Carrie - the ultimate "Chick Flick"?
It has often been said that "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned". It has never been more evident than in the classic adaptation of Stephen King's story of Carrie White. Think about it, all her life Carrie White has been burdened. Daddy is nowhere to be found, Mommy is an insane Jesus freak and if that weren't bad enough, Carrie isn't very well liked by her classmates. Go figure. She goes through life afraid and uninformed of the most basic changes coming in her life. So when Carrie gets her first period and her classmates taunt her and Mommy treats it like a sin, it is a little too much for Carrie to take. Her powers of Telekinesis emerge (energized by her newfound womanhood) which Mommy again treats as evil.
Carrie tries to take it all in stride, but when the school bullies play an awful trick on her on prom night, her Mother's grating voice comes back to haunt her.
"They're all gonna laugh at you..." These words begin a bloodbath of epic proportion.
However, you cannot help but feel for Carrie- her innocence, her vulnerability. But in the end, all are surprised by her strength. All of us women were once a little bit of her. Scared, confused and unaware of how much power we really do possess. Chicks rule...
Stephen King: Carrie Movie Cast and Credits
Director
Brian De Palma
Writers
Lawrence D. Cohen
Stephen King - novel
Cast
Sissy Spacek .... Carrie White
Piper Laurie .... Margaret White
Amy Irving .... Sue Snell
William Katt .... Tommy Ross
Betty Buckley .... Miss Collins
Nancy Allen .... Chris Hargensen
John Travolta .... Billy Nolan
P.J. Soles .... Norma Watson
Priscilla Pointer .... Mrs. Snell
Sydney Lassick .... Mr. Fromm
Stefan Gierasch .... Mr. Morton
Michael Talbott .... Freddy
Doug Cox .... The Beak
Harry Gold .... George
Noelle North .... Freida
Cindy Daly .... Cora
Deirdre Berthrong .... Rhonda
Anson Downes .... Ernest
Rory Stevens .... Kenny
Edie McClurg .... Helen
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