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Sissy spacek can really act


This movie..she did a great job at scaring the living hell out of me.
She played the role perfectly.
then when they remade it,both actresses who played carrie were absolutely horrible.
She was the best carrie.
I love sissy spacek !

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one of the best performances in a horror movie i've seen

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I agree with both of you...her performance was almost other-worldly when you realize the range of emotions she portrays.

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Yes, I thought everyone was good in the movie but Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie stood out particularly. This was a great film with some of the best acting I've ever seen in a horror movie.

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This was one of John Travolta's first movies. he did a pretty decent job for the role of billy nolan but i wasnt too crazy about his acting. i love nancy allen, she played a great Chris. but your right Sissy and Piper were great.

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I love Travolta as Billy Nolan. I thought he did a wonderful job.

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He was better in pulp fiction.

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I've never seen all of Pulp Fiction.

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Travolta did a good job despite barely being in the movie.

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Travolta’s character was very similar to Danny Zuko.

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I was thinking the same thing as I watched it for the umpteenth time a couple days ago. Basically the entire cast was good, but Spacek and Laurie just knocked it out of the park.

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I have also never felt so sorry for a character who burned hundreds of people alive, bravo spacek.

"I really wish Gia and Claire had became Tanner" - Honeybeefine

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I just re watched yesterday
Does DePalma show Carrie leaving the gym?
I may have had my eyes covered but seemed like she just "appeared" in the middle of the road where Kris and Billy were
Blood soaked and dazed

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Yes, you see Carrie leaving the burning gym and walking away from it. Then it cuts to the fire engine racing towards the school and it passes Carrie walking along the road. That's when Chris and Billy drive towards her.

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I read somewhere she didn´t like her acting there

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Well she did a great job at scaring the hell out of me

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Now this was a movie that didn't need to be remade.. Sissy Spacek was awesome in this..

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