Carrie will always be one of my favourite horror movies of all time. I remember the first time I saw it back as a kid. It really disturbed me, and at the same time, I enjoyed it so much. I didn't find it scary, except for the ending. That made me jump! :p

The only truly scary thing about Carrie is Piper Laurie. She's amazing. Carrie isn't as shocking post-Columbine, I think. The actual horror of school shootings and high school outcasts avenging themselves with SMGs makes it seem a little tame and a little less of a nightmare. It used to be what high school outcasts dreamt of being able to do, it's now something they can. The other main theme, the mystery and power of emerging womanhood is expressed more eloquently in Argento's Phenomena in my opinion. Carrie will always be a classic, but like a lot of classic, gets less scary as the world around us gets more scary.

when this movie was in the theatres ...
the final scene scared the shit out of everyone ...

Yeah! My mom told me that she, as a teenager, went to the movies to take a look at Carrie, and she said that people got SCARED LIKE HELL at the ending.

that book is good (Kim Newman)...but I didnt agree on everything he wrote either....as for Carrie losing sympathy I guess its an individual thing....but some will say she got more evil in the end..and lose sympathy for her...

Yeah! The final scene was SCARY!
It seemed so nice and sad, then suddenly it happened! LOL! IT WAS A GOOD ENDING! :D
;)

I love it too!

You shoulda seen me the first time I saw that movie. I was a little younger, and my parents were out that night so I was all alone and watching Carrie.
And, all was going alright until...HAND!!! :eek: AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!
LOL :D
Scared the shit outta me. :)
-Liz

Mwahahah! :D :p

Why the final scene works so well, and leaves such a sense of terror, is as follows:-

The hand doesn't shoot out of the rubble to an accompanying crash in the soundtrack and the quickfire in-your-face edits modern filmakers are so fond of. Instead it is a subtle revealation, and the ensuing "scream" by the surviving girl as she wakes from her dream is very disturbing - the kind of raw, desperate scream they perfected in the 70s and have forgotten how to do today.

The musical loop that kicks in here is also very simple, but off balance and suggestive - it also goes on for about four or five times too many for comfort, adding to the clammy terror.

When it suddenly stops, the credits slowly roll to a calm, peaceful soundtrack - messing with the viewer once again and leaving them shaken.