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Feb 19, 2018PHILLIP GARY SMITH rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
As the DVD cover states it so well: "All hell breaks loose when a tortured, misfit teenager (that's Sisssy Spacek) unleashes her secret telekinetic powers against her psychotic mother (Piper Laurie created this character with her performance) and (a wide cast of) sadistic classmates. Spacek and Laurie both received Academy nominations but lost to "Network" and its momentum. Too bad: Spacek should have won, Laurie should've fought Jodie Foster ("Taxi Driver") for the Best Supporting nod. Brian DePalma, in the extras provided in this set, explains the use of humor throughout and provides a key to writing/making movies: "If you don't give the audience something to laugh at, they'll laugh at the whole thing."