Carrie White may be picked on by her classmates, but she has a gift—she can move things with her mind. Then, an act of kindness, as spontaneous as the vicious taunts of her classmates, offers Carrie a chance to be a normal, until an unexpected cruelty turns her gift into a weapon of horror and destruction that no one will ever forget. Stephen King's remarkable 1974 debut has inspired numerous adaptations, most notably, Brian De Palma's 1976 film, starring Sissy Spacek.