Dated Horror Classic

Rating: 7/10 (29 December 2006)

Carrie was Stephen King's first transition to film, and the most successful horror novelist's story didn't disappoint. Sissy Spacek excellently portrays Carrie, a sheltered high school misfit who is ridiculed and tormented by her fellow students because of her innocence and naivety. Little do they realise, they are pushing her to the edge and helping her unleash the power she wields within.
Sadly unlike the novel the movie has suffered the test of time, seeing it again now makes me realise how much of the horror is lost in this on screen translation; but i still salute it as a genuine horror classic; i remember how scared i was when i saw it the first time, and it is because of movies like this one that the horror genre has continued to evolve and entertain.
7/10