STAR RATINGS EXPLAINED

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FILM DETAILS

Certificate 18

Cast Sissy Spacek Piper Laurie Amy Irving Nancy Allen John Travolta

Directors Brian De Palma

Screenwriters Lawrence D Cohen

Running Time 97 minutes

Carrie (18)

Plot
Carrie White is the outsider of her class and her mother is a religous fanatic who walks around in a black cape. After she unexpectedly has her first period, she is teased by the girls more ruthlessly than before. The gym teacher punishes the girls that were involved and one of them, Sue Snell, feels sorry for what she did and asks her boyfriend to take Carrie to the prom instead of her. But another girl that has been banned from the prom, Chris Hargenson, isn't so forgiving and hatches an evil

Verdict
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.


Reviewer: Andrew Collins

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