Carrie was a normal girl. Went to school, paid attention in class, went to gym, and so forth. At least, she seemed normal. She also had no friends, and had never gone out on a date, and she was constantly made fun of. I guess instead of calling her normal, I should have called her the perfect outcast. She was a target for everyone. She was the lowest form in her high school, and everyone made sure she knew it. But that was not where her torture ended, she had a mother. And if there ever was a religious nut, her mother was the textbook definition of one. Complete with a huge weirdness factor. Her mother new that Carrie had strange powers, and that she had reached the age of questions. About guys, and sex, and dating, and "dirty pillows". There was a dance coming up and a girl decided to let her boyfriend take Carrie to it. The king and queen nominations were rigged and Carrie and her date won. Soon after they made their way on the stage, a bucket of pigs blood was dumped on Carrie. So much for even trying to be normal. Needless to say, Carrie flipped out and began to unleash her power, killing everyone in the gym, and even some outside of it. And when she got home, she killed her mother and made the house collapse in on itself and into the ground. Only one person survived that terrible night, and she is still having nightmares. Will you?

Starring: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, John Travolta, William Katt, Amy Irving, Nancy Allen, Edie McClurg, Betty Buckley, P.J. Soles, Sydney Lassick, Stefan Gierasch.

Director: Brian DePalma

Released: 1976

Time: 98m/ 1 hour 38 min.