Carrie

Carrie (1976)

  • 91% of critics liked it
    (44 reviews)

  • 70% of users liked it
    (324,073 ratings)

This classic horror movie based on Stephen King's first novel stars Sissy Spacek as Carrie White, a shy, diffident teenager who is the butt of practical jokes at her small-town high school. Her blind panic at her first menstruation, a result of ignorance and religious guilt drummed into her by her… More

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R, 1 hr. 37 min.
Directed By
Brian DePalma
Written By
Lawrence D. Cohen
Genres
Horror
In Theaters
Nov 16, 1976 Wide
On DVD
Sep 29, 1998
United Artists

Critic Reviews

  • Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

    More superpowers from Brian De Palma, this time in high school, in a screen version of a Stephen King novel that's become a horror classic.

  • Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine

    An exercise in high style that even the most unredeemably rational among moviegoers should find enormously enjoyable.

  • Variety Staff, Variety

    Carrie is a modest but effective shock-suspense drama about a pubescent girl, her evangelical mother and cruel schoolmates.

  • Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

    This 1976 thriller, about a high school outcast (Sissy Spacek) who uses her telekinetic powers to massacre the graduating class, contains a number of interesting ideas. But as with most of his films, De Palma can't keep track of them.

  • Richard Eder, New York Times

    It 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.

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  • Jeff "


    Carrie is a superb Horror film. Simply put. The book is what began Stephen King's career as a modern Horror maestro. Carrie follows the story of a young teenager named Carrie White who is disliked by her classmates and is constantly bullied. Brian Depalma stays faithful to the… More

  • Sophie B


    A decent film with a brilliant performance from Spacek but not my kind of film.

  • Dan S


    A disturbing if flawed and too melodramatic story of a bullied girl (Sissy Spacek) who unleashes Hell at her school's prom once her classmates go too far. Without Spacek's tender, heartwarming, and memorable turn, this movie might not have been completely worth it. However,… More

  • Matheus C


    Ah, the happy, cheerful and highly formative teenage school days. Carrie White, you'll always be my #1 gal.

  • Melvin W


    Carrie White: It has nothing to do with Satan, Mama. It's me. Me. If I concentrate hard enough, I can move things.  "Take Carrie to the prom. I dare you." Carrie is widely considered one of the best of the Stephen King adaptions. The movie is brilliantly directed by… More

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