Is it just me or does Sissy Spacek look way weird anyways?

A classic film from Brian De Palma from the book by Stephen King (before his descent into born-again zanyness).

Carrie (played by Sissy Spacek) is a strange girl who knows pretty much nothing about life due to her mother who is a religious maniac. She has been sheltered from the facts of life and pretty much told that everything to do with sex and boys is evil.

Because of this Carrie suffers all sorts of horrible torments culminating in a dreadful prank at the Senior Prom, that night of nights. What no one has realizes is that Carrie has some pretty nasty magic powers and sorts them all out..

This film was very much a ground breaker for horror, perhaps its most important contribution was the introduction of “the last scream” involving Amy Irving in the films final moments – no its not all over…De Palma pioneered this aspect of horror films (using it again in films like Dressed to Kill) and it has been used in pretty much every horror film since.

I hear there is a remake due out this year…we’ll have to wait and see.