Carries mother is also there, of course, always whispering into her ear (or shouting into her terrified face) with the reminder that the powers which lay mostly dormant and mostly untapped are the work of her father: "You spawn of the devil. It becomes a motif, a recurring refrain Carries hears throughout her life: it's you devilspawn witch imp of the devil it's you doing it. And after enough time of hearing the same thing over and over, who wouldnt start to believe it. Now she's ready because "the devil has come home" (2.733). Of course, it goes without saying that checking off that list of sins, Carries pen could mark an X next to None of the Above. Carrie never fell prey to even normal teenage lust. Most importantly, the two see each other. CARRIE's Prom Scene: An Oral History (Part Two) The disaster climax of the original 1976 Carrie is like any top-tier, truly unforgettable scene in cinema so well-known that you don't even have to see it to know. And ghost-Carrie does seem like the most obvious interpretation if we take this moment literally and as integral to the film. Again and again. After she got her first period and asked her mother for answers, Margaret began quoting false scriptures that never existed in the bible; this gave an insight into the fact that Margaret believed that anything related to blood had to be evil and from Satan. But you can only push someone so far. Margaret's original sin was having sex with Carrie's father, an event she describes as a violation. Margaret White and Chris Hargensen take the role Carrie occupies at the end of the other adaptations with Carrie essentially taking on Sues role. And we pushed her. The book featured both first and third-person perspectives. Fatal Attraction Works As Entertainment, Fails as Social Commentary, Prime Videos Citadel Traps Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden in Played-Out Spy Game, New York Philharmonic and Steven Spielberg Celebrate the Music of John Williams, A Piece of His Fire: Harry Belafonte (1927-2023). See if I dont!, We should have taken those rags and stuffed them down her throat.. Actually, its worth noting Carrie spares Sue that fright. The 2002 made-for-television adaptation of, offers another ending for the story that differs dramatically from the novel and the film adaptations and for good reason. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. The movie was directed by Brian De Palma in 1976, but . She doesn't magically become the girl every guy fantasizes about. Whereas the cinematography and mise-en- scene create a fairy tale like dreamy effect to showcase Carries almost magical experience at prom. The sequence was filmed, but the effect of the rocks did not result in De Palma's liking, so the ending was changed. Soon, the vote for the prom king and queen begins, and because of Chris rigging the vote, Carrie and Tommy get crowned prom king and queen. Sue finds Carrie in the parking lot and tries talking to her, but Carrie tries to hurt her, thinking she knew about the plan to humiliate her. Director Brian De Palma's 1976 adaptation of Stephen King's debut novel is consistently hailed as one of the greatest horror. Carrie is an innocent. However, she showed signs of a mental issue, and those issues got channeled into the form of religious fanatism. Mentioning Stephen King's classic 1974 horror novel likely calls to mind one of two iconic scenes: Carrie getting her period for the first time in the school shower and being pelted with tampons as her classmates scream "Plug it up!" or Carrie wreaking fatal havoc on a gym full of students after being drenched in pig's blood just as she was Before they break.. As a result, Carrie spawned a sequel, a made for TV remake, a 2013 reboot, and two musical adaptations. He shows the bucket of blood. The iconic prom scene in Carrie took two weeks and roughly 35 takes to create. However, the novel also tended towards the young adult fiction genre as it used elements of fantasy and fiction in character building. is a horror story of isolation and abuse about a girl with no safe haven and no one to understand her. Carrie (2013) - IMDb Getting elected as prom queen was the worst event of Carries sad life as she got forced to experience the brutality of how no one cared about her. Telekinesis became the only thing Carrie felt was hers, and she used it to exert the revenge she wanted. Made by Carrie out of crushed red velvet, her prom dress has a princess waistline, Juliette sleeves, and a simple skirt. Carrie dies in Sues arms, and the novel ends with a hint that suggests there is another person with the same powers Carrie possessed. 'Carrie' by Stephen King is a novel that tells the story of a teenage girl Carrie, who faced torment in many aspects of her life. AndKing is careful to showhow much easier that makes it for people (and potentially even the reader) to marginalize her and to accept the brutal, dehumanizing treatment of her. As Walter Chaw writes, "Peirce's Carrie does something DePalma's doesn't do nearly so well: it describes Carrie's headspace, so that her telekinesis becomes expressionistic.". When the pigs blood drops on Carrie, the non-diegetic score peaks and becomes distorted, a range of new instruments are introduced in a warped manner creating a climax of noise. The novel ends with an Appalachian woman writing to her sister about her daughter, who exhibited telekinetic powers. Three adaptations. No,Carrieends with blood, pain, shame, and regrets. is gore, the horror of mass murders and pigs blood. The easiest answer might be in the question: Kings ending is highly novelistic. Chris is the Something unutterably evil who stinks of parking lots and roadhouses and not only has the power to make Carrie feeble, but constantly tries to use that power. Psychokinetic retribution. "Carrie Study Guide: Analysis". Show her that if she had remained sinless the Curse of Blood never would have come on her. will review the submission and either publish your submission or providefeedback. Director Brian De Palma's mastery here isn't in satisfying our expectation for teenage-psychic carnage. In the final scene of Pierces theatrical cut, Sue is interviewed by an investigative committee, the only extant footage of the White Commission. Its after this point that things take a turn for the nonsensical. Carrie walks to the roadhouse where she was conceived and destroys it, killing Billy and Chris. The Female Revenger: Gothic Influence in Stephen Kings Carrie and Gillian Flynns Gone Girl, Emergent Sexuality and Religious Shame: How Stephen King in 'Carrie' and Peter Shaffer in 'Equus' Use Stylistic Features. All rights reserved. Still, Laurie would often erupt with laughter during takes as she found the character so ridiculous. thissection. This version strands the supporting characters between realism and archetype, an awkward spot. Sue and Carrie overcome social barriers and forge a brief but powerful and utterlyhonest connection. All rights reserved. In this dream Sue dressed in a white flowing gown and holding a colourful bouquet of flowers, walks toward the site of the former White house, where Carrie White burns in hell is scrawled in red paint across a For Sale sign. She never cranked the volume up when the Ramones blared through the radio speakers. To create a surreal effect, the shot was filmed backward. Summary and Analysis - Carrie