*CARRIE* Horror Movie Reaction FIRST TIME WATCHING
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00:00 Intro
00:10 Carrie Movie Commentary
31:58 Carrie Movie Review 
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Very good 😱movie
The first novel and first film. It's very short and a fast read. It's actually mostly presented as a set of articles and diary entries.
I really enjoyed your reaction, Jen.
A few things about this, that were in this film; yes, you were right about the music and the name of the school being a reference to 'Psycho', Brian De Palma, was a big Hitchcock fan so, this was in homage to the Director, he even made a film 'Body Double' which was inspired by Hitchcock's 'Vertigo'; the nasty girl, 'Chris' who was John Travolta's girlfriend was played by Nancy Allen who also played, 'Lewis', Murphy's partner in RoboCop.
I saw this at the cinema upon its release, and Carrie's arm coming out of the ground at the end got to me, this was the first film of this kind to do that, this film was big at the time and is now considered a horror classic, it's been remade but never bettered.
@edd7918 I haven't seen the remake, but from what I understand, Drew is really what makes the original the better film.
@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis. I looked up Nancy Allen because I was confusing her with Karen Allen whom I don't remember seeing. Because I didn't. What I learned was Nancy later married DePalma.
Tommy was just going along with it to begin with, but he saw that his girlfriend really wanted to help Carrie, and at the dance he started to like her, and was genuinely being nice to her.
As I said later in the video I'm sorry for misjudging him
@jenmurrayxo I know. I commented at the moment you were misjudging him. 😆 😉
@@jenmurrayxoYou kids are so cynical. There were clues that Sue and Tommy were sincere:
1. Sue tells Chris to "shut up" when Chris tries to get everyone to walk out on detention with her.
2. Tommy mutters, "You suck" under his breath when the teacher mocks Carrie.
We therefore see that Sue genuinely is remorseful for bullying Carrie in the shower. Note that she didn't ditch detention with Chris, so she was actually giving up her own prom as penance on herself. In English class, we see that Tommy recognizes that Carrie is being bullied, and he is unhappy about it. However, what can he do? The mocking of Carrie came from the teacher.
@@hanng1242 There isn't one reactor who believed Tommy and Sue were being genuine at first...
Jens just overthinking things.
"If a hand comes out of the grave, I'm gonna lose it!"
Hee hee, Jen! This is the original hand comes out of the grave movie! It is because of its tremendous effectiveness here, that it has been so often imitated elsewhere.
Really! That's awesome!
I was around 8/9 years old when Carrie debuted on TV. I was into scary movies for a good while, so this was no big deal for me....
until the end scene, I think even the hair that was yet to come on my body stood on end. I didn't watch Carrie again until I was maybe 16 or 17... 😂
The original (to my knowledge) was the 1972 TV movie "The Screaming Woman." I was 6 years old and it freaked me so much, I still remember the scene.
The story goes that when Stephen King attended the premiere of "Carrie" there were two , let's say tough looking, young men sitting in front of him. When Carrie's hand came out the ground, they both freaked out and screamed. King knew at that moment the movie would be a hit.
probably it is the original but recall at the end of deliverance they had a dead hand coming out of a lake⚛😀
And that was actually Sissy Spacek's hand. That for me is what makes it so effective.
One of the few films where NOBODY wins. A complete tragedy. Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie were phenomenal. RIP to Piper Laurie who just passed away.
Yes last Sunday
did laurie get an oscar nomination for this can't recall⚛😀
@FrankOdonnell-ej3hd she was nominated but didn't win I believe
@@FrankOdonnell-ej3hdYes, she did. For Best Supporting Actress. It was her first role in 15 years. Sissy was nominated for Best Actress.
Like Witchfinder General (1968). Classic British horror
John Travolta plays Chris' shady boyfriend Billy in one of his earliest roles. Also, despite Carrie being an outcast, Sissy Spacek was actually the homecoming Queen of her high school in real life.
That's actually kind of funny.. Because between this and Coal Miner's daughter..I just see her as the meek sweet but quiet introvert..
Not that that's a bad thing..I remember seeing Tony Todd at a convention . And never really think of him outside this more intense roles.. but he tells a story about doing "voiceover" for a soup commercial and "how to make soup sexy..." Just struck me as very funny and just so very against his "type"..
Pretty and talented would be actress popular in high school? That sounds impossible. Lol
Such a Classic🎃 RIP to the Fabulous Piper Laurie who passed away on the 14th😢
I never heard. Must not have been widely reported. The death-orgasm she does in this movie was her idea iirc, which fits the theme and de palma's lurid and almost pornographic style perfectly. Her other role I love is The Hustler with Paul Newman
I hadn’t heard. Sad.
Piper had a hell of a good run and was in some awesome stuff! I’ll always remember her as Catherine Martell on “Twin Peaks” but I wouldn’t say that was her most memorable role. Neat actress. 🥰
Tommy had nothing to do with the prank. He only did it because Sue asked him to do it and he started falling for Carrie at the prom according to the book
@AirstripOne-nd4du Piper Laurie said, she thought, "Carrie" was supposed to be a parody, so she purposely went way over zealous, playing the over zealous mom, but it turned out to be a perfect performance for the movie.
People have forgotten but when this came out it captured the nation like Jaws, The Exorcist, and Star Wars. There were a few months when EVERYONE was referencing this and it boosted the careers of everyone who worked on it. Fundamental to most of modern horror along with John Carpenter's Halloween.
Sissy was just perfect for this role, it's like she was born to impersonate Carrie. I like to think that Tommy was totally genuine by the end and developped real feelings for Carrie
I think Tommy genuinely wanted to be her friend, and liked her in that way. Either way, he didn't deserve to go in the fire 😬
@@LordVolkovagreed
She does such an amazing job in this role. It would be enough to play Carrie as sweet and innocent, but Sissy brings this whole element of fragility that makes her even more pathetic and sad. She doesn’t even make eye contact for most of the movie, like if someone looked at her too stern she’d break. Brilliant performance that makes it even harder to watch when she finally snaps.
Sissy is phenomenal. Coal Miners Daughter, where she provides her own vocals, is great. For horror, Season 1 of Castle Rock is worth a watch mainly to get to one of the final episodes, which was a tour de force for her.
The novel clarifies this: Tommy and Sue aren't in the joke and Tommy grows to care about Carrie, even when he began the prom project just to please his girlfriend.
And the bucket killed him right there at the stage (Carrie not only moves things with her mind, she can read minds and she feels his thoughts as he dies).
If you want to see a totally different version of the actress who played 'Carrie', watch 'Coal Miners Daughter' which she is the star of (she plays the country music legend Loretta Lynn).
yeah she got an oscar for it⚛😀
She was in The Help where she was laughing at her own daughter eating THAT PIE.
Raggedy Man is by far my favorite Sissy Spacek film.
Pino Donaggio is a terrific film composer. The evil girl in the baseball cap so entranced John Carpenter that he asked her to play a similar (but less awful) character in "Halloween". To my mind, the slow-motion shot of Carrie standing in the door of the burning gymnasium is one of the most terrifying shots in all of filmdom.
Oh, and Pino Donaggio did freely borrow from Bernard Herrmann (Psycho) on occasion. Your ears did not deceive you.
The dream sequence was filmed backwards to make it look more dreamlike. Notice a car in the background driving backwards. Amy Irving's mother played Sue's mother and she actually got scared when Amy freaked out at the end.
The hand coming up from the grave really was Sissy Spacek's.
this movie was primarily the reason why a lot of girls in the 70's and 80's were named Carrie. (At least according to my manager who grew up watching this and named her daughter Carrie)
Many, many, years ago I had the pleasure of working on-location with Sissy Spacek’s daughter in a low budget movie. Her daughter must have been in her early 20’s at the time. She looked just like her mom but with brighter red hair. She was an awesome person and super friendly in a real way. And when her mom came to location to visit for a few days, I saw where it came from. Sissy Spacek was not only one of the most humble stars you’ll meet but funny as well. 😬
Everyone had a huge crush on William Katt who played Tommy. He is the son of the actress who played Della Street on Perry Mason. When they did the remake in the 80’s, he was part of the cast. And he was in a short lived show called The Greatest American Hero.
And the star of the criminally underrated horror comedy "House". (1986 I think)
@@mcgilj1 not sure how I missed that one. Gonna try and stream it.
And he was one of the tryouts for the role of Luke Skywalker.
I been watching Perry Mason, so I know who Della Street is. I thought Greatest American Hero was good. I think it was a midseason replacement show that survived.
@@Chou-seh-fu wow, that would have changed his career.
As much as I enjoyed watching Carrie get her revenge, it breaks my heart the way she was treated. She went through so much and finally hit her breaking point which caused her to be viewed as the villain/monster in the end.
I never saw her as the monster.. Now her mother.. That's a whole other story. Just watching Carrie... And her journey is sad.. Then you get that little silver lining.. Then it traumatizes you and breaks your heart for her.
Revenge on who? 98% of the people murdered by Carrie had nothing to do with the pouring blood on her. In fact, with the exception of Hargensen's friend Noma, everyone was rightfully horrified by what had happened. Even the guy who helped kill the pig looked horrified and remorseful. Everyone laughing was a delusion of Carrie.
@@Col_Fragg You've obviiously never been bullied like that. The 98% who stand by and do nothing (or worse, laugh like those kids did) are just as guilty as the active bullies.
@@GregPrice-ep2dk I'm sorry but you're mistaken. They were not really laughing. The moments where it showed them laughing were showing what Carrie thought she was seeing because her mother had put that into her mind and she was just so broken at that point that she wasn't seeing reality. The vast majority of the people there were not in on it and were shocked and horrified. Not the least of which was the teacher who really tried to help her. Also, Tommy and his girlfriend really meant well. It might have been misguided but they had no idea what was going to happen.
@@Col_Fragg It's a tragedy all-around. In a sense, it kind of foreshadows the debate we started to have in the 1990s between the correlation of bullying and school shootings.
So glad you watched the original. Classic.
This was King's first book and the story is that he did not like it and threw it in the trash. His wife, who liked it, took it out and sent it in to the publisher. And the rest is history. Great reaction.
FYI: The mean girl is Nancy Allen who was Robocop's partner. She was in a few other Brian De Palma films after Carrie, including Dress to Kill and Blow Out. They are both good and suspenseful watches.
I love how she predicted that her have was gonna come out of the grave, not even knowing that this is where the trope came from.
Oh no! I hadn't realized that Piper Laurie died only five days ago. She was simply AWESOME. This is one of her best showings. Two others (probably worth reaction videos) were The Hustler, and Children of a Lesser God.
Piper was also in The Faculty.
She was great in Twin Peaks as well
She was nominated for best supporting actress for the role. RIP.
When you said that if a hand comes up out of the ground I'm gonna freak out, I laughed
'til I cried. You're fun to watch reviewing movies. Please don't ever change 😹
Even Stephen King, who wrote the book and knew the hand-out-of-the-grave jump scare was coming, said at that moment he felt like he swallowed a snow-cone whole.
Frightening or not, possibly the greatest aspect of this film is its suspense. Brian DePalma directed the prom scenes and Carrie's returning home moments with expert skill. The score is amazing (minus the wacky music played here and there), and Piper Laurie's performance (as Carrie's mom) was easily the most terrifying element of this movie.
Great reaction, Jen! This film is so good. I always think it's funny when reactors question whether Sue and Tommy are being authentic, because for us back in the day, it was very clear. We just weren't that complicated in the 70s, lol. Don't know when films began adding so many twists and turns and fake outs, other than film Noir which always did that, but probably somewhere in the late eighties it started and then we got to where we are today where no one trusts anything.😂!
but she (Sue Snell) changed her name to Gillian to be in The Fury lol
@w1975b Oh I love The Fury! Jen should react to that one sometime! Not to spoil anything, but that ending was explosive! 😂
One of my favorite 70's horrors, and probably one that hits home for all of us who got crap in school for being a bit weird.
A side note: in my parents' house there's a photo of my dad in high school circa '72 where he's a dead ringer for Carrie White. I still haven't got him to confess to his sinful telekinetic powers, but I'm sure he'll crack eventually.
While I don't claim to know King personally, I've met him twice at book signings and both times he gave talks and readings beforehand. He seems like a pretty normal guy to me, despite what he writes. I think we all have a dark side to a degree, and King seems to have found a pretty healthy, or at least, non-violent, way of channeling his dark side into something entertaining.
"How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it."
- Marcus Aurelius
If this movie doesn't personify that philosophy, nothing does. As someone who went through a lot of peer abuse in school and formed anger issues as a result, this movie hits hard. More than a horror movie, it's a tragedy. Sissy Spacek was incredible as Carrie. Poor girl never stood a chance. When enough is enough, people will get caught in the wake of the blind rage they help foster.
Love that violin sting and the cuts to Sissy Spacek's intense stare. It's such a simple device but it makes me grin with joy every time because Carrie is getting her revenge 😅
More Stephen King psychic movies - Firestarter, with baby Drew Barrymore, and The Dead Zone, with Christopher Walken.
It might not surprise anybody familiar with Pino Donaggio's collaborations with Brian De Palma to know that that violin sting is a homage to Bernard Herman's "Psycho" score.
I love Sissy Spacek as Carrie thank you Jen great reaction. By the way this was John Travolta second movie but in 1977 he becomes famous for the classic film Saturday Night Fever
He also starred much earlier in "The Boy in the Bubble", but he became well known on TV in "Welcome Back Kotter"
@@CheepchipsableThat's right👍👍👍
"True sorrow is as rare as true love."
My favorite quote from the novel, "Carrie".
One thing that’s weird and kinda makes me laugh a little is at the end when Sue’s mom is on the phone and says “the doctor said that because she’s young she’ll forget all about it” that makes me imagine some future conversation where Sue’s mom says to her “one day you’ll look back and laugh at the time your classmates were burned alive”🥴
Not laugh about it, but come to terms with it.
Though in the film the inference is she will be haunted for life.
I've been a horror fan for decades, and find Carrie to be one of the most unsettling films of all time. Not always scary in the same way as many others, but unbelievably unsettling and disturbing.
The actors do a great job, with Sissy Spacek turning in an amazing performance. Her performance really lets us empathise with her, and makes the film work.
You should definitely watch the movie Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) also starring Sissy Spacek who played the late Queen Of Country Music Loretta Lynn. Excellent movie where Spacek sounds exactly like her in talking and singing. She won the Academy Award for best actress. Also starring Tommy Lee Jones as her late husband Dolittle and Beverly D'Angelo (from the movie, National Lapoon's Vacation) playing the late Patsy Cline. D'Angelo also does her own singing and sounds exactly like her.
Tommy actually was a nice guy in this. I'm sure he's up in heaven, in fact...
Believe it or not,
he's walking on air,
he never thought he could feel so free,
flying away, on a wing and a pray'r....
In a way, you could say he was the Greatest American Hero... 😉
And yes, I just added that to the Patreon request list...
Good reaction Jen. Yes, worst prom ever. One of the best Stephen King movies. Sissy Spacek was amazing. She really pulled off the sweet and the creepy exceptionally well.
You can see an older version of her in a movie that is much more to your taste in Blast From the Past. She and Christopher Walken play the parents of Brendan Fraser in a super cute fish out of water story.
For some reason I can never connect young Sissy and old Sissy 😅 She's so cute in Blast From The Past and Jen would enjoy it 👍
Yes Jen, the 70s were very scary 😊 love your choices for Halloween 🎃 can't wait for the holidays! Thanks again Jen...Eric 😊
Thanks Eric!
'The Fog' by John Carpenter would be another good one to watch.
Another great comment, Eric.
I saw this at the cinema upon its release, Carrie's hand coming out of the ground at the end got me.
@@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis. I to saw this apon release. Hi Adam 👋
@@e.d.2096 That's great to hear, Eric, it was great to see back then, a classic.
Thanks jen the woman who played her mother passed away on Sunday. Last Sunday.
Yes king enjoyed this adaptation
This is one of those movies that I saw when I was far too young and it scarred me for life. 😆 I had a cruel older sister who made me watch this just after our younger sister, named Carrie, was born. She said our new sister Carrie would probably grow up to have powers like that to terrorize the family with.
"The End, The End, The End, The End". You are so cute Jen. 😊
Love your reactions and how you always appreciate the music. Sometimes I don't even notice it until you mention it. Then, I try to pay attention. 😊
And regarding the person(s) who said you shouldn't try to guess what's going to happen next so much, don't pay attention to that criticism. You just be yourself, and if that person(s) doesn't like it, they don't have to watch. 😉
The extra tragic part of the end: Tommy probably could have talked Carrie down, but the bucket killed him
Kill him, or just knock him out?
Seemed like the latter to me.
The film makers confirmed that the intent was for him to be dead there. I guess how you see it is up to you
@@CheepchipsableHe absolutely died by bucket to the head.
Hi Jen! This movie was pretty revolutionary for its time. It had the same effect ’Psycho’ had in 1960. It just freaked everybody out! People weren’t used to talking about and seeing women’s periods, or the cruelty of the girls, or the copious amounts of blood that you saw this movie. Telekinesis was a new concept and it unsettled people to think somebody could do that. Sissy Spacek was known, but this movie turned her into a lead actress. It did the same for Amy Irving, who played Tommy’s girlfriend and lived, she went on to be a major star in Hollywood for a decade. John Travolta and William Katt (Tommy) also went into movies and TV. Edie McClurg, who played the healthier girl with the glasses, had a long career as a character and voice actor. I’m sure I’m leaving other people out. This movie really spawned a lot of successful careers.
Always fun, Jen. 🙂👍
Poor Carrie. 💜
Sissy Spacek (Carrie) was the runner-up for Princess Leia in Star Wars. Lucas liked her audition for that so much he recommended her to his friend, who was directing Carrie.
I think she would have fit better. The thing about Carrie Fisher is she looks common, doesn't look remotely regal - you know, like a princess
Carrie and Star Wars shared casting sessions. Just as Sissy Spacek was the runner-up for Leia, William Katt was the runner-up for Luke.
I'm sorry if I'm sounding precocious, but I am getting tired of having to debunk this old rumour. Carrie Fisher stated as early as 1977 that neither she was considered for Carrie White, nor was Sissy Spacek considered for Leia Organa.
Sissy Spacek is awesome in this movie. I met William Katz, Tommy Ross, at Comic Con. I got his autograph. This is based on Stephen King’s first book. He threw away the original manuscript when he was writing the book. His wife read it and convinced him to finish the book.
Greatest American Hero!
I recommended this to my younger female friend who has never even heard about the movie and she told me all those bitches deserved to die! 😅 I believed Sue was very intent on being nice for Carrie when she realized the horror of laughing at her in the locker room and wanted to make up for it the best way she could.
This movie ranked at #8 in the 100 scariest movie moments on Bravo, cool reaction as always Jen, you take care sweetie 🥰❤️
I saw this movie about 35 years ago when I was 8 years old.
I still get nightmares from it.
I think the actress who played the mother got an Oscar for her performance, and it shocked her, because she thought she was so over the top
I can't imagine not knowing a lot about movies because I've been a fan since I was a child (novels, music, uh comic books too) but it's so fascinating to see you, Jen, discovering movies you often don't know much about. Really fun and interesting too, well done. R.I.P. Piper Laurie (as others have said) a.k.a. Mrs White. I don't know if you've seen any David Lynch movies or TV (Twin Peaks), I wonder what you'd make of them. (Elephant Man would make you cry, Blue Velvet would impress and repulse you while Lost Highway, Mulholland Drv. might make you go "WTF?")
Edit: Your reaction to some of the awful things that happens to undeserving people in horror movies mirrors mine. Empathy is good! ☺️
Same. I've watched movies and read books from decades before I was born. I started with my Grandma and when she passed when I was 12 I continued on my own.
Once one spirals down the David Lynch rabbit hole, they will never be the same.
RIP Piper Laurie, she passed away last week! She was on Twin Peaks too, one of my favorite shows
FUN FACT: As you may know, "Carrie" is based on a book written by Stephen King. When Stephen King wrote the first few pages of the story (It was originally going to be a short story for a men's magazine), he didn't like how it turned out and actually tossed it in the trash bin. Then his wife, Tabitha, saw the pages, dug it out the trash, and read it. She loved it so much that she persuaded her husband to finish the story and make it into a novel, which he did. And it not only became one of his most iconic books but it was what really began King's successful career as the "King of Horror".
Thanks to his wife he's now the King of Horror. My favorite author.He also wrote "The Shawshank Redemption which was a novella. Not alot of people know that. Long live the King. 🤴
@@oldeskoolnana7543 👍👍💖💗💖💗
His description of getting the novel published in “On Writing” is a beautiful story.
King has a reputation as a horror writer, but most of his stories aren’t really horror. Carrie is part of a set of books dealing with how children with powers would be treated in our world. The adaptation is great, but the book is told as more of a mystery and documentation of an event. It is surprisingly and highly recommended.
Stephen king got his inspiration for Carrie from another movie of his pet cemetery.
Fantastic to see you react to this, Jen. It's definitely one of the better Stephen King's adaptations.
Pretty sure it was his first novel, using the kind of people he knew growing up.
I think he threw it away because he didn't think anyone would buy it, but his wife fished it out pf the trash.
Another great reaction video, Jen!
This story is truly horrifying because it presages real-life school violence (just like King's short story "Rage"). It's difficult for me to watch the careless, casual cruelty of young people towards each other. But this movie is a masterclass in film editing and direction. This was during DePalma's creative peak. I recommend BLOW OUT if you want to continue watching DePalma's stuff.
"lady time": hilarious!
A great overlooked horror from the 70s is The Fury - similar theme of telekinesis - with music by John Williams.
Isn't that also De Palma? 🤔
Indeed!@@LordVolkov
It's been years since I last watched this movie, so I forgot that I've seen most of these actors in other movies and shows over the years. I loved Tommy (William Katt) in The Greatest American Hero (tv series), and his girlfriend Sue (the one who lived) was played by Amy Irving; my favorite role of hers is in Yentl (perhaps because I just love that musical so much). You already know John Travolta. I guess this movie was at the beginning of careers for a lot of young actors. You get so involved in movies, I was worried about you getting too scared. Glad you're not home alone! Thanks for the reaction! :)
Hi Jen hope you are having an great and awesome day ❤
Thanks John you too
The split screen was a distinct style of director Brian de Palma. Quentin Tarantino paid tribute to the style in Kill Bill, where he used the split screen in the hospital scene where Elle Driver was on her way to kill Beatrix.
FYI: Amy Irving played Sue Snell. Sue Snell's mother was played by Amy Irving's real life mother actress Priscilla Pointer .
Thank you SO much for reacting to CARRIE Miss Jen! I love Brian De Palma, who always brings amazing music and cinematography to his films, which we know you can appreciate.
There's just something about 70's horror...Black Christmas is another great one.
By the way, I saw this when I was a child. So for many years I refused to watch it again because of the frightening imagery...like than creepy crucifix!
It's the 50th anniversary of De Palma's horror classic Sisters w/ Margot Kidder & Charles Durning (and Olympia Dukakis as Bakery Worker #2.)
@@CarolinaCharles777 The crucifix was the scariest thing in the movie. And Carrie impaled her mother in the exact same posture
16:18 that was the Psycho music. Whenever she uses her powers, her powers make a sound. Most of the music is the same but tiny parts of it are different tones so those were the "inspired by the music".
There's a scene in the book where Chris' father, a lawyer, visits the principal and threatens them with a lawsuit. However, the principal fires back about how her daughter treated Carrie. To add insult to injury, he goes on to say how Chris and her group of mean girls pick on the unpopular girls in school (one instance had her putting a firecracker in a girl's shoe. The girl - who had a harelip - lost two toes. The principal then goes in for the kill - he tells Chris' father that the minute he files a lawsuit claiming harassment for his daughter, the school will countersue for Carrie and the other girls Chris and her clique bullied. Chris' father backs down. :)
This scene was included in the 2002 two-part television miniseries (the gym teacher was present with the principal in this version) and a modified version was in the 2013 film (Chris and her father were in the principal's office, but Chris runs out when her father asks for her phone when it's discovered that Chris recorded the shower room incident and posted it online).
This, and the scene in The Breakfast Club where Brian is in detention for trying to unalive himself with a flair gun, show how far we've come in terms of how seriously we take kid's issues.
I appreciate how much you were in touch with how much trauma Carrie experienced
This movie works on so many levels..........wonderful reaction......thanks for posting (btw: Piper Laurie - Carrie's mom - died a few days ago........outstanding performance.........RIP)...........
Other Stephen King adaptations worth a watch: Children of the Corn(1984), Pet Sematary(1989), It(1990), The Dark Half(1993), the miniseries The Stand(1994), etc.
And Sue(Amy Irving) did survive to see the sequel The Rage: Carrie II(1999) which I also recommend
@edd7918 another one with Jeffrey DeMunn from The Mist!
If you're looking for more old-school horror, The Omen wouldn't be a bad choice.
It was on the last Patreon poll but lost the The Mist
I didn't like the Exorcist, but I liked the Omen.
As usual, you call out scenes and it’s awesome. Great commentary.
I’ve seen this movie so many times and just watching your reaction brought back chills from when I was a child.
Also, I have to say that I feel that Carrie is one of the most perfectly made films. Everything from its perfect 70s aesthetic to the perfect costumes, acting, cast, story, and handling of the subject matter.
Very few movies hold this much excellence.
Sorry to laugh at you being scared, Jen. But that was such a great reaction. You're always really funny, I think you must be my favourite reactor on youtube. Thanks for always cheering me up ❤ x
watched the reaction for the second time...when Jen said "if that thing blinks..." I wished it had blinked. I think Jen would have been out of the video as fast as superman, and still running down the street! 😜 Great reaction Jen, it was even more entertaining the second time around for me.
Jen
Don't forgot Stephen King didn't just write horror stories. He also wrote Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile. Both fantastic and heartfelt. Both movies you've seen.
I think if Carrie's mother had been a good loving parent instead of a religious lunatic.
The tragic events of this movie never would have happened.
Carrie was being tormented by her own mother and the girls at school. It's no shock what happened. Carrie had amazing powers and under very different/better circumstances she might have become an Avenger in the MCU.
Jen did you recognize the leader (Chris) of the popular girls tormenting Carrie. That's actress Nancy Allen who played Murphy's partner Officer Anne Lewis in Robocop.
3:37 The actress playing Carrie’s mother, Piper Laurie, literally just passed away on October 14, this past Saturday, at age 91. She had been a young actress (and quite attractive) back in the 1950s & early 1960s, working with such stars as Tony Curtis and Paul Newman, and she worked not only in film and television but also on stage in New York, but then she stopped in 1965, and this was her return to acting, which she continued up until her death.
I'm a new subscriber on your RUclips channel this is my all-time favorite movie I was looking for this movie on your channel yesterday lol 😆
"The end....the end....the end...the end. Ehh. THE END!"
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Carrie is in my opinion among the best horror movies..in my top three favorites personally ..along with The Shining and Dreamscape
By far my favourite Stephen king adaptation, helped by terrific performances by Spacek and Laurie.
"it's got the same hair as the mom." and all the same stab wounds too. great reaction, saw this for the first time when i was about 7, the ending used to get me all the time even knowing it's coming it's such a slow pull in it always caught me off guard.
Loved this reaction. You are becoming one of my favorite reactors.
This is a top tier King adaptation. Brian DePalma is underrated these days. I highly recommend checking out some of his other films. He also frequently works with Pino Donaggio, who composed the score for Carrie.
As I said above, It's the 50th anniversary of De Palma's horror classic Sisters w/ Margot Kidder & Charles Durning (and Olympia Dukakis as Bakery Worker #2.) And Blow Out w/ Travolta & Nancy Allen, John Lithgow & Dennis Franz.
Carlito's Way is the BEST
The noises you make are so cute and adorable! 😄🥰 xxx
Dear Jen, gracias for braving another unsettling flick. You're growing stronger and more valiant.
The mean girl in the red hat is P. J. Soles. Carrie (1976) was her first film and she was also in Halloween (1978),, Rock ‘n’ Roll.High School (1979) (with The Ramones), and Stripes (1981).
I watched all 4 of these films many times when I was in high school (1979 - 1982). They are still some of my favourite movies of all time, and to this day I have a bit of a weakness for women in red caps because I had such a celebrity crush on Soles when I was a kid.
I’ve heard tell she auditioned with the cap on to give her a different look from all the other girls, and it worked. Can’t remember if it was for Carrie or Halloween but the hat sold the director. It was her lucky hat.
She has a large role in Halloween, and I think it’s her playful grin that sold me. Her face just screams out an impish personality, and lots of trouble.
Carrie (1976) is such a great film because Sissy Spacek, and Piper Laurie are fantastic actresses, and director Brian De Palma knows how to disturb, and unsettle a viewer.
Knowing Carrie’s mother’s ending, I found it hilarious that you were so relieved that at least you weren’t watching a slasher film... flying knives ensue.
Travolta’s best work is in the film Blow Out (1981) which is also directed by De Palma.
Tarantino was obsessed with De Palma when he was younger, and loved Blow Out. I believe he had to really insisted on Travolta for Pulp Fiction (1994) because of how much he loved Blow Out. Travolta’s career in the early 1990’s when Tarantino was insisting on casting him, was in the toilet.
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That last scene really popularized the “one last scare” trope (I won’t say it invented, because there are probably dozens of horror movies that did it before) this and the first Friday the 13th-which was directly inspired by Carrie for its final scare-really cemented the trope
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You can't blame Carrie for snapping enough to kill her classmates, since they treated her horribly. In fact, you'd be cheering her on in her murderous rampage!
no only psychopathic weirdos are cheering a gym full of kids being slaughtered, no one in this movie deserved to fucking die
As someone who was the school "pick on" growing up, this movie always hit differently from other horror films.
Possibly the bigger reason was her abusive mother. The book covers it more but the movie does a good job too if you look for it
@@GregPrice-ep2dkunderstandable, sorry you had to go through that. For the record I did cheer for Carrie too. A side note is Sue's point of view in the book. Seeing her guilt over the locker room incident does give you hope for people.
@@nickschnider9191 To this day, whenever I see this film I feel the strangest mix of schadenfreude and guilt.
Fun fact: Betty Buckley (Miss Collins) later played Margaret in the US run of the musical.
Another wonderful reaction from Canada's greatest export. Jen, you are truly Canada's sweetheart. Thank you for being you. 🥰🤭😘 xxx
This was one of Sissy Spacek's first roles, and she was amazing.
This Movie is Really Good To Watch!
I Love This Movie it's one of the scariest movies of all time imo.
I Absolutely Loved His Reaction Keep Up The Good Work 👏
Carrie is Stephen King's first novel. He actually threw it out in the trash, but his wife picked it up, read it and encouraged him to finish it. I'm sure he would have been known at some point considering how many classic books and stories he has written, but I like to think his wife had a big part in his success haha
I love the moment right after John Travolta has the beer in the car, when you hear Homer Simpson yell out to him "Dumb Punk"
Awesome Jen! Go hug your pup!
15:11 that sign says "BATES parking" as in norman bates. the connection is the sound effects in this movie are lifted directly from psycho, the shower stabbing noise is the same sound as carrie's psychic ability. its not a copy , its a lift. (edit) ok, you figured out its the psycho theme - the psycho stuff HAS to be similiarity in stories about children of overbearing mothers.
This doesn't scare me, it makes me cry.
It's been almost 50 years since I read the book, but if memory serves, yes, Tommy died from the hit on the head he received from the bucket. And yes, this is a darn scary film. I can't even really put my finger on why, just this mousy, quiet strawberry blond little girl, not hurting anyone who didn't deserve it, but darn, very scary. And yes, Brian de Palma is the king of the split screen. Another film of his you might want to try is Blow Out, from I think 1981, also starring John Travolta and Nancy Allen (de Palma's wife). Very suspenseful, and the ending is shatteringly heartbreaking.
It is creepy, I agree! Thank you for reacting!
Stephen King seems to be a generally nice, easygoing sort of guy in real life (assuming you can judge anything by interviews) but goodness gracious me does he have a dark imagination. "Carrie" was his first published novel and is what made him famous, somewhat like what "Jaws" did for Steven Spielberg. He tells the story of how he was working as a janitor to make ends meet when, one day, he got a royalty check for "Carrie" from his publisher-- for $400,000. In early 70s dollars.
The *original* Carrie. Excellent!
Hi Jen, you did very well for a first viewing, IMO. I have to admit it really spooked me when I first saw it. I had not previously seen many horror films beforehand except the classic universal films from the `30`s. So, this was a big step up & like you, I was alone & had no idea what I was in for. Didn`t stop me continuing to explore horror films but I chose more carefully in future.
"What kind of mom doesn't have the talk.." ooooh boy . Lol
Besides Coal Miner's Daughter you should watch and react to the movie Blow Out (1981), starring John Travolta and Nancy Allen together again also directed by Brian DePalma. Another excellent movie about a movie sound man involved about a murder of an important politician. Also with John Lithgow as a creepy villain you will remember before the likes of Anton Chigurh from the movie No Country For Old Men existed.