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'Carrie' is an outstanding horror movie, not wildly scary but one of the few genre films that seems to me to have genuinely human characters. Despite accusations about DePalma's 'coldness' I thought 'Carrie' was a really compassionate film about being different and alone. It's almost a tear-jerker really and who can resist the urge to cheer when the gym doors close and the water hoses come on. Kim Newman says in his book 'Nightmare Movies' that the famous shock ending removes some of the sympathy we've had for Carrie? I don't agree, does anyone else have any thoughts?
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