1976 Best Picture: Which film deserved it?
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ToastedCheese — 2 months ago(January 18, 2026 08:38 AM)
So you’re not a fan of Sissy Spacek or Piper Laurie in
Carrie?
Burnt Offerings
has decent performances and is an interesting supernatural horror film, but it is also cheesy at the same time.
As horror, I don’t feel BO holds a candle to De Palma’s classic teen angst supernatural horror thriller. Your personal call though.
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JohnnyBoy — 2 months ago(January 19, 2026 01:06 AM)
I thought they were just okay. Sissy Spacek didn't have enough screen time, probably because she was somewhat new of an actress at that time. Piper Laurie had come back from a 15 year hiatus, movie-wise, after The Hustler. I'll probably give Carrie another go in the future and see if my opinion can be improved.
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ToastedCheese — 2 months ago(January 19, 2026 03:28 AM)
Check out this site. It gives screen time percentages and amount of minutes time for Oscar nominees:
https://www.screentimecentral.com/leading-actress-oscar-nominees
Spacek had approximately 45mins screen time in a 98min movie. Her presence was well dispersed throughout the runtime and the narrative was pretty much always about Carrie, even when not on screen.
That is what I find impressive about the film. It packs in a lot of detail and characterisation within a moderate/average runtime, without ever feeling under-developed or rushed. It conveyed what it needed too.
I used to have my gripes about the film. That is only because I read the book first and had expectations for it. I saw the film at a tiny retro theatre about 7yrs after its initial release. I was too young in 1976 to be able to see it and it was Restricted 18+ where I lived.
It was a double feature with Poltergeist. Carrie was on first and I was still technically underage. After Poltergeist, hid in the front toilets behind the screen and watched Carrie again before my last bus home…
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JohnnyBoy — 2 months ago(January 20, 2026 12:11 AM)
Nice, thanks for the website. I will try again later.
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