Carrie (1976)
Director: Brian De Palma
I have this theory that horror films make better date films than romantic comedies, and Carrie is the ultimate horror chick flick. There are so many similarities between Carrie and Grease. They've both got John Travolta; they both involve the prom. They both have elements of teen angst and growing pains. It's just that Grease doesn't climax in a huge welter of telekinetic violence. Maybe Grease would have been better if it had. The prom scene and the famous tracking shot leading up to the bucket of blood is the best five minutes of a horror film ever. And it had such an effective shock ending: It then became par for the course that you had to have a hand grabbing something.
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