R     1998     1hr 38min

A young girl with telekinetic powers is the school wallflower and she bears the brunt of her classmates jokes. Genre: Horror Rating: R Release Date: 1-AUG-2000 Media Type: DVD

     

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Actors: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, John Travolta, William Katt
Director: Brian De Palma
Creators: Mario Tosi, Brian De Palma, Paul Hirsch, Louis A. Stroller, Paul Monash, Lawrence D. Cohen, Stephen King
Genres: Indie & Art House, Horror
Sub-Genres: Indie & Art House, Horror
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Format: DVD - Color,Widescreen,Letterboxed - Closed-captioned
DVD Release Date: 09/29/1998
Original Release Date: 11/03/1976
Theatrical Release Date: 11/03/1976
Release Year: 1998
Run Time: 1hr 38min
Screens: Color,Widescreen,Letterboxed
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Total Copies: 0
Members Wishing: 1
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Languages: English, French
Subtitles: English, French
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Member Movie Reviews

Chad B. (abrnt1) from CABERY, IL
Reviewed on 3/18/2011...
Classic. This is the first film based on a novel by Stephen King and it's success helped make him one of the most popular & successful authors ever. Carrie still maintains the power it had upon it's original release. Some areas do seem somewhat dated, but they add to the overall effect. This film is a slow building nightmare dealing with everything from peer pressure, status conflicts & extreme religion.
James B. (wandersoul73) from LINDALE, TX
Reviewed on 6/18/2009...
What a wondrous job by the entire cast, but mostly thanks to Sissy Spacek for her wonderfully creepy performance as Carrie.

Movie Reviews

I Can See Your Dirty Pillows!!!
Sheila Chilcote-Collins | Collinswood, Van Wert, OH USA | 06/16/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Stephen King's first novel that was adapted into film version is quite true to the author's words. While Stephen King was less than pleased with the film version of his malevolent masterpiece, "The Shining", King was quite happy with Brian De Palma's direction and his vision with "Carrie".
Sissy Spacek in her debut role as the freakish, shy and telekinetic Carrie White. Sissy beat out Melanie Griffith and Carrie Fisher for the title role that launched her career. The beautiful Piper Laurie is cast as the ravenous religious fanatic, stark-raving, bible beating, madwoman and Carrie's mother, Margaret White who chastises Carrie relentlessly and has a penchant for locking her daughter in the closet with a really creepy, crucified Jesus statue and candles so that Carrie may repent of her evil, sinful and womanly ways. Amy Irving as the well-to-do town doctor's daughter Sue Snell and Amy's real-life mom, Priscilla Pointer as the "cocktails at five socialite", Mrs. Snell. William Katt plays Tommy Ross who asks Carrie to The Bates High School Senior Prom, the butch, Betty Buckley as the ultimate in P.E. teachers from Hell, Miss Collins, Nancy Allen , Brian De Palma's wife as the horribly cruel and self-absorbed, Chris Hargensen, John Travolta as the boy from the wrong side of the tracks, Billy Nolan and P.J. Soles, the "whore" from Halloween as Chris' best friend and partner in crime, Norma Watson. Even a young Edie, (Grace from Ferris Buehler's Day Off and the car rental lady from Planes, Trains, and Automobiles) has a bit part.The real star here, however, is Brian De Palma's direction and the cinematography in "Carrie". The opening shower scene rivals "Psycho", the Senior Prom dance scene makes the viewer dizzy no matter how small a screen you watch it on, the split-screen King and Queen and ensuing bloodfest is masterfully directed and shot along with the dream sequence that was filmed backwards in the end. However, my favorite scene is where Margaret White is crucified a la "creepy Jesus statue" style, by her own daughter!A Top 10 Horror Film In My Book!Happy Watching and Unpleasant Dreams!"
Truly horrifying and scary... makes you think.
D. Litton | Wilmington, NC | 03/24/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Seeing this movie on cable is nothing compared to actually seeing it uncut and rated R. Unlike the ludicrously-conceived sequel, which hit theaters in 1999, this movie does not have a strong emphasis on blood or gore, and there is an evident emotional factor as well. The viewers can actually sympathize with Carrie White as she goes through her adolescent period, endures the hardhips of being the center of ridicule and banter, and her feelings of happiness when Tommy asks her to the prom. Sissy Spacek plays her character to a T, making the emotions believable and realistic. Piper Laurie, who plays her mother, is the pinacle of the tight-fisted parent who allows for nothing degrading to enter into her child's life or mind. Brian de Palma has truly done a marvelous job in recreating the Stephen King classic, and while some factors of the movie and the book differ at different times, there is still a remaining quality of justice done to the novel. This movie will also make some people think twice before making fun of anyone again. To all who see this, I hope you enjoy it."
One of the genre's best!
J. Arena | Williamsburg, VA | 09/23/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)

"

Steven King's novel depicting the trials of a bullied girl blossoming into womanhood while being victimized by a deranged mother is a masterpiece.

At school, the misfit Carrie White is friendless. Her feminine beauty is invisible to her classmates, who view only her inability to meet the standards of adolescent society. At home, the harassment tears her soul apart. Her mother is a deluded, man-hating and sexually repressed sociopath who unleashes her repressed sexuality by sadistically inflicting punishment on her blossoming daughter in the name of "Jesus."

When Carrie, ignorant of the facts of life, experiences the onset of her period at school, the scene is set for the perfect storm in horror movie history. Carrie believes that she is dying. Her classmates, like the pack of animals that they are, sense blood and go on the attack. At home, it becomes yet another means for the sadist to humiliate her prey. The school is ultimately clueless as to how to address the issue, thereby providing the perfect battlefield for the Armageddon to come.

Carrie is emotionally powerful horror film, an outstanding metaphor for the trauma of adolescent change, and no other film matches it's perfection."