The reason Carrie is still held in such high regard as a horror classic is very simple: it's all in the sheer directorial bravado. De Palma at the top of his game.
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09/25/07
Carrie (1976)
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:7
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.7/10
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
Reviews for Carrie
1 - 7 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticCarrie rivals The Shining for the title of greatest ever Stephen King adaptation.
09/25/07
Top CriticThe fierce sympathy it extends to its unfashionable central character puts the film a million miles above the contemporary line in sick exploitation.
02/09/06
Top CriticUnlike other examples of the horror genre, there are classic elements of tragedy that lend this gruesome tale a compelling edge.
04/17/01
Top CriticAn exercise in high style that even the most unredeemably rational among moviegoers should find enormously enjoyable.
10/13/08
Top CriticCarrie is a modest but effective shock-suspense drama about a pubescent girl, her evangelical mother and cruel schoolmates.
10/07/08
Top CriticIt is sometimes funny in a puzzling kind of way, it is generally overwrought in an irritating kind of way, and once in a while it is inappropriately touching.
05/09/05
Top CriticBrian 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.
10/23/04
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