Spooky stuff

Rating: Null/10 (3 January 2001)

This is one of the very few Stephen King novels that was made into a really scary film.
We see a titanic battle between the Freudian forces of sexuality and puritanical beliefs. Caught in the middle is Carrie. She has become a woman, but her insane mother (who is an interesting mixture of religion and sensuality) tells her that being a woman is evil. Not only does the mother hate herself, but she also makes life terrible for Carrie. As a result, Carrie is the butt of ridicule at her school.
Nevertheless, Carrie has the last say on all of her tormentors in an interesting display of poetic justice mixed with irony.