Carrie Reviews, Interviews & More

Well, the trailer for Kimberly Peirce’s remake of Carrie is finally here, and it manages to squeeze in literally every single plot point one can remember from the original film.  The trailer seems to be operating on the assumption that everyone has seen and remembers the Brian De Palma original adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, making it ok to...

For those of you just dying to catch another remake of a 1970s horror film, you’re year just got a little longer, as Kimberly Peirce’s (Boys Don’t Cry) remake of Brian De Palma’s Carrie (itself an adaptation of Stephen King’s first novel concerning a telekinetic girl’s doomed attempt at enjoying...

Yesterday, we had a sneak peek at the upcoming Carrie remake by way of a bloody teaser poster that borrowed liberally from the Thor ad campaign.  Today, we’ve got a full teaser trailer that pays off on the bloody promise of the poster, in which a blood-soaked Carrie is wreaking havoc on an entire town.   Check it out below.

Remaking one of the most iconic horror films of the past 40 years or so is daunting enough—but when you add to that the fact that the film is Carrie, which was directed by one of the great New Hollywood auteurs (Brian De Palma) and based upon a novel by the bestselling horror author, well, ever (Stephen King),  it must be sheer terror (and not the good kind).  But it seems as if...

Today in remake news that isn’t driving us totally insane: the first official images from the Carrie remake have been released, and they appear to be patterned exactly on their 1976 counterparts.

In the annals of horror movie roles, very few can actually score an actor or actress an Oscar nomination.  There are the occasional exceptions, with one of the most memorable being Piper Laurie’s galvanizingly creepy take on the role of Carrie White’s hyper-religious mom in the original Carrie.  Laurie scored an Oscar nomination for her...

Last week it was revealed that the new remake of Stephen King’s Carrie is set to take on a whole new approach, using a “found footage” narrative element, and now young actress Chloe Moretz (Let Me In, Kick-Ass) has taken a brief moment to talk about her new role in the dark new adaptation of the film.

We're at the end of the first week of 2012 and already there's news about remakes, TV show premieres, and even a first look into a much anticipated action movie. With 2011 behind us, it's time to catch up on what's ahead. This week, for example, the hit MTV show "Jersey Shore" returned with full force and tons of drama. We've also got the first look at The Bourne...

The Aero: Fri 24 at 7.30: The Leopard (1963) Sumptuous decadence, decomposing aristocracy and emotional bankruptcy as only Marxist nobleman Luchino Visconti can conjure. The source novel is a sweeping encompassment of modern Italian history but despite the lavishness of presentation and setting, Burt Lancaster (an...