Sissy Spacek, queen of horror

Rating: 9/10 (4 July 1999)

Somehow I think there's a sort of "master" performance in each specific movie genre (it's quite convenient when you think of all the subtly different movie genres there are) and the greatest performance in any horror movie dealing with paranormal phenomenoms (here you go) to date is Sissy Spacek in Carrie. What she does here is so special, so untouched by older movie references and so strong, that you wonder how you registered any of the plot, supporting cast or other element that make the movie work (although there are : Piper Laurie as Carrie's mother is amazing, the original novel by Stephen King is one of his best, and that also makes it work). Possible runner-up in that category : Amy Irving in DePalma's The Fury.