Synopsis:
This classic horror movie based on Stephen King's first novel stars Sissy Spacek as Carrie White, a shy, diffident teenager who is the butt of practical jokes at her small-town high school. Her blind panic at her first menstruation, a result of ignorance and religious guilt drummed into her by her fanatical mother, Margaret (Piper Laurie), only causes her classmates' vicious cruelty to escalate, despite the attentions of her overly solicitous gym teacher (Betty Buckley).

Finally, when the venomous Chris Hargenson (Nancy Allen) engineers a reprehensible prank at the school prom, Carrie lashes out in a horrifying display of her heretofore minor telekinetic powers. Many films had featured school bullies, but Carrie was one of the first to focus on the special brand of cruelty unique to teenage girls. Carrie's world is presented as a snake pit, where the well-to-do female students all have fangs -- even the reticent Sue Snell (Amy Irving) -- and all the males are blind pawns, sexually twisted around the fingers of Chris and her evil cronies. The talented supporting cast includes John Travolta, P.J. Soles, and William Katt. One of the genre's true classics, the film was followed by a sequel in 1999, as well as by a famously unsuccessful Broadway musical adaptation that starred Betty Buckley, the movie's gym teacher, as Margaret White. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide

Running Time:

1 hour 37 minutes

Cast:
Sissy Spacek - Carrie White

Piper Laurie - Margaret White

Amy Irving - Sue Snell

William Katt - Tommy Ross

Nancy Allen - Chris Hargenson

John Travolta - Billy Nolan

Betty Buckley - Miss Collins

Sidney Lassick - Mr. Fromm

Stefan Gierasch - Principal Morton

Priscilla Pointer - Mrs. Snell

Michael Talbott - Freddy

Cameron de Palma - Boy On Bicycle

Edie McClurg - Helen

P.J. Soles - Norma Watson

Doug Cox - The Beak

Anson Downes - Ernest

Noelle North - Frieda

Director(s):

Brian De Palma

Producer(s):

Paul Monash

DVD Release Date:

08/28/01

Limited Edition Features:
"Acting Carrie" documentary wth Sissy Spacek, Amy Irving, and Betty Buckley "Visualizing Carrie" documentary with Brian DePalma "Carrie the Musical" featurette Animated photo gallery "Stephen King and the Evolution of Carrie" biography Original theatrical trailer English: 5.1 Stereo Surround and original mono French: mono Spanish: mono French, Spanish subtitles

Trailer:

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