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Product Information
A Stephen King horror story about a high school girl with telekinetic powers who is pushed into a no-return path of bloody vengeance on her cruel classmates.
Product Identifiers
ProducerPaul Monash
EAN5039036057974
eBay Product ID (ePID)168129801
Product Key Features
ActorBetty Buckley, Sydney Lassick, Sissy Spacek, Amy Irving, William Katt, Piper Laurie, Stefan Gierasch, Nancy Allen, P. J. Soles, John Travolta
Film/TV TitleCarrie
DirectorBrian De Palma
LanguageEnglish
Run Time94 Mins
FormatBlu-ray
Release Year2013
FranchiseCarrie
GenreHorror/Occult, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate18
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ComposerPino Donaggio
Production DesignerJack Fisk, William Kenny
Additional InformationBrian De Palma's commercial breakout, based on a novel by Stephen King, helped launch a whole slew of teen-based horror films, and Carrie the blood-spattered prom queen has taken her throne in the pantheon of modern American myth. High school girls played by Amy Irving (in her film debut), P.J. Soles, and Nancy Allen plot to avenge themselves on ostracized fellow student and budding telekinetic Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) after they get in trouble for pelting her with tampons. When they get popular boy Tommy Ross (William Katz) to be her date for the prom, the stage is set for some heart-rending cruelty and fiery retribution. De Palma expertly uses split screens, slow motion, color filters, and tracking shots to imbue the proceedings with a haunting, allegorical elegance. Piper Laurie plays Carrie's mentally ill, devoutly Christian mom; she's brilliant, as is Spacek. John Travolta has a memorable pre-SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER role as one of the girls' beer-guzzling boyfriends. There was finally a sequel in 1999, as well as a short-lived Broadway musical.
Best transfer yet for the 70s horror classic, makes the 2013 remake look like a bad idea. Transfer is bright and only a minimum of grain in comparison to earlier versions. Extras are enjoyable to watch, and not just stuck on to the disc to fill space as so many others seem to do. This is the best it's gonna get until a 4k release. Five stars