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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.
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