This film cannot be surpassed.

Rating: Null/10 (11 January 2000)

This has got to be one of my favorite horror movies of all time. Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie were beautifully cast as the telekinetic teen outcast and her crazed religiously fanatic mother who is no help to her daughter who suffers perpetual humiliation and mistreatment from her classmates at her high school.
(Spoilers ahead)
The element that made Carrie a phenomenal film was the development of Spacek's lead character. There was such a contrast between her personality and what she ended up doing in the end. Throughout the film, you find that Carrie has been so unmercifully tormented at school that you don't mind what she does to all her cruel classmates in the end. When I first saw the film, I found it scary because I kept thinking of Carrie as an innocent, mousy harmless person, then, unexpectedly, she embarks on a violent telekinetic rage after the popular crowd pulls a nasty prank on her at the prom by making her Prom Queen only to dump pig's blood on her. She ends up killing all of her classmates there except for the nice popular girl who tried to help her. Carrie turns out to be a tough, dangerous vengeful character after all. Watch out! After seeing this film a few times, though, it no longer scared me but in a way disturbed me. You can really feel sorry for Carrie. She was so shy, timid, and helpless. I give this film a 10/10. I bought it and made it part of my horror film collection.