Carrie

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Carrie

R

1976

1h 38m

Horror

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In this chilling adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel, withdrawn and sensitive teen Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) faces taunting from classmates at school and abuse from her fanatically pious mother (Piper Laurie) at home. When strange occurrences start happening around Carrie, she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers. Invited to the prom by the empathetic Tommy Ross (William Katt), Carrie tries to let her guard down, but things eventually take a dark and violent turn.

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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.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

Oct 18, 2024

4/5

Brian De Palma’s depiction of female adolescence is extremely dubious (the opening slow-mo shower scene is beyond icky), but this is a film that fundamentally fears women.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Oct 17, 2024

5/5

It isn’t explicitly about school shootings and yet it shows you, like no other film I have ever seen, the horrifying wish-fulfilment ecstasy of such horrific acts. De Palma is the only director who could have done it.

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Pauline Kael

The New Yorker

Jan 20, 2024

Carrie is a terrifying lyrical thriller. The director, Brian De Palma, has mastered a teasing style -- a perverse mixture of comedy and horror and tension.

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Kyle Logan

Cultured Vultures

Feb 18, 2026

Carrie may be the first movie that showed that horror and coming-of-age stories are a match made in heaven (or hell, as it may be).

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Bryce Hanson

Horror Movie Talk

Sep 23, 2025

10/10

It walks the line between dark comedy, horror, melodrama successfully. The over the top cruelty and humiliation portrayed in the film don’t seem ridiculous... because they represent the inner distorted world that every teen experiences in high school.

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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

Feb 3, 2025

4.5/5

As heartbreaking as it is horrifying, Brian De Palma's adaptation of Stephen King's first novel is a near-masterpice.

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Kye

May 25, 2026

That is was this long before seeing on the big screen.

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Scott M

Oct 14, 2025

They saw my dirty pillows.

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Leprechaun K

@LeprechaunKing 6 days ago

Wonderfully directed and executed by De Palma, with interesting camera techniques throughout the film. Fantastic performance by Spacek. A good adaptation of Stephen King's book.

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J H

@UpstateNYThriller Sep 23, 2026

8.3/10 Stephen King, 70s Good movie, creepy, sad About a reclusive girl with a crazy Evangelical mother who makes her an outcast. A nice girl has her bf bring her to the prom but another girl who look like Sidney Sweeny pours pig blood all over her. Carrie uses her Telekinesis to kill everyone there.

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Jody C

@JodyCazz Sep 7, 2026

I really enjoyed this movie! It did not stay very true to a lot of the original books themes but they played it off as Carrie being weird enough to make it work. I was heavily invested in it during the emotional buildup to watch this isolated teen finally feel accepted and well thought of. Only then to watch it all come crumbling down moments after. It was like riding a rollercoaster with the climb and the fall being ever more dramatic the higher we went. The mother scenes felt impactful and disturbing. The one thing I wish this movie did better is during the prom scene once all goes to hell....they sort of backed off. I would have appreciated a more scary and intense revenge scene and bloodbath. The car scene right after was cheesy as all get out too unfortunately. That being said its a classic for a reason and it is a good story with a great famous horror heroine! Scare Factor: 4/10.

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Robert P

@Superbad Sep 3, 2026

Has to be one of the greatest horror movies!

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Synopsis

In this chilling adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel, withdrawn and sensitive teen Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) faces taunting from classmates at school and abuse from her fanatically pious mother (Piper Laurie) at home. When strange occurrences start happening around Carrie, she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers. Invited to the prom by the empathetic Tommy Ross (William Katt), Carrie tries to let her guard down, but things eventually take a dark and violent turn.

Director: Brian De Palma
Producer: Brian De Palma, Paul Monash
Screenwriter: Lawrence D. Cohen, Stephen King
Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp., Criterion Collection, United Artists
Production Co: Redbank Films
Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 3, 1976, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 27, 2015
Runtime: 1h 38m
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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