Carrie (1976)

17 out of 20 people found the following review helpful:

Tense thriller

JonofFinsbury from , 18th October, 2005

Tense horror about a bullied school-girl with telekenetic powers. Sissy Spacek plays the girl, a quiet outsider whose religious mother has alienated her from her classmates, yet who is convinced against her instincts to atend the High School prom - with dire consequences for all concerned. Sissy Spacek plays her part well, and the portrayal of the heroes and villains in the high school environment is convincing. Meanwhile director Brian De Palma builds the tension to a crescendo: the sense of impending disaster almost unbearable by the time it happens. Subtle yet powerful. Recommended.

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9 out of 13 people found the following review helpful:

one word

DAVID JACKSON from packington, 3rd August, 2006

this film is rubbish the most rubbish film i have ever seen

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6 out of 6 people found the following review helpful:

Carrie

Paul Gager from Pontefract, England, 1st May, 2005

I first saw this film years ago and could not really remember alot about it except for the scene where the school prom goes up in flames. Therefrore i decided to give it another go. This is a film i feel is up there with the Omen and Exorcist that was typical for a 1970's Horror/Thriller film and often seems better than the modern fims done with technology. Sissy Spacek does very well as Carrie(even if she does look like Michael Jackson!)a girl who is bullied by her class mates and decideds to get her revenge. Well worth a look and is in my opinion a classic.

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5 out of 6 people found the following review helpful:

It's Good - But It's Not Right...

MattBurn from Notts, 5th November, 2004

After reading the awesome Stephen King novel, I expected a lot from this film, and it delivers - sometimes. No matter how much the screenplay sways from the original story, this film still holds some very memorable scenes and frankly disturbing imagery. Sissy Spacek opens her eyes as wide as possible, as looks pretty freaky - as she should.

I just couldn't help feeling that the director rushed through the whole 'climatic' scene at the ball too fast, more time should have been spent showing Carrie's pain, and ultimately her wrath, not just on the school, but on the whole town, as in the book. But that's just my opinion.

This doesn't detract from the film that much though, this is still a very stylish, intense horror movie, that will scare a fair few viewers out of their skins. I just couldn't help wanting more....

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1 out of 1 people found the following review helpful:

very good

A Customer from MANCHESTER, 5th July, 2008

excellent film watched it several times

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Pukka flick

greyfox from from Whitstable, 17th June, 2008

This really was a good flick even tho it was so old it still had good special effects.

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Carrie

A Customer from Haywards Heath, 24th February, 2008

To be honest.. there is absoloutely no reason for it to be an 18 because nothing in the whole film was in any way scary, there wasnt really any bad language, not any bad physical violence, no drug use and no sex. There was the bit at the beginning with nudity and if people really tried to understand what was happening, it could have been scary in the sense of playing-with-mind type, like The Shining.. But The Shining was a way better movie! Other people in my family that watched it thought it was horrible but I didnt see the point at all ! It should be a 15, maybe even a 12.

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Stupendous.

JohnFair from from Stockport, 27th October, 2007

Carrie White is your typical loner, hated by her classmates and totally dominated by her religious nut of a mother. However, this all changed when she and her classmates reach their senior year and talk turns to the Senior Prom - Carrie isn't going of course - her mother wouldn't let her go with a boy even if one had been willing to take her. When the hazing from her classmates becomes serious, Carrie finds a hidden power deep in her and when she's crowned Prom queen and has a pail of blood dropped on her, this power takes over and destroys all those in the school... The best thing about this was the way in which Sissy Spacek played Carrie, both in her drab dominated form, then as the transformed beauty at the Prom. The efffect of Carrie's powers was nice realised as well, though the way the White hose was destroyed is a bit much :-)

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