The Fury

The Fury is a 1978 American supernatural thriller film directed by Brian De Palma and starring Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Amy Irving, Carrie Snodgress, Charles Durning, and Andrew Stevens. The screenplay by John Farris was based on his 1976 novel of the same name.

Plot
When a devious plot separates CIA agent Peter Sandza (Kirk Douglas) from his son, Robin (Andrew Stevens), the distraught father manages to see through the ruse. Taken because of his psychic abilities, Robin is being held by Ben Childress (John Cassavetes), who is studying people with supernatural powers in hopes of developing their talents as weapons. Soon Peter pairs up with Gillian (Amy Irving), a teen who has telekinesis, to find and rescue Robin.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) It is one of the greatest movies that Brian De Palma directed.
 * 2) It looks like a follow-up to Carrie since it's about another film with teens with telekinetic powers.
 * 3) All of the casts, including Kirk Douglas as Peter Sandza, John Caassavetes as Ben Childress, Amy Irving (who was in Carrie) as Gillian Bellaver gave good performances.
 * 4) Interesting scenes, especially the opening with the terrorist attack, Gillian seeing visions of Robin, and the slow-motion chase scene.
 * 5) Amazing soundtrack from the legendary John Williams.
 * 6) Scary and chilling scenes such as the visions Gillian sees, Robin breaking the carnival ride and nearly killing the people in it, and Robin killing Dr. Susan Charles.
 * 7) It uses the same sound effects and dialogue from Carrie.
 * 8) Great story and character development, especially with Gillian learning to embrace her psychic powers and use it for good.
 * 9) The psychic powers are very similar to Carrie, and it's just as amazing as that film.
 * 10) Ben Childress plays a great villain as he runs a PSI where he kidnaps young psychic children, murders their families, and turns them into one of his weapons.
 * 11) The famous ending where Gillian uses her powers to blow Childress' body up, and it even replays 13 times.
 * 12) *Gillian's quote before killing Childress: "You go to hell!" is a famous line before killing him.

The Only Bad Quality

 * 1) It could be seen trying too hard to copy Carrie.

Reception
As of August 2021, the film holds a 77% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 30 reviews. The site's consensus reads, "Brian De Palma reins in his stylistic flamboyance to eerie effect in The Fury, a telekinetic slow burn that rewards patient viewers with its startling set-pieces".

The film opened in 484 theatres in the United States and Canada and grossed $1,917,075. The following weekend it expanded to 518 theatres and grossed $2,777,291 which placed it at number one at the box office for the week.

Awards and nominations
It won the Saturn Award for Best Make-Up.