Carrie at 50: De Palma's film still has the power

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Carrie at 50: Brian De Palma’s fiery masterpiece still has the power

The Oscar-nominated 1976 adaptation of Stephen King’s high school horror remains heartbreaking and horrifying in equal measure Often when a pop culture figure, whether real or fictional or somewhere in between, is described as an eternal te

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/nov/03/carrie-movie-anniversary-stephen-king

Fifty years! I'd love to see a good print of this. Is anyone's local rep house doing an anniversary screening?

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@nadia_v

That split-screen sequence is still so nasty and so good.

@kenji_mori

Sissy Spacek in that last act, covered in blood, and barely moving. It's terrifying.

@beatriz_m

It's also just a really sad movie, which people tend to forget.

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