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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 11, 2001
Pros: Brain De Palma; Sissy Spacek; Piper Laurie; Amy Irving; John Travolta; William Katt; Nancy Allen.
Cons: A little dated, but it holds up.
Summary: When the discussion turns to movies based on Stephen King novels my all time favorite is Carrie (1976). I usually see a movie once and that's it, but I've seen Carrie three times and counting. Why only three times, well I am never ready for that ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 1, 2001
Pros: All I Can Say Is WOW!!!!!!
Cons: NoNe!!!
Summary: Carrie is a stylish, well-cast, immensely powerful movie. Sissy Spacek is amazing as Carrie, a tortured teenager who discovers her considerable telekinetic abilities and attempts to take control of her life. Just when she seems to be truly happy for the ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 3, 2001
Pros: Good plot
Cons: The book was better
Summary: The movie was decent but it left out a lot of the really good parts of the book. There was much more destruction in the book that could have made the movie much better. I'm not sure I would have appreciated the movie without the anticipation of knowing ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 23, 2001
Pros: All.A great movie.
Cons: None.A movie worth watching.
Summary: Starring Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie.
Directed by Brian DePalma.
I had the pleasure of watching Carrie at a drive-
movie many years ago when it first come out.A
friend wanted to see it, so we went and enjoyed
it very much. ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 15, 2001
Pros: a damn fine horror movie
Cons: that scene in the showers - eeuurrgh
Summary: This is one heck of a movie that has been adapted from the Stephen King best-selling book of the same name - The shock level is far from low! - because of this I rank ‘Carrie’ alongside ‘The Exorcist’ as one of my all time horror film favourites.
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 10, 2001
Pros: CARRIE. Stephen King's first book made into a movie started his career. Well done.
Cons: Too much evil and rampage at the end.
Summary: BACKGROUND
Carrie was Stephen King's first movie from one of his books. It started the success of his career which he'd labored at for many years. He writes about his efforts in his book On Writing. He owes his fame, and probably his life, to his ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 10, 2001
Pros: great acting and directing
Cons: nope
Summary: Brian Depalma's haunting film version of the Stephen King classic is now one of my all time favourites. Nearly every scene chills you to the bone, especially the ones featuring Carrie and her mother.
The story centres on a strange loner in a ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 4, 2001
Pros: Excellently adapted from Stephen Kings book, has not dated since it was originally made.
Cons: n/a
Summary: This is the film adaptation of the Stephen King novel of the same name. Carrie White (excellently portrayed by Sissy Spacek) is a shy and unassuming schoolgirl who is the brunt of her classmate’s jokes. This is mainly the fault of her overbearingly ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 4, 2001
Pros: DePalma's signature split screen cinematography.
Cons: None.
Summary: This film consistently makes my top ten favorite horror movies list. While others are getting booted to make room for my ever-changing tastes in genre films, this one remains. Why? Maybe I indentify with the characters on a personal level. I have in ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 27, 2000
Pros: scarry ending
Cons: Not suitable for Children
Summary: I remember this movie when it first came out in 1974. It stared Sissy Spacek (as Carrie) a quiet outcast in her school, her Mother was a religious nut and thought everything was sinful. One of her class mates (played by Amy Irving) seemed to be the only ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 14, 2000
Pros: -
Cons: -
Summary: I saw this movie do to the fact that I was extremely extremely bored so I went over to a friend house and he had rented Carrie so I decided to watch it after he sucked me into it and that is one of the best movies that I have ever seen in my life. ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 11, 2000
Pros: A sensitive performance by Spacek, a barnstorming Laurie
Cons: A few little changes to the source material which really weren't warranted
Summary: This was a key movie for all sorts of reasons. For starters, it was the first in an endless stream of Stephen King novels turned into films; it marked Piper Laurie's return to cinema after years away; and it was a decent Brian de Palma movie!
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 29, 2000
Pros: right out cool, Carrie rocks
Cons: Drags on a little
Summary: No, just kidding on the title. Anyway, I was watching Carrie today, and was having memories of my childhood when I first saw the movie. I remember thinking about how I thought that was the best movie ever made when I was younger because #1 I love ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 25, 2000
Pros: great acting by Spacek, strong direction by DePalma
Cons: now more realistic(Sadly) than it was 25 years ago
Summary: It was almost thirty years ago that Stephen King went with a friend to a high school girls' locker room. His friend pointed out how the girls had walls around the showers so they could have privacy, and they had a pad machine. Interested, King went home ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 25, 2000
Pros: Piper Laurie, Spacek and Brian DePalma's gifts
Cons: A little skimpy when compared to the book.
Summary: This was a daring film for its day, in 1976, and scary in a bizarre sort of way. Having read the book first, and as always, mesmerized by the words of the master, I found the movie a poor substitute. Now, having seen the movie again in DVD, I find merit ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 14, 2000
Pros: good story line
Cons: none
Summary: This film is truly a classic. It involves a teenage girl with telekinetic powers. Her mother is a religious fanatic, and is very strict towards her. Throughout most of the movie, Carrie is picked on here and there, and she uses her powers to ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 12, 2000
Pros: revenge success
Cons: she died
Summary: This movie is truly a classic. Carrie was so sweet and innocent until she was provoked by her peers, to turn into someone she didn't really want to be.Her mother was seen as an oddball, which probably was the foundation for all the verbal and mental ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 6, 2000
Pros: Great all around
Cons: Don't watch it if you are going to a prom.
Summary: Carrie is a lonely and shy teenager, with a deep secret. Raised by a very religious mother, she has been protected from the outside world. She is in High School, where the other students constantly taunt and harrass her.
As the movie ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 10, 2000
Pros: Makes you laugh, cry and scream in frustration!
Cons: Death is the only release for some!
Summary: Don't you just wish that sometimes you could get even with
the ignorant people in this world? Well Sissy Spacek gets
just that opportunity in Carrie!
She is the laughing stock of the class and as if that doesn't
make her suffer ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 13, 2000
Pros: A Steven King movie
Cons: none
Summary: I absolutely love a scary movie. I believe *CARRIE* was one of the first horror movies I saw. This movie is by Steven King and is a must see by all HORROR MOVIE LOVERS.
Sissy Spacek is Carrie. She is an outcast in her school. Also she has ... read more
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