Throughout her story in both the book and the movie, carries first persona was a humble one. Therefore, the carrie 20 story presents the same effective and heartbreaking character arc, with some new angles for returning viewers to ponder, but without major deviations to raise the remake into the. At the beginning of the film, carrie is shown missing the volleyball, while playing pool. Youre probably already somewhat familiar with the most. Carrie appeared to suffer from bipolar disorder, or. The man interviewing her asks if what she saw happen couldve been a natural accident. With her stringy hair, mousy appearance and beatendown posture, sissy spacek gives a heartbreaking performance as carrie, who is tormented by her high school peers and abused and extremely sheltered by her religiouszealot mother. This isnt a movie chock full of role models, but at least ms. Stephen kings carrie character based on a true story.
The pairing of a director new to the genre and the promise of a return to king. She was portrayed to be a loner, shown also as a shy and timid young woman with no confidence. The book carrie has been adapted to film three times. What are the major story differences between carrie 1976.
Carrie was released in 20 on friday, october 18, 20 in nationwide movie theaters. It is the third film adaptation the others were in 1976 and 2002 of stephen king s 1974 novel of the same name and the fourth film in the carrie franchise. It was there before she picked carrie up, and she never cut it. Firstly, she gets her first period and thinks shes dying, then she continues to struggle to deal with all the bullies at school. I extended the shower scene with the clip from the trailer of chris holding up her phone. The last time we saw carrie white, she was looking a little, well, red around the gills. Now it is chloe grace moretz playing shy, teenage carrie, previously homeschooled by her religious fanatic mother, margaret, played by julianne moore. Her religious extremist mother makes her teenage life very confusing. Carrie is an epistolary horror novel by american author stephen king. Sue and danny sacrifice their prom night together to give carrie a special night to remember. Oct 18, 20 the original carrie is the movie that made me want to be a critic. As it is we rely on the solid story carrie is one of kings better novels and modern special effects. It is set in maine and was released on 18 october 20.
Stephen king made his debut into the feature film industry in 1976 with two oscar award nominations for carrie. Carrie tells her that is a horrible thing to say and levitates her again. Find out where carrie 20 is streaming, if carrie 20 is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Carrie s climactic empowerment is all at once the tragedy and triumph of a young woman trapped between biblical regression and a secular comingout. Carrie places her mother down and her mother says she thought she was a cancer when she was born. A reimagining of the classic horror tale about carrie white chloe grace moretz. When carrie got the chance to play, she accidentally hit sue in the head and she just laughed it off. High school can be tough for many teenagers, but for carrie white chloe grace moretz, its especially hellish. Carrie has come to florida after being released from a psychiatric ward. The biggest difference i noticed was carries killing of chris was longer and more painful. Oct 14, 2016 stephen king made his debut into the feature film industry in 1976 with two oscar award nominations for carrie. Carrie white chloe grace moretz, a misfit pupil gets beaten at home by her religious, deranged mother.
Carrie bluray and dvd arrives january 14th dec 4, 20. Oct 18, 20 peirce has turned carrie into dark, sick take on a superhero origin story, complete with wideangle lenses and godseyeview shots and poetic sound effects when margaret is near, carrie hears her before she sees her, thanks to a highpitched whine thats like a dog whistle. A dvd set, the carrie collection, consisting of both the original film, and the rage. The answer is because this new 20 carrie from director kimberly peirce is just that a reimagination that harkens back to the original source material stephen kings novel. When carrie starts to cry margaret picks her up and holds her near her face and the umbilical cord has disappeared. What will be their reaction when they find out about carries homelife and her powers. A shy and awkward teen being raised by a religious zealot julianne moore. Cohen, novel by stephen king, is the one between carrie and her mother margaret. Carrie 2, was released from 20th century fox home entertainment on october 7, 20, while on the same day, a reissue dvd containing newly commissioned artwork, as well as the firstever bluray release in the uk was made available from 20th century fox.
This was lost within the 2002 tv movie as well as the 20 remake where carrie pretty much just gets straight to business after the prank has occurred. The outcast teenager carrie white is bullied by her classmates at high school. Carrie and tommy win prom king and queen chloe grace moretz, ansel elgort. Carries survival in the 2002 remake is important on another, even more stupid level, but ill get to that in a second. Stories change in the telling, though, and as they do, so do endings.
Carrie is a magical horror movie, not only it contains most of the scary things a good horror movie needs but it also spices it up with some moral. On top of that, she discovers that she has telekinetic powers. The story has been updated for 20 carries main tormentor, the viciously cruel chris hargensen portia doubleday now ads cameraphone video footage to her. Now seeking a way to atone for the innocent people who died the night of the prom, she is drawn the the town of atwater by telepathic contact with a young private investigator with abilites similar to her own and into a race against time to save someone from her past. Desjardin genuinely cares about carrie and doesnt want the mean girls to bully her. 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. Carrie 2002, the madefortelevision movie starring angela bettis. Desjardin slaps carrie, punishes her gym class, and threatens them with suspension.
The inspiration behind stephen kings carrie is based on a. It was his first published novel, released on april 5, 1974, with a first printrun of 30,000 copies. From the front it looked like a two story, but according to sue, it had a basement level that opened up in the back to a deck facing the lake shore. Carrie stunt terrifies new york cafe customers video. I had faith the latest, kimberly peircedirected entry could not be any worse than the tv movie, and i was correct. Night shadow and dragon flame freya, carrie, and sue were. The series consists of four films and three musical productions. Carrie white is the titular main protagonistthenturnedtragicvillain of carrie 20. It drove me absolutely insane watching her orchestrate her telekinesis with her hands like a fucking maestro and her overacting was well past dreadful. Pros, this story is so familiar that the only reason i will watch it is. The original carrie is the movie that made me want. Margaret white, a disturbed religious fanatic, sits alone in her home on her bed and gives.
The story has been updated for 20 carries main tormentor, the viciously cruel chris hargensen portia doubleday now. Carrie 20 the latest edition to the carrie franchise. Sep 27, 20 carrie is based on a composite of two girls stephen king observed while teaching at a high school. He was a high school teacher at hampden academy in hampden, maine,i dont think anywhere else, so the story comes from there. The reboot is as good a carrie remake as possible, though its not truly a scary movie. Carrie is a 20 american supernatural horror drama film directed by kimberly peirce. Moore plays carries mother margaret white in this 20. Long before the blood starts spilling, its clear the new team has mostly nailed it. A reimagining of the classic stephen king horror tale, starring chloe grace moretz as the shy carrie white, a girl with special powers whos outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother julianne moore. Carrie is a 20 horror film about carrie white, a socially isolated teenage girl who, after being bullied by her peers and abused by her fanatic mother, manifests telekinetic powers. Her mother, margaret white, is a pious and paranoid woman that sees sin. Carrie 2, which i can only watch on one side, as the widescreen freezes up at times, this package should keep me satisfied until the 20 carrie film is released in stores. This was a decent adaptation to stephen kings novel where the story comes from. Carrie returns, with julianne moore and chloe grace moretz.
Peirce has turned carrie into dark, sick take on a superhero origin story, complete with wideangle lenses and godseyeview shots and poetic sound effects when margaret is near, carrie hears her before she sees her, thanks to a highpitched whine thats like a dog whistle. There are no major differences but many of the details are different. Although its billed as a horror movie, carrie is just as much a poignant story of a bullied, lonely teen. Set primarily in the future year of 1979, it revolves around the eponymous carrie white, an unpopular friendless misfit and bullied highschool girl from an abusive religious household who uses her newly discovered.
The musical original television soundtrack april 19, 2018 26. The horror remake debuts on digital hd on january 3rd. At the shower, sue participated in the tamponthrowing incident, but she hesitated and stopped. Peirce, but with no originality, being merely a copy from original movie. These moments before carrie erupts, the silence, the imagined laughter and the sound of carries mother all bring us through the insanity which carrie is collapsing into. Carrie is an american horror media franchise, based on the 1974 novel of the same name by author stephen king. To me, the most interesting relationship in the 1976 movie carrie, screenplay by lawrence d. United states october 18, 20 nationwide canada october 18, 20. With chloe grace moretz, julianne moore, gabriella wilde, portia doubleday. Carrie 2 is a 1999 american supernatural horror film directed by katt shea, and starring emily bergl, jason london, dylan bruno, j. The use of facebook was new but didnt conflict with the original seriously. The story of carrie, has been enshrined in pop culture as a fairly straightforward horror story, a quite literal bloodbath. The new carrie film, starring chloe moretz, is a pale copy of the classic 1970s horror movie. Where the story is concerned there were two significant differences from the earlier version and more importantly the novel that are worth mentioning.
And the television movie, having a twist ending with endless possibilities, was a godsend, as id never seen it before. There isnt a lot of nudity which is rare these days so i recommend you to watch this beast. Oct 31, 2011 full text of carrie 20 movie script 10 312011. But in carries case, the more real the story feels, the. Omg love the book carrie read it so many times love the movie also. Carrie 20 allmovie movies and films database movie. The horror most strongly associated with carrie is gore, the horror of mass murders and pigs blood.
Carrie 20 so far, we have one adaptation that is good, and one that is really, really bad. Its plot follows the younger halfsister of carrie white, also suffering with telekineses, who finds that her best friends suicide was spurred by a group of popular male classmates who exploited her for sexual gain. Whole sequences have a clarkkentinsmallville feeling. Chloe grace moretz wasnt the main travesty in defiling the story of carrie but im not going to lie, she was a major. Sue is first seen in the swimming pool, playing water volleyball with the rest of her class. Carrie states that her grandmother may have had them and its possible that they skipped a generation to carrie.
Carrie s story is regarded as one of the finest erotic novels ever written smart, devastatingly sexy and, at times, shocking, molly weatherfield has penned a book that is standing the test of time alongside the story of o and justine in this new era of bdsm romance, a. Julianne moore and kevin misher in carrie 20 julianne moore and joseph. It plays like a very dark, perverse version of a superhero origin story. I watched this at 3 am then i heard footsteps, long story short, i was paranoid af. The original carrie is the movie that made me want to be a critic. Theres also her selfharming, religious fanatic mother to contend with. In kings story, carries ability to get into peoples heads is shown in a. What the movie loses in kicky sensationalism, it sometimes gains in. The bluray comes with an alternate ending that wasnt seen in theaters. Carrie was just a normal girl with normal hopes and desires like everyone else, and they pushed her and when people get pushed, eventually they break. Starring in this are chloe grace moretz, julianne moore and judy greer. Carrie 20 movie simple english wikipedia, the free. At the beginning of the movie margaret white gives birth to carrie. Carrie s story is very contemporary and yet atypical.
The inspiration behind stephen kings carrie is based on. This video promoting a remake of the 1976 horror movie carrie uses unsuspecting new york cafe customers as unwitting participants in a stunt. The plot follows the same structure as the originals. Sep 16, 2016 to me, the most interesting relationship in the 1976 movie carrie, screenplay by lawrence d. A shy girl, outcasted by her peers and sheltered by her. There were 14 other movies released on the same date, including the fifth estate, escape plan and broadway idiot. Carrie white chloe grace moretz has lived a sheltered life with her mother julianne moore, a religious zealot trying to make amends with what she considers a hedonistic.
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