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By Thequietgamer (1,082) on 10 Jul 2017

A pretty faithful adaptation of the Stephen King novel…

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By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 14 Dec 2016

Brian De Palma demonstrates the drawbacks of a film-school education by overexploiting every cornball trick of style in the book: slow motion,…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 24 Apr 2007

Carrie is just a bad movie, with only Spacek's performance making significant portions of it watchable…

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By Tim Robey (1,578) for The Telegraph (1,120) on 22 Nov 2001

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…

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By Almar Haflisdason (1) for BBC (137) on 04 Mar 2001

There are some fine gory moments in Carrie, but the real shocks come from the slick emotional exploitation employed by director Brian De Palma…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 11 May 1999

The extraordinary cast includes John Travolta, Amy Irving, William Katt and Nancy Allen. Mario Tosi did the elegant cinematography…

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By Mike Clark (1,024) for USA Today (4,117) on 25 Jul 1996

Brian De Palma's Carrie is an absolutely spellbinding horror movie, with a shock at the end that's the best thing along those lines since the…

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By Richard Schickel (546) for Time (1,811) on 24 Jan 1991

Carrie's ultimate triumph is spectacular beyond anything one is used to in this antique genre…

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By Richard Eder (21) for The New York Times (9,847) on 10 Apr 1989

Mr. de Palma has ordered universal overacting. Piper Laurie does it with considerable grace—the wicked witch in a children's pantomime…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 28 Jul 1984

Brian De Palma's Carrie is an absolutely spellbinding horror movie, with a shock at the end that's the best thing along those lines since the…

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By Tom Huddleston (600) for Time Out London (344) on 21 Feb 1984

De Palma’s grasp on King’s material is never in doubt: this is a truly throat-grabbing horror movie, sporting a handful of pitch-perfect…

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By Andrew Collins (119) for Empire (3,446) on 15 Jun 1980

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…

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By Anton Bitel (1,340) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 10 Jun 1979

Based on Stephen King’s first published novel, from 1974, and in fact the first cinematic adaptation of that well-read author, Carrie dramatises…

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By Pauline Kael (368) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 08 Apr 1979

Carrie, on the other hand, is frighteningly feminine, a slap in the face of those charging De Palma with misogyny as fierce as the one Betty…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 20 Aug 1978

One of the most important movies of my life…

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By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 07 Mar 1978

A voluptuously shot horror movie, with Piper Laurie (as Carrie's fanatically religious mom) and some nasty teens played by Amy Irving, Nancy…

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