Carrie White is a lonely and painfully shy teenage girl with telekinetic powers who is slowly pushed to the edge of insanity by frequent bullying from both her classmates and her domineering... Read allCarrie White is a lonely and painfully shy teenage girl with telekinetic powers who is slowly pushed to the edge of insanity by frequent bullying from both her classmates and her domineering, religious mother.Carrie White is a lonely and painfully shy teenage girl with telekinetic powers who is slowly pushed to the edge of insanity by frequent bullying from both her classmates and her domineering, religious mother.
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- Lou Garson
- (as Tyler Foley)
- Little Carrie
- (as Jodelle Micah Ferland)
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- TriviaThis is the only adaptation of "Carrie" which has interviews with the survivors of Prom Night, as in King's original novel.
- GoofsCarrie's hair is already wet and there is already blood splashed all over the floor when the first drops hit her face.
- Quotes
Estelle Horan: [wakes up to find Carrie standing next to her] Hi.
Little Carrie: What are those?
Estelle Horan: Breasts.
Little Carrie: I wish I had some.
Estelle Horan: You'll have to wait a few years, but you'll get them, and I bet they'll be really pretty too.
Little Carrie: No, I won't. Momma says good girls don't get them.
Estelle Horan: She said what?
Little Carrie: Mommy says good girls don't get...
Estelle Horan: Your mom is such a total hypocrite, she's like a C-cup.
Little Carrie: Momma says she was bad when she made me. That's why she has them, she calls them dirty pillows.
Estelle Horan: Wow.
Margaret White: [sees Carrie talking to Estelle] Carrie! Get over here, what did I tell you?
Estelle's Mother: [sees Margaret stepping out of her home] Afternoon Margaret.
Estelle Horan: Calm down Margaret, we're just talking.
Margaret White: Don't tell me to calm down, whore girl.
Estelle's Mother: Now Margaret, I asked you not to call my daughter that.
Estelle Horan: Suck it you cow!
Estelle's Mother: Estelle!
Margaret White: [grabbing Carrie's hand] Get in this house right now!
Estelle Horan: Do yourself a favor and run away from home!
Estelle's Mother: Estelle! Quiet!
Estelle Horan: Margaret says I have boobs because I was a slut.
Estelle's Mother: She said what?
- ConnectionsFeatured in De Palma (2015)
- SoundtracksOutside, Looking In
Written by Mark Nubar, ShyBoy, and Jeeve
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The director clearly wanted to make the film stylistically the antithesis of the original, shooting it on digital video to give it a realistic, but nevertheless low-budget, feel. This doesn't work, for despite the odd inspired visual touch that transcends the format, it simply looks ugly here. The cast do provide some justification for its remake, notably the superb performance from Bettis who, as anyone who saw the underrated "May" will attest to, was a perfect choice for the role. With her unusual looks and twitchy, nervy mannerisms, Bettis makes the film worth seeing. As does Clarkson, filling in a big pair of shoes from the monolithic characterization by Laurie in the original, but instead infuses the character with a more subdued nature, giving her a humanity that was never glimpsed previously. Elsewhere however, the cast let the film down, most disappointing of which being Isabelle, who was so impressive in "Ginger Snaps", giving a one-dimensional performance as one of Carrie's foes. What destroys the film however is the screenplay. Too faithful to the original film in its first half then too jarringly different in the last reel (I won't spoil it but the ending is a travesty), the script's biggest crime is its interrogation framework, so cliched a filmic device that as soon as David Keith appears on screen all credibility flies out the window. "Carrie" is not a terrible remake, but it isn't a particularly good one either, so unless you're a Bettis fan just rent the original again or even the sequel, which isn't looking all that bad right about now.
- carnivalofsouls
- Jul 6, 2004
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