What is carrie about

The ending here is just to much for a film such as this. It just doesn't gel with the rest of the film. As always, remakes are remakes and Hollywood still tries to milk an old franchise for all its worth. Carrie is a simple rehash that isn't even twisted around a bit to bring us something new. Unless you're viewing this for free, skip it.

You've seen the original. Go find a nice independent film or documentary. Experience something new. Chris G Super Reviewer. Sep 16, Sticks so closely to the original film that it renders itself pointless. Marcus W Super Reviewer. Sep 08, Decent at best. Had me interested until the last minutes, which sucked. Julianne Moore nearly ruins the film. She's so annoying and her character is absolutely extraneous.

Film does a good job of making Carrie sympathetic. We can all relate to the turmoils of being a teenager in high school. Stephen S Super Reviewer. See all Audience reviews. There are no approved quotes yet for this movie. Best Horror Movies.

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One of those students, self absorbed Chris Hargensen, vows revenge against Carrie for that punishment, the method of the revenge associated to the phys ed class incident. Another student however, the popular Sue Snell, begins to feel sorry for Carrie. In wanting to help her get out of her shell, Sue asks her boyfriend, the equally popular Tommy Ross, to take Carrie to the senior prom instead of her. This move does not sit well with Mrs. White, who in her extreme view believes Carrie will fall prey to sin.

All these competing issues lead to Carrie deciding on an impulse to use a newfound skill to free herself from the figurative chains that have long been placed around her, with tragic consequences. 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. 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!

Carrie- a thriller movie classic- Carrie White,protected from evils of the world, sheltered by her religious obsessed mother. Practically kept from learning ways of the world as it is including the factors of maturing into womanhood, Carrie hadn't been educated in events that take place when reaching puberty do she was teased in gym class when she first began menstruating. Other girls ridiculed her so bad they were punished.

One of the girls began feeling sorry for Carrie and asked her boyfriend, handsome popular guy, to take her to the prom instead of her. Carrie was the odd one at school; the one whose reflexes were always off in games, whose clothes never really fit, who never got the point of a joke. And so she became the joke, the brunt of teenaged cruelties that puzzled her as much as they wounded her. There was hardly any comfort in playing her private game, because like so many things in Carrie's life, it was sinful.

Or so her mother said. Carrie could make things move--by concentrating on them, by willing them to move. Small things, like marbles, would start dancing. Or a candle would fall. A door would lock. This was her game, her power, her sin, firmly repressed like everything else about Carrie.

One act of kindness, as spontaneous as the vicious jokes of her classmates, offered Carrie a new look at herself the fateful night of her senior prom.

Paul Monash Producer. Louis A. Stroller Associate Producer. Pino Donaggio Original Music. Merrit Malloy Original Music.

Merrit Malloy Original Song. Mario Tosi Cinematographer. Paul Hirsch Film Editor. View All Critic Reviews Oct 27, So, of course, no real annual horror fest would be complete without some sort of offering from the master of horror himself, Stephen King. Wait, what's that? You mean to tell me that I've already done this same exact intro, word for word, already? Now what do I do for an intro??? In all seriousness, however, this is the first film adaptation based on a King book.

Carrie, of course, was also Stephen King's first published novel, this movie came out a few years after that and, really, they hit the ground running with this movie. Regardless, before we get to that, I think I should talk about bullying a little bit, at least my own experience with it. I was watching a video on YouTube the other day and this guy was mentioning about how bullying starts with your friends when you were kids.

And, really, there's a kernel of truth in what he said. Because, really, I don't wanna call that bullying. I think I'd call that more good-natured roasting.

Friends poke fun at each other, that's part of friendship. But, in my opinion, true friendship understands that there's boundaries you don't cross. I don't feel like it's bullying when compared to, say, in the States, where it's sort of an epidemic in schools. Where, say, because of whatever differences there may be, a specific group of people, say the jocks and princesses as an example, make fun of the goths in a mean-spirited manner.

Or they pick on kids who are far smaller and are not able to defend themselves, stuffing them into lockers, pushing them on the floor, etc, etc, etc.

I think that's the major difference, because, realistically, if a friend uses your own perceived flaws against you in order to make you feel bad then, really, they're not actually your friend, in PSA sentiment. In all seriousness though, this movie, being 42 years old, still probably represents one of the best examples of bullying in films that I have seen in horror. And, considering, that people are more aware regarding these issues, it's a movie that still feels quite relevant even over 40 years after its release.

I've always been a person who believes that, until children reach the age where they're able to make their own decisions, the kids should not be taught about religion. If that is something they wish to explore at an age where you feel it's reasonable for them to do so, then that's fine, but not when they're kids, when they're sponges that absorb every little tidbit of information you give them. You are, essentially, indoctrinating that kid to believe what you want and only that.

Regardless, that's not as bad as, say, these fanatically religious parents, who emotionally abuse their children into believing that they're sinners and they're going to hell for minor infractions like, as an example, Carrie getting her first period.

Carrie's mother, of course, believes this to be a sin and something that Carrie brought on herself. This, to me, is a form of child abuse and it should be treated as such. But, of course, the bible-thumping crowd will say that parents raise their children how they see fit and how the government should not interfere. But, moving on, Carrie is raised, naturally, by a fanatically religious woman and she is bullied at school by the princesses of the school for being 'weird'.

Perhaps one of the things that I liked about this movie, and I do not know how this compares to the book, is that its story is simple. Carrie gets her first period while she's showering after gym.

Carrie is terrified, as her mother hadn't taught her about this and she feels like she's dying. The rest of the girls mock her for this and they get detention for a week with the PE teacher. The girls need to complete the detention or else they won't be allowed to go to prom. One of the girls, the lead bitch if you will, played by Nancy Allen who was quite lovely in the 70s, decides she's gonna make Carrie pay for what she "did" by pulling an incredibly cruel prank on her at prom.

Sue, another one of the girls that made fun of Carrie, feels guilty about this and asks her boyfriend, who's popular and, supposedly, handsome, to ask Carrie to the prom as Sue feels she owes it to Carrie.

This is when everything is set into place, when Carrie, unknowingly, seals her own fate. Here's the thing about this movie, I haven't actually seen it in a while, like maybe over a decade and a half now, but I know exactly where it was going.

Everyone knows how Carrie ends, even if you only have a cursory knowledge of horror. The prom scene isn't just one of the most memorable scenes in horror, it's one of the most memorable scenes in film history. So, again, even without knowing much about Carrie, you'll know where the ending is headed. And, to me, that knowledge makes everything feel more tragic in the long run. Because, no matter what Carrie does, no matter how hard she tries to be 'normal', to put herself out there, to make friends, she will always end up doing what she ended up doing when the pig's blood was dropped on her after being announced as prom queen.

I do think the narrative of Carrie attempting to come out of her shell, even as her abusive mother tries to keep her under her thumb, holds up surprisingly well and it wasn't so much of an issue that the movie isn't as heavy on the horror as one would expect.