Sunday, 17 November 2013

Movie Review: Carrie (1976)

Carrie is adapted from a very famous Stephen King novel of the same name and let me tell you, it is awesome!

Carrie is a quite odd teenager, who is constantly being bullied and made fun of by everyone in her school. She has a ridiculously religious mother, who physically and verbally abuses her, and who is basically a nutcase. At some point, Carrie realizes she has telekinetic abilities which she eventually learns to control.

                                   

She is asked to go to to prom by one of the most popular guys in her school (who does it out of the best intentions), and they are voted King and Queen. When they go to receive their crowns, some troublemakers who hate her pour pig's blood on her in order to humiliate her. After that, chaos. Carrie basically loses her shit (that's the best way I can put it), locks everyone in the school and lets everyone burn alive. She then goes home, where her mother tries to murder her because she thinks she's possessed, but yet again, Carrie loses it, kills her mum and then brings down the house to ashes, while she is inside.

Overall, I really loved this film, I thought it was very weird and at some point it really gets uncomfortable to watch, but still remains fascinating. One of the only things I didn't appreciate was John Travolta's acting, but nonetheless I would highly recommend watching this movie, especially when with friends.

7.5/10

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