The music from the previous scene cuts out abruptly when the scene begins, sues stunt doubles face appears in a closeup shot, and the music from the ending credits abruptly cuts in partway through the song rather than starting the. Carrie gets into the bathtub and cleans off all the blood, changing into a blue nightgown. This isnt a movie chock full of role models, but at least ms. When carrie has her first period, she does not understand what is happening to her and her classmates humiliate her in the changing room. But chris isnt finished with carrie just yet, and later, when a cruel prank at the prom goes horribly awry, carrie puts her newfound telekinetic powers to terrifying use. We see sue at the graveyard where margaret and carrie are at a joint plot. 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. Oct 24, 20 baking instructions for carrie, 20 version.
But chris isnt finished with carrie just yet, and later, when a cruel prank at the prom goes horribly awry, carrie puts her newfound telekinetic powers to terrifying. All carrie wants is to fit in, but after the shock of experiencing her first period in the gym shower results in a devastating bout of bullying initiated by cruel chris hargensen portia doubleday and her circle of friends, the young outcast realizes that she has the ability to move objects with the power of her mind alone. The original carrie is the movie that made me want to be. Oct 18, 20 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 s mom throws her into a closet and locks the door. The outcast teenager carrie white is bullied by her classmates at high school. Carrie was released in 20 on friday, october 18, 20 in nationwide movie theaters. High school senior carrie white is a social outcast, largely due to being unwise to the ways of the world based. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of carrie by stephen king. I love the score from carrie 1976, so i rescored the beginning of the video with that. White self harms by cutting herself and is abusive toward carrie she tries to kill her as a newborn and later in the film stabs her. Once carrie gets to the prom, and the 3rd act is set into motion, the films are very similar, save the enhancements of digital effects of this latest version. The film was produced by kevin misher, with a screenplay by lawrence d.
The movie links carrie s burgeoning power to creativity, watching her develop her gifts until, at the end, she is assured enough to preside over a combination grand guignol play and art exhibit. Carrie begins to walk home, destroying everything in her path. She declares that she must kill carrie in order to prevent the devil from possessing her again and attacks carrie, but carrie kills her with several sharp tools. Sissy spacek might be the better carrie, but this is the better movie. The film stars sissy spacek as carrie white, a 16yearold diffident teenager who is consistently mocked and bullied at school. Her peers are unaware that she possesses telekinetic powers. It is the third film adaptation of stephen kings 1974.
Carrie 20 ending edited to merge in alternate ending youtube. The film was released by metrogoldwynmayer and screen gems on october 18, 20. Someone has spray painted carrie white is in hell on the gravestone with an arrow pointing down. I watched this at 3 am then i heard footsteps, long story short, i was paranoid af. Carrie is a 20 american supernatural horror drama film directed by kimberly peirce. Carrie is a 20 american supernatural horror film, directed by kimberly pierce, and is the third film adaptation of stephen kings 1974 novel of the same name. The film is also the first coproduction between mgm and screen gems. 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. Sue and danny sacrifice their prom night together to give carrie a special night to remember. Often my children would ask to see a movie with a friend and i. Oct 28, 20 carries survival in the 2002 remake is important on another, even more stupid level, but ill get to that in a second. Like the original 1976 movie, the bullies get their just desserts.
Compulsion is a 20 canadian psychological dark comedy erotic thriller film directed by egidio coccimiglio and starring heather graham, carrie anne moss, kevin dillon, and joe mantegna. The movie links carries burgeoning power to creativity, watching her develop her gifts until, at the end, she is assured enough to preside over a combination grand guignol play and art exhibit. Desjardin slaps carrie, punishes her gym class, and threatens them with suspension. At the end of the movie, margaret tells carrie that she wanted to keep her, and asked god to let her. Beginning with carrie s grim birth, then leaping forward to the traumatic day of her first period, prom, and thereafter, peirces movie is told in a straightforward manner. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics.
Beginning with carries grim birth, then leaping forward to the traumatic day of her first period, prom, and thereafter, peirces movie is told in a straightforward manner. A shy and awkward teen being raised by a religious zealot julianne moore, carrie. It taught me not to bully people, not to allow people to bully me, and not to let others get bullied. Everything seems to be going well until carries nemesis, chris, hatches an evil plot to humiliate carrie at the prom. Carrie and tommy win prom king and queen chloe grace moretz, ansel elgort by legolukey. 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. The film also featured piper laurie, amy irving, nancy allen, william katt, p. The movie is based on the south korean film 301, 302 directed by park chulsoo, which also serves as a remake. Her mother, margaret white, is a pious and paranoid woman that sees sin. The movie barely offers anything in term of novelty as it follows the source firmly, furthermore the plot is highly predictable and very 90s, in the end carrie feels like a mild psychology thriller at best. Moore plays carries mother margaret white in this 20. Jul 09, 2018 carrie has to be my favorite movie of all time. It stars chloe grace moretz as the title character, and julianne moore as her mother, margaret white.
The film treats the schools gym teacher miss desjardin judy greerwho punishes chris hargensen portia doubleday, leader of the girls who. Soles, betty buckley, and john travolta in supporting roles. As far as the offensiveness of this movie, it is rated r for bloody violence, disturbing images, language and some sexual content. The only reason i can think of is that theyre unable to avoid comparing this film to the 1976 classic. Desjardin genuinely cares about carrie and doesnt want the mean girls to bully her. Another movie is movie 43 20 where she gets her period on a boys. One girl, sue snell, feels bad about the whole cruel scene. Theres also a small implication that carries powers may have stopped the scissors blades right as they were about to stab her remember that carrie doesnt always have control of her powers, and the deleted scenes reveal that shes had the powers since she was very little. The plot follows the same structure as the originals. Starring in this are chloe grace moretz, julianne moore and judy greer. I dont understand how someone who appreciates the tragedy of carrie cant enjoy this movie. High school can be tough for many teenagers, but for carrie white chloe grace moretz, its especially hellish. Carrie white chloe grace moretz is a timid teenage girl who lives at home with her ultrareligious mother, margaret julianne moore, who believes most everything is the result of some past or current sin.
Julianne moore and chloe grace moretz at an event for carrie 20. A reimagining of the classic horror tale about carrie white chloe grace moretz, a shy girl outcast by. Released october 18th, 20, carrie stars chloe grace moretz, julianne moore, judy greer, portia doubleday the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 39 min, and received a score of 53 out of 100. The talents give relatively good performance, although some of the script and characterization are muddled with exaggeration. The alternate directors cut ending available for viewing within the movie via seamless branching on the blu ray is very lazily cut into the film. It dutifully and and mindlessly makes its way through the plot without any spark of creativity or originality. A reimagining of the classic horror tale about carrie white chloe grace moretz, a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother julianne moore, who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom. I had faith the latest, kimberly peircedirected entry could not be any worse than the tv movie, and i was correct. The bluray features an alternative opening and ending and nine deleted scenes. However, a lot of other people are killed and injured when carrie unleashes her full powers. Carrie white chloe grace moretz is a girl in her last three months of her senior.
Stephen kings novel carrie, his first published book, appearing in 1975, propelled him into. Moore plays carries mother margaret white in this 20 adaptation. The prom is a masterpiece of mixedmedia slaughter, hellraiser by way of columbine. The film will be the first coproduction between mgm and screen gems. The film was scheduled to be released on march 15, 20, but was later moved to october 18, 20. When she gets inside, she sees her mom had forced a hole from the crack in the door and has escaped from the closet.
It was his first published novel, released on april 5, 1974, with a first printrun of 30,000 copies. The other girls, being the sensitive creatures they are, yell at her and pelt her with tampons. Where brian depalmas 1976 version of stephen kings novel was a fever dream about femininity, masochism and cruelty, this remake looks. The reboot is as good a carrie remake as possible, though its not truly a scary movie. It is the third film adaptation of stephen kings 1974 novel of the same name, though mgm and screen gems, who are producing the film, employed a script, that is reportedly more faithful to kings original novel.
There were 14 other movies released on the same date, including the fifth estate, escape plan and broadway idiot. Her mother, margaret white, is a pious and paranoid woman that sees sin everywhere and the need of selfinflicting punishment. The film stars chloe grace moretz as the titular villain carrie white, and julianne moore as carries mother, margaret white. Then she busts out a few more choice phrases like you suck. While her momma prays, carrie tells her i didnt sin, momma. The film treats the schools gym teacher miss desjardin judy greerwho punishes chris hargensen portia doubleday, leader of the girls who torture carrieas carries shadow good mother.
Carrie is an epistolary horror novel by american author stephen king. Carrie white chloe grace moretz, a misfit pupil gets beaten at home by her religious, deranged. Carrie is a shy, quiet teen who keeps to herself in school. She becomes hysterical and makes stones rain from the sky to crush the house. Carrie white, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom. Her mother is a religious fanatic who locks her in the closet whenever she needs to be punished. Theres also a small implication that carrie s powers may have stopped the scissors blades right as they were about to stab her remember that carrie doesnt always have control of her powers, and the deleted scenes reveal that shes had the powers since she was very little. Her kindness is a heartening alternative to margarets paranoia, unthinking cruelty, and emotional dislocation.
I also merged the alternate ending into the final epilogue. 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. Those real life incidents resembles so much in this classic story, but the film wasnt so focused at that point until the end. Carrie 20 so far, we have one adaptation that is good, and one that is really, really bad. 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. With the original film, the mother played by piper laurie is little more than a plot device to explain carries messed up life, with this update, carries relationship with her mother becomes the focus of the film. Carrie tells her that shell make the stones come again if momma doesnt stop. Some of the characters and plot points change, but the basic. The ending here is just to much for a film such as this. Oct 18, 20 carrie 20 rating r release date october 18, 20. But chris and her boyfriend billy nolan plot an evil prank with her friends to get back at carrie. Oct 18, 20 published on oct 18, 20 chloe grace moretz plays a ridiculed, social outcast high school student who gets telekinesis. It is set in maine and was released on 18 october 20. A reimagining of the classic horror tale about carrie white.
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