That said, it's notable that in Carrie, theīook (and film) of King's career, while Carrie's telekinesis is a "given", the subtextual "horror" of Margaret White's obsessive religiosity isĪlmost picayune fashion. That's understandable given the inherently inexplicable aspect to many of King's premises. Stephen King has often posited supernatural phenomena in his stories without ever really going out of his way to "explain" what's going on, Otherwise) on display, but Carrie is also a really interesting examination of religious fervor that makes it somewhat unique in the horror This now iconic property is often thought of as "only" a horror film, an aspect which certainly can't be denied, given the blood (pig and/or Religious fanaticism is much in the news these days, but as Carrie proves, it's a phenomenon perhaps only slightly less old than, well, Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman, October 10, 2016
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