IF YOU'VE GOT A TASTE FOR TERROR... TAKE CARRIE TO THE PROM.

Rating: 10/10 (3 June 2020)

Haven't watched this film for over 10 years but it's even better than I remember. The whole long take, starting with Carrie and Tommy's table and ending with the same table, after the election announcement, is one of the coolest shots I've ever seen, probably only matched by Mr. Robot's "eps3.4_runtime-error.r00". It's so sad when you know it's coming to see how sincerely Tommy and Ms. Collins have tried to make Carrie have a good time, but the blood dump and everything that follows it, all those shots with the split screen, the sound effects, Carrie, all covered in blood and walking through the flaming chaos... it's all a part of a formula for a memorable experience.
I might not have been familiar with John Travolta when I was a kid, so it was a nice surprise catching him over here. That drive-in cinema scene in "Grease" two years later feel more like Billy woke up for that moment now.