Carrie: How to Write Tension

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Carrie has one of my favorite tension filled movie sequences: The Prom Scene. So in this video I wanted to explore how screenwriter Lawrence Cohen and director Brian de Palma wrote tension and suspense into the script to create one of the most iconic horror scenes of all time.

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