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"Words are his power," the frontpage of Steven King's novel Carrie proclaims, praising it's author's writing skills. And one must agree that Steven King, although apparently not too modest about it, does stand out as a spectacular master of writing sophisticated horror and suspense novels. But what happens then, when these successful novels are brought onto the movie-screen, where images and actors take on the roles of the written word? And how does one ensure …

…hating the outsiders just because they are outsiders. This makes for a self-perpetuating system where the outsiders are slowly pushed further away from the others' social activities. With this story Steven King highlights something much more real and scary than telekinetic powers: our society's acceptance of this grotesque social structuring. Personally, I don't even dare to think of the Carries I've helped to create and then silently destroy, when I was a passive clique member.