Carrie (1976)
Ok, let's take a dive into Carrie White's life. Carrie is bullied a lot by her class mates, mainly by Chris and Sue two girls in her class. In the beginning of the movie Carrie and her Mom get in a fight but inevitably Margaret shoves her in the closet to pray for forgiveness for because well (she's crazy). The next day their PE teacher punishes the other girls for being cruel to her the day before in the locker room. Sue realizes that she had been really mean to Carrie and asks her boyfriend Tommy to ask her out to the upcoming prom to cheer her up. Chris however seeks revenge on Carrie because of her own insecurities. Chris and her abusive boyfriend set up a rig to spill pigs blood all over her when she becomes prom queen which is almost certain because her friends will vote for her as part of the plan. Carrie is starting to realize that she has Telekinetic powers and on the day of the prom tells her mom. She half out of her mind starts rambling about how they will all laugh at her and that she is a Witch. Carrie waits for Tommy it seems as if he had stood her up but he eventually shows up. Carrie and Tommy have a good time at the prom while Sue watches from afar. Tommy unknowing of the plan by Chris suggests that they nominate themselves as homecoming king and queen for fun. When they win as there walking up to the stage Carrie is having what could possibly be the best day of her life when Sue notices the trap Chris and her friends had set up. She attempts to stop Chris but their teacher Mrs Collins stops her misunderstanding Sue's motives. Soon all hell lets lose and she uses her powers on all of her class mates when the trap goes off.
This movie was really good but had one major flaw, that it was actually pretty boring! The first hour of the movie is nothing but character development and no scares at all in fact there are no signs leading up to the end at all. If the film had actually tackled why Chris was so mean and how Carrie dealt with her powers. It would have been a lot better. Although, the ending was really surprising and definitely made the movie more worth watching. It wasn't a bad movie but it wasn't a great movie.
More Info:
Carrie is based on Stephen King's novel of the same name later in 2013 a Carrie remake was made. It is available now for streaming on Amazon.
This movie was really good but had one major flaw, that it was actually pretty boring! The first hour of the movie is nothing but character development and no scares at all in fact there are no signs leading up to the end at all. If the film had actually tackled why Chris was so mean and how Carrie dealt with her powers. It would have been a lot better. Although, the ending was really surprising and definitely made the movie more worth watching. It wasn't a bad movie but it wasn't a great movie.
More Info:
Carrie is based on Stephen King's novel of the same name later in 2013 a Carrie remake was made. It is available now for streaming on Amazon.