Stephen King

I’d seen Carrie at least twice prior. I remembered it as a competent, albeit unremarkable Stephen King adaptation. Having now seen director Brian De Palma’s prior films, I came away from this viewing with a renewed appreciation. This is De Palma’s baby, for better and worse.

Romero treats this quintet of tales inspired by the E.C. comics of the 50s with love, but not reverence, resulting in a lot of good, campy fun.