Review of Carrie (2013) by Drlowdon — 18 Jul 2014
In order for a remake to really work it has to have its own clear spin on the original template, unfortunately Carrie doesn’t really seem to know what it wants to be. For large parts it is more high school movie than horror movie (a montage featuring the song Diane Young by Vampire Weekend is so completely out of place as to be almost comical) and never comes close to recreating the creepy atmosphere of the original.
The central performance from the talented Moretz stops things from completely falling apart, even when the dialogue is at its most clunky, but with the original still standing up fine this is an almost completely pointless remake.
This review of Carrie (2013) was written by Drlowdon on 18 Jul 2014.
Carrie has generally received mixed reviews.
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