If you've got a taste for terror...Take Carrie to the prom!
Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from her classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers, things take a dark and violent turn.
HorrorThrillerhigh schoolchild abusebased on novel or bookisolationcemeterystagebibletelekinesisteacherrevengeunrequited loveprom
- Harm to children
- Bleak ending
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Character
Earnest, grave, bleak and overwhelming.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
- rawmeticulous
Who loves it, who doesn't
36 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Comfort Seekers.
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Cast
- Sissy SpacekCarrie
- Piper LaurieMargaret White
- Amy IrvingSue Snell
- William KattTommy Ross
- John TravoltaBilly Nolan
- Nancy AllenChris Hargenson
- Betty BuckleyMiss Collins
- P. J. SolesNorma
- Priscilla PointerMrs. Snell
- Sydney LassickMr. Fromm
Crew
- Brian De PalmaDirector
- Lawrence D. CohenScreenplay
- Stephen KingNovel
- Mario TosiDirector of Photography
- Pino DonaggioOriginal Music Composer
- Paul HirschEditor
- Paul MonashProducer
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Recommendations from TMDB. Opening one adds it to Curator Co.
