Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs. By angela dawson front row features teen actress chloe grace moretz stars in kimberly peirces reimagined horror drama carrie, now available on bluray and dvd. Based on kings debut novel of the same name from 1974, the 1976 film tells the story of high schooler carrie white sissy spacek, a bona fide misfit who we meet on the unfortunate day of her. And the infamous ending, well, my mom tells me that when she and my dad went to see it in theaters, the front three rows jumped six rows back during the big dream sequence.
Carrie is slightly overweight with long, dirty blonde hair and many pimples. This is a hint that this moment is all a dreamillusion. The most egregious example is possibly the 1978 film jennifer, which is basically carrie with snakes. King be as weirdly psychic as a lot of the characters in carrie turn out to be. This is for tabby, who got me into it and then bailed me out of it. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Its a relatively faithful adaptation of kings story at least for the first twothirds that focuses entirely on carries story as it unfolds, eschewing the epistolary aspect of the novel the interviews, textbook excerpts and.
The book is dedicated to stephens wife tabitha king. The 1976 carrie ranks as one of the best when it comes to that category. Carrie white spacek has spent her entire life as the town pariah, rejected by her peers and regularly abused by her. Its also and this is what makes it so good an observant human portrait. Kings first published novel, carrie is an allamerican horror story of teenage taunt and telekinesis. On bullying, revenge and female taboos film inquiry. In the beautiful ending of carrie 1976, you can see in the background a red car moving backwards. Carrie was the first of kings novels to be adapted for film and television. It is the third film adaptation the others were in 1976 and 2002 of stephen kings 1974 novel of the same name and the fourth film in the carrie franchise. The film and the novel deal with a socially outcast teenage girl, carrie white, who discovers she possesses.
Synopsis if youve got a taste for terror take carrie to the prom. Her daughter, carrie, is a product of forced intercourse by her drunken husband which her mother admits to having enjoyed, regardless of its sinful nature. Its a relatively faithful adaptation of kings story at least for the first twothirds that focuses entirely on carrie s story as it unfolds, eschewing the epistolary aspect of the novel the interviews, textbook excerpts and. Since carrie, there have been more high school horror movies than you can shake a pompom at, but in 1976, after the success of carnal knowledge 1971, american graffiti 1973 and on. Carrie 1976 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The film was made one year after the publication of the novel and is considered a classic. Carrie 1976 is the first and bestknown adaptation of the stephen king novel carrie. So, again, even without knowing much about carrie, youll know where the ending is headed. Fellow student sue snell amy irving feels bad about the shower incident and thinks it would be an act of contrition to give up her own senior prom and let her boyfriend, popular jock tommy ross michael katt, take carrie instead. At first, she believes her life is on the up with help from tommy, but when the happiest moment of her life is ruined by bullies who play a cruel and humiliating prank on her, carrie unleashes a horrific revenge. Chris refuses to attend detention and is suspended for three days and banned from the prom. The film stars sissy spacek as carrie white, a 16yearold diffident teenager who is consistently mocked and bullied at school. All credits to red bank films and other production companies of the movie.
In spite of its name, for all intents and purposes, the rage repeats the beats of its predecessor, right down to ending on a jump scare, albeit in a more modern setting. Carrie, our casual moviegoer, reminds us all that cinema is in fact supposed to be fun and entertaining and that sometimes, just sometimes, happy endings are good. Cohen, adapted from stephen kings 1974 epistolary novel of the same name. Carrie is a melding of two great artists, in this case, stephen king, who wrote the novel and brian depalma, who directed the film.
Carrie is a more meaningful film than it would seem at first glance. Carrie is a coming of age movie that starts off slow, but takes a right turn straight to hell. In the beautiful ending of carrie 1976, you can see in. Where brian depalmas 1976 version of stephen kings novel was a teenage girls nightmare as seen through the eyes of a straight male voyeur, this one looks through a wider lens, and strikes more universal notes of sympathy. Cohen, based on the novel of the same name by prestigious horror writer stephen king. In 1974, stephen king and his publisher, doubleday, released what has now become one of his most wellknown works. If the new carrie teaches us anything, its the importance of casting. Carrie 2 operates with the most tangential of connections to the original film sue snells back and the films protagonist turns out to be a halfsister to carrie. It has cheesy dialogue and all the effects that come with a tv movie, but bettis was phenomenal as carrie. Every carrie movie ranked, worst to best screen rant. Jorge j ocampo unpopular opinion, there is a 2002 made for tv movie adaptation of carrie starring angela bettis. The film was produced by kevin misher, with a screenplay by lawrence d.
Why didnt he realize that he would only write one sequel in his entire, ridiculously prolific career as of 20, anyway, and it is not a sequel to carrie. Margaret white piper laurie is an obsessed mother, who unleashes her fury, in carrie, a united artists release. Horror fans cannot mention 1970s horror without mentioning this movie. The first ending is very similar to the ending of the 1976 film but without the final twist.
Doubly so if the revenge is carried out through supernatural means. Tim brayton, our seasoned film critic, shares a more critical view of film, an appreciation for vintage cinema and perhaps limitedrelease movies that we might otherwise miss. This post contains spoilers for the book and film versions of carrie. Ending spoiler for carrie 1976, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. That question is asked more than once in carrie, and it cuts to the heart of this new adaptation. Its hard to make a film that can accomplish both, but depalma does it. Carrie is a 1976 american supernatural horrordrama film based on the 1974 novel of the same name by stephen king. The ending where the one teenage girl that tried to help carrie become more accepted awakes from disturbing nightmares ptsd from that.
Depalma shot his film that way, only to realize that the stones and the effects of the house sinking into the earth didnt quite work. In 1976, carrie made a star of sissy spacek, a bankable firsttier director of brian depalma, and a household name of horror writer stephen king on whose first novel the film was based. Carrie white, a shy and unpopular 17 year old, is invited to the high school senior prom by tommy ross asked from gf sue snell. Chris has a tantrum and miss collins slaps her across the face and forbids her from attending the prom. Pin your corsages and slather on your flame retardant, because the movie rewatch of great nostalgia is back. Newcomers john travolta, amy irving, and nancy allen didnt do so bad for themselves either. Based on the classic stephen king horror novel, which was previously made into a 1976 feature film starring sissy spacek and piper laurie, this version of carrie stars the 16yearold. But stephen king does the whole setting us up for a sequel thing with the ending of carrie ugh. A shy, unpopular and bullied 16yearold high school. This is a tense, exciting thriller that is also a sturdy character study. Sue snell actually gets killed when carrie pulls her into the ground. Carrie is a 20 american supernatural horror drama film directed by kimberly peirce. This girl carrie isnt another stereotyped product of the horror production line. Part of the problem is that the movie has purloined an idea from the screenplay of the 1976 movie.