
Movies that feel likeCarrie (1976)
If you loved Carrie, the closest films we have are The Shining (1980), Martyrs (2008) and Repulsion (1965). All three share Carrie's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Wait Until Dark (1967).
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If Carrie hit the spot, these will too

Both are working the same pair: child abuse, isolation
The difference: Easier on the relentlessness than Carrie

Both keep coming back to the same thing: revenge
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Dread-soaked where it counts, unsettling underneath
The difference: Trades the relentlessness of Carrie for an angle of its own

Both land tension and loneliness at once
The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

Common ground: child abuse
The difference: Leans harder into drama than Carrie does

One thread runs through both: isolation

The same preoccupation in both: revenge

Relentless horror, and it commits to that

Thriller built on grit, twice over

Horror with a pulse of dread, in both cases


Both lean on tension more than on horror
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