Review of Carrie (2013) by Maineutral R — 15 Feb 2014

This movie is one of those movies that entertains but doesn't quite scare or thrill. This movie's fault by my opinion is that is doing things, but not in the way they should. Julianne Moore's character at first is enigmatic and scary but ultimately falls into laughable religious dull person stereotype, and drains all scaryness out of her. Also, scenes that should be disturbing end up being "cool". Instead of feeling sorry for the killings made by Carrie at the prom, I actually think they died in cool ways, probably by the way they shot these scenes. Also, I always despise the typical school teenagers that just have to be assholes, I know the story needs them, but almost the entire world? Come on. The final act is very lacklusting, but the Prom scene is actually very good. When I watch a horror movie, i'm expecting a long epilogue scene after the climax to give time to story, but Carrie, much like many slasher horror movies, simply puts a "character is here" scene and it ends. That always feels empty, why the directors continue to do that? It pisses me off.

However I don't think this movie is awful at all, it's very watchable and entertaining, thanks to the management of the story, the performances and the special effects when Carrie uses her powers. Peirce's Carrie has problems, but it's ultimately a descent film.

Special mention to Chloe Grace's performance. She did awesome.