Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on violence and frights — not a wind-down.
The story
Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from her classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother.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.
- high school
- child abuse
- based on novel or book
- isolation
- cemetery
- stage
- bible
- telekinesis
- teacher
- revenge
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- John Travolta — Billy Nolan
- Nancy Allen — Chris Hargenson
- Betty Buckley — Miss Collins
- P. J. Soles — Norma
- Priscilla Pointer — Mrs. Snell
- Sydney Lassick — Mr. Fromm
- Stefan Gierasch — Mr. Morton
- Michael Talbott — Freddy
- Doug Cox — The Beak
- Harry Gold — George
- Noelle North — Frieda
- Directed
- Brian De Palma
- Written
- Lawrence D. Cohen
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 4,382 ratings
- Studio
- United Artists
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
