"They're all gonna laugh at you!!"; One of the better King adaptations & De Palma flix to boot!

Rating: Null/10 (28 February 2003)

CARRIE (1976) ***1/2 Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, William Katt, Betty Buckley, John Travolta, Nancy Allen. Superb adaptation of Stephen King's scary story of the telekinetic and troubled Carrie, the constant scorn of her high school as the butt of all jokes, who unleashes a little hell on earth thanks to the dizzying direction by Brian De Palma. Buckets of blood and one helluva ending at the grave! Look sharp for PJ Soles (Bill Murray's MP lady in `Stripes'), Edie McClurg (the perky secretary in `Ferris Bueller's Day Off') and Michael Talbott (Stan Switek on tv's `Miami Vice').