As someone who'd seen the 2013 reboot first (and thought it decently ok), I have to admit that the original is vastly superior. And as someone who hated the book, I also have to admit that the adaptation is better.

Somehow, this version just works the best out of the ones I've seen. It's not as clumsy and drawn out as the book (only Stephen King could write a long drawn 300-pager...), while the reboot just feels too glamurous. I didn't really buy these characters, they all seemed a bit too steamlined for this merciless King World.

Not with this one. This one I buy. This Carrie is hysterical and tortured, just likable enough to feel sorry for, but not likable enough to like. This Sue really seems to regret what she does and the friends she has, like many a teenage girl does at least once in her life. And this Tommy is so genuinly goodhearted, it actually hurts (and not just for Carrie's sake) when that bucket hits.

The whole 70s-ness of it all - as well as the fact that every shot looks like I have to clean my screen - also helps the believability of this one. Sure, some shots look a little more silly and less scary than they surely did when this came out, but I still think it makes for an interesting, thrilling watch.