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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 (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.
Condition:NEW.
Actors: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, John Travolta, Nancy Allen, Amy Irving
Directors: Brian De Palma
Format: Collector's Edition, NTSC, Widescreen
Language: English
Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
Number of discs: 2
Rated: R Restricted
Studio: Shout! Factory
DVD Release Date: October 11, 2016
Run Time: 98 minutes
Cast & Crew
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
Doug Cox The Beak
Anson Downes Ernest
Edie McClurg Helen
Noelle North Frieda
P.J. Soles Norma Watson
Technical Credits
Brian De Palma Director
Gregory M. Auer Special Effects
Larry Cohen Screenwriter
Lawrence D. Cohen Screenwriter
Wes Dawn Makeup
Pino Donaggio Score Composer
Jack Fisk Art Director
Bert Hallberg Sound/Sound Designer
Donald Heitzer Asst. Director
Paul Hirsch Editor
William Kennedy Art Director
Bill Kenney Production Designer
Paul Monash Producer
Rosanna Norton Costumes/Costume Designer
Ken Pepiot Special Effects
Louis A. Stroller Associate Producer
Mario Tosi Cinematographer
Dick Vorisek Sound/Sound Designer
Stephen King Source Author
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