Carrie
If you've got a taste for terror...Take Carrie to the prom!
Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from her classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother.When she begins to suspect that she has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.
- Director
- Brian De Palma
- Signature
- Tension · Craft · Drama
- Worldwide
- $34M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Carrie actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from her classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother.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.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Carrie appears in 2 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Horror Movies Ranked #47
Placed at #47 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Horror Movies Ranked #49
Placed at #49 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
1 win · 2 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 2 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Actress
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actress
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress
1 win
- WinnerNational Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Carrie returned 18.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $2M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $34M
- Release date
- Nov 3, 1976
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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