Carrie III

“They’re all gonna laugh at you”

I guess 3^rd time is the charm. The acclaimed novel from Stephan King, Carrie is going to be remade into a movie, again. The novel published in 1974 was King’s first one.

Sissy Spacek in 1976 Carrie

The story Carrie is about an outcast high school girl who is tormented by her peers and her overly religious mother. In one particular scene Carrie gets her first menstruation and believes she is hemorrhaging and dying. Instead of the girls in the locker rooms helping her, they decide to humiliate her. As punishment for the girls who ridiculed her, they are not allowed to go to the senior Prom. Carrie discovers that she has an unusual gift, telepathy; she can make objects move without touching them. One of the girls feels remorse for Carrie and asks her boyfriend to assort Carrie to prom. The other girls feel no remorse and plot against Carrie. They plot to make her Prom Queen and humiliate her by pouring pig’s blood over her. They succeed, but Carrie unleashed the rage inside of her. Carrie used her telepathy to wreak havoc on all who made fun of her. Carrie destroys everything and everyone insight, and finally herself.  

It was first remade in 1976, starring Sissy Spacek and John Travolta. It became extremely popular. It holds some truth to the novel. Stephen King acknowledged the film was better than his book.

Angela Bettis in 2002 Carrie

Carrie was remade again in a TV movie in 2002, starry Angela Bettis as Carrie. What was different from this movie to the first one was that the newer adaptation has scenes of Carrie’s childhood, which was in the novel. The 2002 film created a different ending where Carrie was meant to live.

Chloe Grace Mortez in 2013 Carrie

The newest remake is set for Halloween time this year. Starring the trailblazing young actress Chloë Grace Mortez. Entertainment Weekly also reported that the film is going to be a “more faithful adaptation” of the book. Personally, I think Mortez is way too pretty, the production team should have drabbed that girl up. Carrie is supposed to be an ugly girl. I am very excited to see how this adaptation will play out. If you are a Stephan King fan then I suggest you check out the previous movies and go see Carrie in theaters October 18.

Danielle D.