Brian De Palma adapted the Steven King classic Carrie to middling success back in 1976 and to go along with the recent Hollywood trend of 1970-something horror adaptations, this re-envisioned Carrie starring Chloe Moretz and Julianne Moore looks it really churn out the eerie, gory goods.

Where De Palma’s film largely deviated from the source material, this one seems to pay more attention to the twisted mother-daughter relationship at the heart of the story as well as take Carrie’s destruction outside of the limited playground of prom.

From this more fleshed out look, the simple juxtaposition of Carrie’s guttural screams over her mother’s faux-soothing hymn sing-a-long essentially captures the spirit of the book. Moore seems to really be onto something with her creepy evangelism and I just love the idea of Moretz playing this iconic character.

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