Brian De Palma's Carrie is an absolutely spellbinding horror movie, with a shock at the end that's the best thing along those lines since the shark leaped aboard in Jaws.
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10/23/04
Carrie (1976)
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Reviews Counted:42
Fresh:38
Rotten:4
Average Rating:8.1/10
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.
Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Brian De Palma's commercial breakout, based on a novel by Stephen King, helped launch a whole slew of teen-based horror films, and Carrie the blood-spattered prom queen has taken her throne in the... [More]
Starring: Sissy Spacek, Amy Irving, John Travolta, William Katt
Director: Brian De Palma
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Reviews for Carrie
Top CriticPure squeamish horror!
02/27/04
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11/19/03
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11/15/03
De Palma's masterpiece of pure cinema is the unsung Great American Film of the 1970s.
06/29/03
De Palma's classic creep show has dark undertones about the nastiness of teen spirit, emergent female sexuality, and rabid Christianity.
03/10/03
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02/26/03
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01/14/03
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12/28/02
One of the great modern horror films.
11/06/02
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10/15/02
It's a simple tale, told briskly and effectively by director Brian DePalma.
09/27/02
This horror classic might be the ultimate teen angst flick.
09/10/02
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09/03/02
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08/27/02
...suspenseful, scary, and humorously cunning by turns, it boasts superb acting, excellent pacing, good production values, and...a thought-provoking premise.
09/10/01
Horror in the classic sense, horror that builds rather than constantly shocking, horror that works so well we don’t need a guts and gore booster-shot every two minutes.
08/28/01
King's pulp-gothic imagination was perfectly realized on-screen in De Palma's Hitchcock-influenced manipulative camerawork
08/21/01
Unlike other examples of the horror genre, there are classic elements of tragedy that lend this gruesome tale a compelling edge.
04/17/01
It’s a gripping and rousing perusal of our human souls -- an opportunity to become aware of our dark sides and meet them head on.
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