Don't mess with Carrie if you want to live.

Rating: 10/10 (11 May 2000)

Brian DePalma does an excellent job in directing this suspenseful tale of a high school misfit who has the gift of telekinesis.
Carrie (Sissy Spacek) has no friends and is the butt of every joke. One joke in particular at the beginning of the film lands several of Carrie's classmates in trouble with their phys-ed coach. One of the pranksters, Chris (Nancy Allen) can't deal with her after-school punishments, so the coach bans her from the prom. Chris and her boyfriend, Billy (John Travolta) exact revenge to be played out at the prom on innocent Carrie. But, things seem to look up for Carrie when the high school jock, Tommy (William Katt) asks her to the senior prom. Once at the prom, things are looking wonderful for Carrie, especially after being named Queen of the Prom. Things turn ugly very quickly and Carrie ends up making people pay for all their years of torment.
An excellent cast featuring great performances by Piper Laurie as Carrie's fanatically religious and abusive mother, Betty Buckley as the girls' coach, and Amy Irving as the only sympathetic prankster. Also stars P.J. Soles and Priscilla Pointer. My rating: 10