Worst. Prom. Ever. The first Stephen King novel to be filmed was also one of De Palma’s first big hits. It made a star of Sissy Spacek (as the tiular telekinetic teen) and brought Piper Laurie out of retirement for what became her signature role as Carrie’s terrifying mom. De Palma is often accused of slavishly imitating Hitchcock, but the techniques he developed here for scaring audiences out of their seats were all his own.
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