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Carrie (1976)

★ 7.3 · 4,275 ratings on TMDB

If you've got a taste for terror… take Carrie to the prom.

Carrie poster★ 7.3

Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers, things take a dark and violent turn.

DirectorBrian De Palma
CastAmy Irving, Betty Buckley, John Travolta, Nancy Allen, P. J. Soles, Piper Laurie
GenresHorror, Thriller
The emergence reading

Carrie keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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