Scream factory is a dvd, bluray and digital brand created to focus on notable and. Cohen, adapted from stephen kings 1974 epistolary novel of the same name. Carrie white is a shy young girl who doesnt make friends easily. Miss desjardin, the gym teacher miss collins in the 1976 movie, played by betty buckley, who also played margaret white in the broadway musical version of 1988, sue snell, and tommy ross. In the novel, people around her telepathically know she is the one wrecking everywhere in vengeance. Carrie 1976 rotten tomatoes this classic horror movie based on stephen kings first novel stars sissy spacek as carrie white, a shy, diffident teenager who is the butt of practical jokes at her. Carrie white, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother. Carrie had the anxiety disorder and was a troubled, shy and outcast girl at bates high school, carrie was insulted, abused, loathed and bullied by her schoolmates and sometimes even her teachers, and also mistreated regularly by her abusive, mentally ill, emotionally. We now have three different film versions of his very first novel and one broadway musical adaptation, but we wont discuss that here. The plot revolves around carrie white sissy spacek, a socially outcast teenage girl who suffers frequent abuse. Tommy ross was portrayed by tobias mehler in carrie 2002. Indeed, carrie was at the bottom of the social pyramid, but what no one knew, not even her mother, was that carrie white was no ordinary girl, as she had been blessed or cursed, with hidden telekinetic and telepathic powers that were dormant during her youth, but brought to full force.
She is allegedly the only daughter of margaret and ralph white, even though it hints that ralph may have had other children with different women. After an embarrassing incident in the showers causes her fellow pupils to tease carrie ruthlessly, her teacher miss desjardin. In every adaptation and portrayal of carrie, she is portrayed as a high school outcast, loathed, taunted, scorned, insulted, slandered, confronted, and verbally and physically abused by students and. Fromm stefan gierasch principal morton priscilla pointer mrs. Carrie is a 1976 american supernatural horrordrama film based on the 1974 novel of the same name by stephen king. In the introduction to the book, king states that the character of. High school senior carrie white is a social outcast, largely due to being unwise to the ways of the world based on her upbringing. This classic horror movie based on stephen kings first novel stars sissy spacek as carrie white, a shy, diffident teenager who is the butt of practical jokes at her smalltown high school. The film stars sissy spacek as carrie white, a 16yearold diffident teenager who is consistently mocked and bullied at school. White the cinderella of the story, carrie is a shy, lonely teenage girl who is frequently bullied and abused by both her classmates and by her fundamentalist christian mother. After sue leaves, the gravestone cracks and breaks, while carries scream is heard in the background implying she might have survived. Carrie white is the title character and protagonist of american author stephen king s first published 1974 horror novel, carrie. The film was made one year after the publication of the novel and is considered a classic.
A few people want to show genuine kindness to carrie, though its a case of too little, too late. Since that time, his properties have regularly been made into both feature films and television series, the most recent of which is. Ive been a fan of both the book and the 1976 film version for a long, long time now, despite the little changes made from book to film. Carrie 1976 cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. Check out the official carrie 1976 trailer starring sissy spacek. White better known as carrie white is the main character of carrie. Carrie white piper laurie margaret white amy irving sue snell william katt tommy ross nancy allen chris hargenson john travolta billy nolan betty buckley miss collins sidney lassick mr.
Carrie had the anxiety disorder and was a troubled, shy and outcast girl at bates high school, carrie was insulted, abused, loathed and bullied by her schoolmates and. One day carrie white is having crass graffiti sprayed on her locker and being taunted by a locker room full of. Carrie 1212 movie clip carries mom 1976 hd youtube. Carrie was the first of kings novels to be adapted for film and television. He told me that if i wanted to, i could try out for the part of carrie white, spacek recounted to rolling stone. Its about 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. The black prom is a telekinesis attack that occurred at bates high school. When strange occurrences start happening around carrie, she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers. This classic horror movie based on stephen kings first novel stars sissy spacek as carrie white, a shy, diffident teenager who is the butt of. After her class mates taunt her about her horrified reaction to. All the known deaths from the novel and films in chronological order. The novel was published in 1974, with the movie following a mere two years later in 1976. High school senior carrie white is a social outcast, largely due to being unwise to the ways of the world based.
She was portrayed by sissy spacek in the classic 1976 film, angela bettis in the 2002 madefortv film, chloe grace moretz in the 20 remake, and annie golden in the 1988 original musical. Sue placed the white rose on carries gravestone, vandalized with the words carrie white burns in hell. Margaret white is played by julianne moore in the 20 adaptation. This portrayal of margaret closely resembles to that of piper lauries in the 1976 adaption. While moores margaret is just as abusive towards carrie, she also displays genuine love towards her. The disaster happened on may 25th, 1979, and was caused by carrie white s telekinesis when she flew into a psychotic rage after having pigs blood dumped on her. Characters from the book and the film adaptationscarietta carrie n. Carrie 1976 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. So im cranking it up a notch with another stephen king novel, carrie. The story of carrie white, a girl brought up, almost in isolation, by her psychotically religious mother margaret.
A shy, unpopular and bullied 16yearold high school student named carrie white experiences her first period as she showers with her fellow. At its heart, carrie is not a horror film, but a film about horror. Like his book self, tommy was very athletic and, seemingly, very poetic. The film stars sissy spacek as carrie white, a 16yearold diffident teenager. In this chilling adaptation of stephen kings horror novel, withdrawn and sensitive teen carrie white sissy spacek faces taunting from classmates at school and abuse from her fanatically pious mother piper laurie at home. Contrary to the novel and the 1976 movie, tommy has consideration and respect for carrie before sues request, by knocking a book on the head of a bullying boy, who showed himself disrespectful to carrie in the library school.
Based off the stephen king novel of the same name, carrie was the first stephen king property to be turned into a film, but definitely not the last. This girl carrie isnt another stereotyped product of the horror production line. Since 1st grade carrie had been the schools scapegoat and outcast. Carrie white, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering. Carrie white sissy spacek is a shy young girl who doesnt make friends easily. This classic horror movie based on stephen kings first novel stars sissy spacek as carrie white, a shy, diffident teenager who is the butt of practical jokes at her. My mother wont let me be normal and everyone at school hates me. Her peers are unaware that she possesses telekinetic powers. White, also better known as simply carrie white, is the titular main character of stephen kings controversial first horror novel carrie written and published in 1974. This scene plays out similarly to the 1976 films ending. Arguably the best filming of a stephen king story so far, with repressed teen carrie white sissy spacek wreaking revenge on her cruel classmates and her religiousnut mom piper laurie.
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