An Excellent, Simple Horror Film... one of the Best Ever Made.

Rating: 9/10 (1 May 2007)

A simple story used in a powerful way, Carrie is truly one of the best horror films ever made. Brian dePalma's amazing job of developing a seemingly simple story is nothing less than superb. The film is pragmatic, simple and to the point and uses horror in a very imaginative and revolutionary fashion, not through tension or spontaneity, but through building up and finishing off with a powerful climax. Carrie is an adorable protagonist with whom we can identify ourselves with very well and with whom we might feel a pity and solidarity. The script is absolutely fantastic; the scenes have a rhythm of their own and are beautifully merged into the next. The story practically writes itself but nevertheless allows us to see very lively and lifelike characters. The cinematography is excellent, as are most of the aesthetics. The shots are absolutely sensational, especially the shot just before Tommy and Carrie are turned into Prom King and Queen (in a sequence of two minutes with no cuts and ample usage of both dollies and cranes) and the sequence immediately following the blood spill. The film brilliantly portrays the nature of adolescence society, and never once does it overstate, exaggerate or step away from realism. Apart from being a very simple story, it would be hard to find something against this brilliant feature. With simplicity as its only enemy, the film's ending and the death of Ms. Collins are the only parts of the feature we might have changed, but this is very much trivial very much my own personal point of view. The feature is wonderful as it is, and its simplicity is what makes it great.