A Magical Melodrama!

Rating: 10/10 (15 August 2013)

Carrie is a film that makes you feel so many different emotions. Scenes like the infamous "period" scene will make you feel disgusted. The gym detention scene will make you laugh. The dance between Carrie and Tommy will touch you're heart. The climactic scene where Carrie unleashes her powers and kills everyone will have haunt your nightmares. There's drama, romance, suspense, comedy, eroticism and horror, everything you cold possibly want. But at its core, this film is a melodrama.
This is a melodrama about an abused and taunted teenage girl who just wants love and acceptance. Then she discovers she can move things with her mind. At first she does nothing evil with it, and still tries to get accepted, and manages to do so. But then after a cruel prank involving pig blood, she's now out for human blood. Everyone dies, and this evil she finally unleashes leads to her demise, just like any other tragic character.
This is easily my favorite film by director Brian De Palma, and my favorite film based on a Stephen King story. This melodramatic piece of genius never stops satisfying me, and just gets better and better every time I watch it. I highly recommend this to all who are unfortunate enough to have not seen it.