Carrie (1976)

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

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Podcast Release Date:
Oct 01, 2013

Carrie Series Episode 1

If you don’t get this series at nowplayingpodcast.com THEY’RE ALL GONNA LAUGH AT YOU!

It’s hard to imagine a time when Stephen King wasn’t the king of horror fiction. It’s hard to imagine a world without such influential stories including The Shining, The Stand, Christine, and King’s first novel, Carrie. Yet before November, 1976 King was just another author with two modest-selling novels. But when Brian De Palma decides to adapt Carrie for the big screen he created an iconic horror movie staple, and from that King’s book sold millions of copies and his career was minted. Now, in anticipation of the upcoming third adaptation of Carrie starring Chloë Grace Moretz the Now Playing hosts go back to watch and review De Palma’s original. It’s the start of Now Playing’s massive Stephen King retrospective series, looking at all the movies based on King’s writings, starting with Carrie. Does De Palma’s blood soaked tale of a teen outcast still hold up over 35 years later? Listen to find out

Explicit: This is an uncensored podcast which may contain strong language and adult content that is not appropriate for all ages.

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Movie Details

Series
Stephen King
Series
Carrie
Original Title
Carrie
Title
Carrie
Director
Brian De Palma
Author
Producer
Paul Monash
Writer
Actors
Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, William Katt, John Travolta, Nancy Allen, Betty Buckley, P.J. Soles, Priscilla Pointer, Sydney Lassick, Stefan Gierasch, Michael Talbott, Doug Cox, Harry Gold, Noelle North, Cindy Daly, Deirdre Berthrong, Anson Downes, Rory Stevens, Edie McClurg, Cameron De Palma, Sharon Benson, Terry Bolo, Jean Glaudé, Katie Irving, Cynthia Schuler Larsen, Dan Protheroe, James Saad, Janie Squire, Mike Towers, Glen Vance
Runtime
1 h 38 min
Release Date
3 November 1976
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Overview
Carrie White, a shy and troubled teenage girl who is tormented by her high school peers and her fanatically religious mother, begins to use her powers of telekinesis to exact revenge upon them.

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