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Carrie (1976)
This was a great thriller! Brian De Palma's way of directing is really fresh looking here with his regular use of nice camera movements and it completely fits this wonderful horror story by Stephen King.
The main character of this film is Carrie (perfectly played by Sissy Spacek). She's a timid 17-year-old schoolgirl who lives with her extremely religious and crazy mother. We get introduced to the character in a stunning scene where she has her first periods while showering in the girls changing room after gym class. Her mother never told her about periods, so she completely flips out and because of that all the girls start laughing and throw tampons and pads at her.
After that we get introduced to some other characters.
Sue is one of the girls that bullied Carrie and because she feels sorry for her, she asks her boyfriend to go with Carrie to the prom in stead of her, so she can also have some fun in her life.
Another one is the main bully girl, Chris, who hates Carrie, because she can't go to the prom because of her (indirectly). She decides to pull an extremely mean prank (together with her boyfriend, played by John Travolta) to pay Carrie back at prom night, but what she doesn't know is that Carrie has telekinesis and is not afraid to use it...
I loved the whole movie. There wasn't a single dull moment and De Palma really knows how to move his audience. I think the story is extremely well told, in the sense that it really plays with the emotions of the viewer. At one point you're extremely happy for Carrie, but at the same time we know everything that's being built up during the movie will become ruined later. It's one of the most brutal films I've ever seen because of that.
I had a great experience, so I rate this film:
+
Carrie (1976)
This was a great thriller! Brian De Palma's way of directing is really fresh looking here with his regular use of nice camera movements and it completely fits this wonderful horror story by Stephen King.
The main character of this film is Carrie (perfectly played by Sissy Spacek). She's a timid 17-year-old schoolgirl who lives with her extremely religious and crazy mother. We get introduced to the character in a stunning scene where she has her first periods while showering in the girls changing room after gym class. Her mother never told her about periods, so she completely flips out and because of that all the girls start laughing and throw tampons and pads at her.
After that we get introduced to some other characters.
Sue is one of the girls that bullied Carrie and because she feels sorry for her, she asks her boyfriend to go with Carrie to the prom in stead of her, so she can also have some fun in her life.
Another one is the main bully girl, Chris, who hates Carrie, because she can't go to the prom because of her (indirectly). She decides to pull an extremely mean prank (together with her boyfriend, played by John Travolta) to pay Carrie back at prom night, but what she doesn't know is that Carrie has telekinesis and is not afraid to use it...
I loved the whole movie. There wasn't a single dull moment and De Palma really knows how to move his audience. I think the story is extremely well told, in the sense that it really plays with the emotions of the viewer. At one point you're extremely happy for Carrie, but at the same time we know everything that's being built up during the movie will become ruined later. It's one of the most brutal films I've ever seen because of that.
I had a great experience, so I rate this film:
+