Has to be seen but not too often.

Rating: 8/10 (26 January 2020)

Extremely well made and probably DePalma's most popular film and based upon Stephen King's first published book. Its just that for the first hour this is just so nasty, what with all the girl on girl bullying and getting the guys to do their bidding, that this is a difficult watch. Indeed, I'm sure I haven't seen this for many a year, although I still remember the sensation it created upon its original release. Apart from DePalma's undoubted directorial skills, a largely rookie cast pull together in a most extraordinary way to lift what was to have been a 'B' feature into an Oscar nominated feature. Central to all this is the amazing performance of Sissy Spacek. I had been stunned by her performance in the earlier Badlands, but here she even outdoes that and probably helping bring out a similarly amazing showing from Piper Laurie as her deranged mother. Has to be seen but not too often.