That is Piper Laurie, one of the greats...she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for this very role. She was nominated for Best Actress for the role of Sarah Packard from The Hustler with Paul Newman. She got another Best Supporting Actress nomination for Children of a Lesser God.
I think because she's too real. Theres nothing supernatural about an abusive parent, it's something someone might easily have in real life and that's even scarier
Piper Laurie's performance (the Mom) still haunts me to this day everytime I see movie reactions to this film. The music and especially the cinematography (the entire prom scene) were stupendous. "Carrie" is considered one of the top 500 greatest horror movies of all time and the ending scene is one of the top 100 scariest moments in film history. I enjoy this film so much! "EVE WAS WEAK!" 🤣
That music as she's walking to the stage. Heartbreaking. She's so happy and excited. First time she ever got to enjoy anything in life and they ruined even that for her.
I can imagine that she considered that as an evil giant trap. Of course she possibly thought: "Okay then. YOU DESERVE TO DIE. EVERYONE OF YOU. I WON'T SPARE ANYONE!!" And so it happend!
Carrie was Stephen King's first book. He actually threw it out in the trash because he thought it was bad. His wife fished it out of the trash can, she liked it and helped him finish it. So if it wasn't for Mrs. King Stephen's career might have looked a little bit different.
Carrie has always been one of my favourite horror movies from the 1970s. I've always seen this movie as a horror tragedy with Carrie as more of a victim rather than a villain. Not only is she a victim of the bullying at school and the abuse at home, she is also a victim of her own telekinetic powers when she loses control at the prom.
Jonathan Spindler: I don't remember it from reading the novel a long time ago, but I've read other comments where people say Carrie murdered way more people on her way home than was shown in this movie. It was probably purposely left out of this film to make Carrie more sympathetic to the audience. Otherwise, showing her just killing people who were just in her path at the wrong time would likely turn the audience against her
@@LA_HA Brian De Palma didn’t have the budget to destroy the entire town, so he left that part of the book out of his adaptation of Carrie. CGI wasn’t a thing in the Seventies! To a large extent, thank goodness! 🤣 Also Margaret White’s death was different. In the book, Carrie stops her heart. Sue’s nightmare- which was inspired by Deliverance (1972)- wasn’t in the book either. I feel both of the film’s differences were far more effective. The White Commission- most likely influenced by the Kennedy Assassination- was left out of the 1976 film as well. Final Fun Fact: Brian De Palma and George Lucas held a dual audition for Carrie and Star Wars! William Katt auditioned for Tommy Ross and Luke Skywalker!!
@@Lesley_RedRhody The modern remake with Chloe Grace Moretz is more faithful in regards to the destruction Carrie causes but I still prefer this version. Sometimes less is more.
Having read the book since I’m a big King fan, I wouldn’t say Carrie lost control of her telekinesis during the prom, and walking home she destroys the town basically. She did lose control mentally when she was triggered by the pig blood bucket prank, but if her psycho mother didn’t put what she did in her head I believe that she would have merely been embarrassed. Of course, Tommy couldn’t have helped her since the bucket hit his head in just the right way to kill him instantly. But Sue definitely would’ve come to her defense and so would the gym teacher.
The big scare at the end wasn't the "classic trope." It was the GENESIS of said trope lol. This is the film where the final scare started. Friday the 13th did it afterward and everyone else has been doing it since...
In the book, King specifies that the buckets were galvanized steel. If a steel bucket hit you from a 15 foot height it would mess you up. You'd definitely be unconscious. Yes, read the book!
Tommy even died from the bucket hitting his head. In the book, Carrie uses her powers to sense he was not alive anymore. It was a huge part into why she snapped.
Carrie has always had powers since she was a kid, so this isn't the first time her mother has seen her display of power. The neighbors have always seen weird things happening around the house. The book is excellent at explaining her powers including the ones that aren't included in the movie such as her telepathic abilities. Not only was she bullied and talked about by students but also teachers and she could actually hear them.
88jl: Really? I don't remember the book because I read it so long ago, but I thought her powers kinda came into being because she went through puberty. My friends and I have been talking about the interwoven King universe lately and one of my theories is that Carrie, the Firestarter girl, and other characters had high levels of The Shine. Not all of his characters do. Some have low levels and often don't use them, so they kinda lose them as they grow older. But, the ones that get into these deeply supernatural situations may very well be drawn into them because they have The Shining
@@LA_HA Carrie showed displays of her powers at a very young age. She was 3 years old when she caused the rain of stones to fall over her house. Most of the book is in the form of interviews and there are neighbors and survivors eye witness accounts of weird and unusual things happening at that house, the rain of stones being one of them. When she was a baby, bottles would float over her while in the crib according to her mother. The book mentioned that carries great grandmother had powers too specifically pyrokinesis and that both Ralph and Margaret were carriers of this gene, but lied dormant in both of them yet active in Carrie. Yes, it was puberty that fully activated her powers but not her first display of it.
@@88jl Oh, okay. Thank you for letting me know. I think I'm going to read the novel. I thought I read it a very long time ago, but I don't recall some of the things people are saying happened in the novel. So, it seems like I might not have read it after all. haha. Thank you again for the info. I appreciate it
Carrie doth demonstrate telepathy within the Film itself. Rather. Carrie knew about the approaching car whereby Chris didst hath murder upon her mind. Carrie were well aware and prevented the plan.
I’ve seen the film so many times and I truly believe it’s one of the best films ever made. Its structure is so brilliantly focused, the tone perfect, performance perfect, everything just pushes the story so well. So impactful, this film. It makes me cry every time.
This was an early movie that explored bullying. The depiction showed extreme horrible cruelty. Watching it now I cry because I feel sorry for her. She was so beautiful at the prom and that special night was taken away.
Carrie didn't deserve it. Chris and Billy just had to take it all away and ruin it for Carrie. I'm glad that she saved them for last. The story of Carrie is like what if Cinderella was more realistic and she had telekinesis.
Carrie were not meant unto be Prom Queen at any rate. Thus the night wouldst not hath been as special within the first place without Chris - Chris were behind the idea for the tampering with the Prom election votes. As such, with the whole night Chris avenged her plight regarding being excluded from the Prom herself. Rather. Chris were rather enraged at the gymnasium teacher. After all, why should a Female (the Gymnasium teacher) hath such authority ? Chris wouldst probably hath looked forward unto that Senior Prom Night for years and probably wouldst indeed be the Prom Queen.
I believe this movie was the first to have a jump scare at the end of the movie. Definitely not a B movie, it's a well loved classic for a reason with great acting and direction. Compare it to the recent 2013 remake which I thought was awful.
"I'm not sure if he's being genuine or not" - he is. PART of it is Carries powers. She's not aware of it, but she's all kinda psychic. She's pyrokinetic, too (which you see with how unnaturally fast she makes that fire spread) and telepathic. Like when they're up on stage Tommy can hear her thoughts and at times his mind is going CARRIE!CARRIE!CARRIE!CARRIE!. When they're dancing together he thinks how beautiful she looks and even wonders if maybe he loves her a little bit.
The moral of the story is don't be a bully you don't know who or what you're messing with Cissy Spacek is one if the most underrated actresses of her time. Fantastic movie. Being a youngsters in the 70s and watching this fir the first time. This film scared the bejeesus out of me. Especially the arm grab at the end lol. Loved this reaction too!
@@EricSarahReact here's another horror classic y'all should check out sometime (Black Christmas 1974) which is more of a who's the killer/stalker/obscene phone caller/who done it mystery!
You have to consider this is 1976.....schools/parents never brought up the subject of female issues. This movie was so shocking on so many levels. The ending with all the red overtones was just so cinematically on point. And Piper Laurie was just plain creepy as the guilt-ridden mother. She should have garnered an Award for this. King was so much the wordsmith. I read the book and I couln't put it down. Ms. Spacek ...with those blue eyes and pale skin was so elfin and alien...a perfect Carrie. Your reactions were really enlightening...Thanks!
edward williams: Both schools and families not only brought up the subject of female issues, they thoroughly taught them. Male issues, too. I've seen the old "blue books" and everything they had from relatives who went to school during that time period. So, maybe some schools and/or parents didn't, but lots did
@@LA_HA I was just adding to your point with a joke. You were mentioning that people in the 70s learned about male and female issues both at home and in school so I made a joke about how the 70s weren't exactly ancient times to reinforce your point.
@@Fedorevsky Oh, okay. Because I was thinking, Hmm... Maybe it was the middle ages as far as kids are concerned. I mean, look at those floppy disks. And spelled with a K at the end, no less Though, they can't talk smack about the size of the desktops anymore. Those things are still huge. haha.
“What cruel irony she faced, with her fate.” What a beautiful flow of words, syllables. Thank you for expressing your thoughts in such a succinct and erudite way. Alliterative too.
Absolutely love this movie. It just goes to show people.....just how crazy and demented deeply religious families were in the past in the way they raised their children and how their parents raised them....
Navimajora19: Uh, Some people were. They weren't the majority. Plenty of deeply religious families were loving and caring. This trend of trying to paint all deeply religious people as "crazy and demented" is complete nonsense and total bigotry
Piper Laurie (who plays Carrie's mother) was also fantastic in David Lynch's cult series TWIN PEAKS. She played 2 characters and one of them was a japanese businessman. Yes, JAPANESE businessMAN. LOL.
The hand grab at the end is a "classic trope" NOW. Back when this first came out, it took EVERONE by surprise! I was twelve when I first saw this, and that scene by the grave side scared me so bad, I asked my Mom and Dad if I could sleep with them that night! Thank God they said, "yes."🤣🤣🤣🤣😳
Yep, that’s PJ Soles from Halloween, the bully in the red hat. This was her first starring movie. She was initially only signed on for the volleyball scene. When walking past Carrie while rehearsing, she instinctively removed her hat and whacked her over the head with it. (That wasn’t in the script). The pins got stuck in Sissy Spacek’s hair. Because she was caught up in the moment, she ruthlessly yanked the hat away and took quite a few hairs out with it. Afterwards, she was horrified and apologized to Sissy. But Brian DePalma was so impressed, he signed her on for the remainder of the film. And he gave her all the extra scenes as Chris Hargensen’s evil sidekick.
I felt so sorry for Carrie White. Her mother never got over her husband's betrayal. She didn't want Carrie reminded her of him. Terrible what girls did to her. Glad she had her teacher at the time. Sad that Sue let Tommy take her out to help her get into high school. And the teacher through her out at the prom. Kris and Billy very bad.
AMAZING film, and one of my favorites from when i was little. I remember this playing at the drive-in near our house. Surprisingly emotional, I remember crying the first time I saw this. Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie were an amazing duo--both were nominated for Oscars for their performances in this film.
You gave a great and thoughtful reaction. Makes me want to read the book again after many many years. I haven't gone through alll your videos so I don't know if you have reacted to my 2 favorite horror movies. I think 1963's The Legend of Hell House starring Russ Tamblyn and Julie Harris is the most frightening move I've ever seen. It's greatness is that you never see the evil or ghost or whatever you want to call it that is tormenting the people in the house. It was remade as The Haunting in 1999 with Liam Neeson and it was the only movie I've ever walked out on, filled with disgust and hate and disappointment. My other fave is 1973's The Wicker Man with Christopher Lee and Edward Woodward. Mr. Lee said it's he favorite role of all that he played and I'd agreee with him. I adore that movie. I am so grateful that I was warned away from the awful 2006 remake with Nicolas Cage and Ellen Burstyn. (Does "The bees! The bees!" ring any bells? Run away from that monstrosity.)
I have not seen a "bad" reaction to "Carrie", they're ALL great......but THIS may be the best I've seen (although special mention should be made of Popcorn Reactions did a brilliant and hilarious one) Every single thing you said, from your intro to the outro, spot on. Also: one of the best edits, you include stuff I haven't seen in ANY reaction, stuff I completely forgot! You're one of the ONLY reactors to immediately understand that Sue and Tommy are not in on it! So many reactors are confused until the big moment! Sarah saying how this was an easy watch at the end, couldn't agree more. Completely agree that the "horror" in this horror movie is Carrie's life! You get a knot in your stomach over this girl! Most sympathetic "monster" since King Kong and Frankenstein's monster!
Stephen King was best served early on in his career. You have DePalma doing Carrie, Kubrick doing The Shining, Carpenter doing Christine and Cronenberg doing The Dead Zone.
His later career was served just as well , imo , or better. The Shawshank Redemption is considered one of the greatest films ever. The Green Mile is highly regarded as well. Dr Sleep is also an excellent adaptation.
@@adgato75 Maybe Shawshank is close to mostly Dead Zone, and perhaps above Christine (very good movie, but one of Carpenter at his prime lesser ones), but Kubrick is in a completely different league. Despite what uncle Stevie might think. And so is this version of De Palma. The Mist was nice too, but not on the same level.
@@Dacre1000 I also love The Shining. And yeah , Kubrick is great. But Shawshank is literally on many , if not most critics Top Ten Films Ever lists. Whether you like it less or not is immaterial. That is simply a fact.
@@adgato75 No less a fact that critics opinion, no matter the number, is irrelevant in terms of quality indicator. My likes or dislikes are not part of this conversation either. I was not talking about my taste. It is also NOT on many critics list. Depends on the critic. Another fact. In fact, very few serious critics would put shswshank on a top ten of all time. Be serious. Just in american cinema there are a hundred more regarded movies already. You really think that in a world with Welles, Coppola, Scorsese Kurosawa, Hitchcock Ford, Peckinpah, Bergman, Tarkovski, Kieslowski, Renoir, Wyler, Mizoguchi, Leone, Buñuel, Truffaut and this is just the surface, they would choose Shawshank in the top 10? Darabont himself would be laughing at your face. You must be thinking of imdb...
@@EricSarahReact Haha! And BTW that shot around 10:02 is referred to as a "split diopter" effect, where a special lens keeps the foreground and background in focus at the same time.
One of my favorite movies, and both Sissie Spacek and Piper Laurie were both nominated for Oscars. The quintessential mother and daughter for horror movies. Yes, in the book, Carrie has no clue about her period at all, her mother is so old school. Sissie went above and beyond and her husband was in the crew and actually handed her the blood in the shower. Just a perfect movie honestly. Sue's mother is actually Amy Irving's real mother!
when you say "classic trope", you understand that this was one of the first movies to establish that "classic trope". a daring, dazzling movie in a lot of ways. The Fury is kind of a follow-up, with similar themes and some of the same actors. a great one imho. but then everything is bigger and better when you see at the movies
During the filming, Nancy Allen and John Travolta thought they were the comic relief! When they saw the film, they realized how mean and nasty the characters really were.
I love seeing people react to this story for the 1st time, I love this film so much (the book is also brilliant, short enough read too). You guys are great:)
At the end, the filmmakers wanted Carrie to summon rocks to rain from the sky and smash the house to the ground, but they didn’t have the budget to finish the scene. There are even shots where holes appear in the ceiling.
By the way, the student (Helen) in this scene with the glasses (20:43) is actress Edie McClurg who played Mr. Rooney's funny secretary in the classic comedy movie, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" ('86).
Piper Laurie's performance (the Mom) still haunts me to this day everytime I see movie reactions to this film. The music and especially the cinematography (the entire prom scene) were stupendous. "Carrie" is considered one of the top 500 greatest horror movies of all time and the ending scene is one of the top 100 scariest moments in film history. I enjoy this film so much, moreover I do believe that Pino Donaggio had create an unforgettable masterpiece score on this movie....
Eric & Sarah, thank you for reviewing my favorite Sissy Spacek movie, Carrie. If nobody else has told you guys, the book is somewhat different than the movie. But I preferred the movie because of Sissy Spacek.
(about Carrie's mother) "She has no compassion at all." First of all... you're absolutely right. Second... that's one of the things that makes her so terrifying. She fully sees herself as compassionate and doing what is best for her child. And obviously she's just not.
@@kiranjitKaur61 thats pretty much what i thought. She probably looked back and like a customer who forgot to buy the tortillas, but is too lazy and is already out in the parking lot, thought, "Damn...ugh, he's....probably already bleeding to death...or burning." And left. Lol
This is definitely one of the most thoughtful reactions I’ve encountered on this film. When I first saw it as a kid, it felt like an R rated after school special with an anti bullying message:) So surreal:)
The 1970s was a huge change for film style in general. The 4 Directors - that did that were Brian DePalma (Carrie) Francis Ford Coppola. (The Godfather) Steven Spielberg (Jaws) and George Lucas (Star Wars) The 70s and 80s were a very interesting time.
Both Sissy Spacek (Carrie), and Piper Laurie (Margaret White) received Oscar nominations for their roles in this movie. That was even unheard of for films in the horror genre back in those days, because the academy didn't really respect movies in that genre back then. Goes to show just how amazing these actresses are, and what they brought to these characters of Carrie and Margaret White.
Brian De Palma returned to theme of telekinetic powers with the great thriller "The Fury" (1977), with Amy Irving in one of the leading roles. And De Palma had Travolta star in his thriller "Blow Out" (1982).
Some fun facts: Sissy Spacek (who plays Carrie) didn't wash her face on the day she auditioned and also rubbed vaseline into her hair. She deliberately didn't hang around with anyone else from the cast during filming so she'd feel Carrie's nervousness and isolation around them. She even offered to have REAL pigs blood dumped on her (which the director refused).
Brian DePalma was at his filmmaking zenith in the 70s. His use of slow-motion, long takes, split focus/ split-screen were used well in this movie. And like others have said, the jump scare at the end was probably one of the first times it was used and eventually became a horror cliche. I read in the final dream sequence scene, the actor Amy Irving walked backwards and the editing reversed the motion so she would walk forward. This would add to the dream-like quality. This is just DePalma with his creative use of filmmaking.
On the house collapsing, In that last scene in the kitchen you hear the violin "shrieks" indicating that she just used her power. And you saw some damage happen in kitchen. It was at that point that she unknowingly "broke the back" of the house. That why it collapsed. The fire was from broken gas lines.
She actually had them when she was 3 per the book. I believe they went dormant until her first menstrual though. Because they mention in the book that as a child, she made rocks rain down all on the White house when her mom was punishing her, but its been such a long time since I've read it I feel like I'm missing parts of what happened after that up until high school.
Sue and Tommy weren't in on the prank. The novel had Chris find out about the prom ballot and then called Billy. Don't forget that Norma had eavesdropped on the conversation between Ms. Collins, Sue and Tommy about asking Carrie to the prom.
Classic 70's horror. You mentioned the build up towards the end, that is the suspense. Good suspense makes great horror. Slasher films are easy but to make something suspenseful take talent and imagination. and the multiple screens at one time during prom chaos was brilliant. Saw this when it came out in theater and is just a spooky today.
One thing pisses me off about all film versions of Carrie: In the book, Carrie also has telepathy and Sue didn't go to the prom at all. After the black prom and Carrie stopping her mom's heart with her mind, Sue heard Carrie's voice calling out to her in her head, and when Sue found her she died.
Carrie doth hath telepathy within the 1976 Film. Carrie doth sense the car approaching from behind her person and the intent of the driver unto murder her person. Carrie then causes the car unto flip over and its blowout. Thus Carrie doth utilise both powers within one short scene - Telepathy and Telekinesis.
Both Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie were nominated for Oscars for their work in "Carrie" (Spacek for Best Actress and Laurie for Best Supporting Actress). Neither won (Spacek lost to Faye Dunaway in "Network" and Laurie lost to Beatrice Straight, also in "Network." The nominations were surprising, since (at the time) horror films were rarely acknowledged by the Academy. Still, it's been said that Spacek came very close to winning. In 1988, a stage musical version of "Carrie" arrived on Broadway after a limited run in the United Kingdom. When the show transferred to the US, the role of Carrie's mother was played by Betty Buckley, who played the gym teacher "Miss Collins" in this film. The reviews for the show were brutal, so much so that the show closed after just five performances, losing its entire investment of $8 million and becoming one of the costliest musical flops in history. The show was reworked and opened off-Broadway in 2012 for a limited engagement. This time around, the reviews were better, and the show became licensed for local theater productions. Videos of both the 1988 UK and NY productions, as well as countless versions of the 2012 version can be found here on RUclips. In addition, there is an excellent documentary by "Wait in the Wings" which details the show's history and enduring legacy -- definitely worth a watch! :)
The ending is super symbolic from Carrie’s house sinking into the ground which a lot of people speculate it wasn’t actually carries power to the nightmare Sue had reminding the audience of the lasting impression of the events of the prom
Carrie doth hath telepathy within the 1976 Film. Carrie doth sense the car approaching from behind her person and the intent of the driver unto murder her person. Carrie then causes the car unto flip over and its blowout. Thus Carrie doth utilise both powers within one short scene - Telepathy and Telekinesis.
25:11 Exactly! Carrie, when engaged in conversation, is totally normal & incredibly nice. Tommy was definitely into her/ *NOT* involved in the incident 🚫🐷
I hate that people refer to Carrie as the villain. She wasn't, even at the end. She was bullied, abused and terrorised her whole life until she has a complete psychological meltdown. And they ABSOLUTELY DESERVED IT. Even afterwards when she goes home to bathe and wash the blood off she realises what she's done and starts crying. And she only kills her mom in self-defense after being stabbed and the mom followers her wielding the knife.
I hate them too. Now we have a new type of bullies we have to deal with. The bullies are the west. The victim is Russia. When Russia does something against the west, like the special operation in the Donbass, it would be all its fault. And the west still thinks, it doesn't do anything wrong. People that blame Carrie, apparently only saw the last scene, and deliberately ignore what happened before.
No. Carrie doth cry within the bathtub with self-pity over her plight - the blood having been upon her body. Rather. I do rather admire the backbone shewn within terms of not showing guilt or remorse over the past such actions.
Thanks for the great reaction to one of my favourite 70s horror movies. Another I would recommend is Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978). I also love the many British anthology horror movies from Amicus Productions, where 4 or 5 short stories are told in each movie, linked by a common thread.
13:00 - Believe it or not, there are still some counties in some states in the U.S. that allow schools to paddle students. As I understand it, it's usually a choice between some other punishment (suspension, etc) or swats. Chris - Nancy Allen from Dressed to Kill, Robocop and others. Norma - PJ Soles, has had small parts in lots of movies and a larger role in Stripes. Tommy - William Katt, who starred as Ralph in The Greatest American Hero TV show.
I wouldn't think its a B movie both Sissy Spasek and Piper Laurie as her mom were nominated Oscar Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress respectively.
Carrie is not exactly horror in the sense of like a scary killer or jump scares. It's more of a psychological horror or supernatural horror. The horror is more about the way her mom and the other kids' treatment of carrie drives her to use her powers to do bad stuff and killing them
Did anyone notice that their was a disc ball with stars on it above Carrie and Tommy while they were dancing. Before Carrie walked out of the gym she look back at the disco ball and caused it to drop to the floor.
There are a couple theories about this movie in the Stephen King World. 1. Margaret White was a profit, just like Mother Abigail in The Stand. In the book, her religious views are on point with The Stand. She couldn't handle it though and lost her mind. 2. Margaret White was not impregnated by her husband Ralph, but rather by the man she was having an affair with: Jack Torrance (from The Shining). That would tie Carrie into the telekinetic genetic line of The Shining and Dr. Sleep (the books, anyway, since they cut some things out of Dr. Sleep). Insane? Perhaps. But the King World is absolutely insane.
Did anyone notice when the mom was getting killed, she sounded like she was having multiple orgasms. That was Piper Laurie’s idea to enjoy it because she wanted to die and rest in peace.
Carrie actors who went on to do other horror films: PJ Soles (the mean girl in the baseball cap) was in Halloween (as well as the Bill Murray comedy Stripes). William Katt (Tommy) was in the underrated horror film House. He also starred in the superhero-inspired TV show The Greatest American Hero. Amy Irving (Sue Snell) was the only returning cast member to appear in The Rage: Carrie 2. While not horror, Nancy Allen (Chris), was in the RoboCop films.
Classic trope that was basically first invented here. At least in film. There may have been earlier films that had a killer come back at the end, but this was the one that started it one the way to being a horror film trope.
Isabella: Is it? I asked some of my female friends and family members and no, they said they didn't know anyone who wasn't aware of this since it was taught in school and mothers told their daughters what to expect. They went to school in the 70s and 80s. But, with the way education is now, maybe it is normal for girls today not to know since so much has been cut or just ignored in the curriculum
Good on you two for watching the original, it is far scarier than the remake. I watched this when I was 8 years old... I jumped behind the couch at the shower room scene.
Brian De Palma in his early days seemed to be channeling his inner Alfred Hitchcock. The difference is that Hitchcock had to weave his sexual themes into the subtext, De Palma made them the text. I think in Carrie this works beautifully. Repression is a big part of this story and sexual repression fits right into that.
I love all of the Carrie films each one puts their own spin. Of course nothing beats the original. But goes to show you when you push a person too far. You never know what and how their breaking point is.
My fav horror movies are The Thing, Re animator, Evil dead 1 and 2 and sleepaway camp!! The Thing is celebrating its 40th anniversary this month!! Just saw it in theaters for the first time wed!!
Great choice, I love Carrie. Badlands (1973) for more Sissy Spacek Blow Out (1981) for more Brian de Palma (and John Travolta and Nancy Allen actually) Christine (1983) for more Stephen King Ginger Snaps (2000) for more hormonal horror Eating Raoul (1982) for another minor Edie McClurg role
Eric & Sarah there was a lot of men and women getting slapped in 70’s movies. I grew up in the 70’s. This movie freaked me out. “Carrie” stayed with me after seeing it. I couldn’t sleep for days.
The dream sequence was filmed backwards to make it look more dreamlike. 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.
The mother is one of the creepiest female villains in horror movies for real.
AGREED! 😬😬😬
The other was Misery.
That is Piper Laurie, one of the greats...she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for this very role. She was nominated for Best Actress for the role of Sarah Packard from The Hustler with Paul Newman. She got another Best Supporting Actress nomination for Children of a Lesser God.
I think because she's too real. Theres nothing supernatural about an abusive parent, it's something someone might easily have in real life and that's even scarier
True, but still love your mother even if she's batshit crazy!
Piper Laurie's performance (the Mom) still haunts me to this day everytime I see movie reactions to this film. The music and especially the cinematography (the entire prom scene) were stupendous. "Carrie" is considered one of the top 500 greatest horror movies of all time and the ending scene is one of the top 100 scariest moments in film history. I enjoy this film so much! "EVE WAS WEAK!" 🤣
Oscar nominee!
I was always convinced, she wasn’t acting. 😜
@@jasonm8017 "I can see your dirty pillows!" 😄😄😄😄
@@jcastromex I was going to use that one 🤣 I just giggled myself to sleep.
"They're all going to laugh at you"
That music as she's walking to the stage. Heartbreaking. She's so happy and excited. First time she ever got to enjoy anything in life and they ruined even that for her.
I can imagine that she considered that as an evil giant trap. Of course she possibly thought: "Okay then. YOU DESERVE TO DIE. EVERYONE OF YOU. I WON'T SPARE ANYONE!!" And so it happend!
Carrie only were elected Prom Queen due unto Chris within the first place. Carrie were not popular enough unto be the Prom Queen. Rather.
Carrie was Stephen King's first book. He actually threw it out in the trash because he thought it was bad. His wife fished it out of the trash can, she liked it and helped him finish it.
So if it wasn't for Mrs. King Stephen's career might have looked a little bit different.
So what ?
@@kiranjitKaur61 so when?
Carrie has always been one of my favourite horror movies from the 1970s. I've always seen this movie as a horror tragedy with Carrie as more of a victim rather than a villain. Not only is she a victim of the bullying at school and the abuse at home, she is also a victim of her own telekinetic powers when she loses control at the prom.
Jonathan Spindler: I don't remember it from reading the novel a long time ago, but I've read other comments where people say Carrie murdered way more people on her way home than was shown in this movie. It was probably purposely left out of this film to make Carrie more sympathetic to the audience. Otherwise, showing her just killing people who were just in her path at the wrong time would likely turn the audience against her
@@LA_HA Brian De Palma didn’t have the budget to destroy the entire town, so he left that part of the book out of his adaptation of Carrie.
CGI wasn’t a thing in the Seventies! To a large extent, thank goodness! 🤣
Also Margaret White’s death was different. In the book, Carrie stops her heart. Sue’s nightmare- which was inspired by Deliverance (1972)- wasn’t in the book either. I feel both of the film’s differences were far more effective.
The White Commission- most likely influenced by the Kennedy Assassination- was left out of the 1976 film as well.
Final Fun Fact: Brian De Palma and George Lucas held a dual audition for Carrie and Star Wars! William Katt auditioned for Tommy Ross and Luke Skywalker!!
@@Lesley_RedRhody The modern remake with Chloe Grace Moretz is more faithful in regards to the destruction Carrie causes but I still prefer this version. Sometimes less is more.
Agreed! I actually can’t even remember the remake at all, whereas this film has been burning in my mind since I saw it. It’s a total masterpiece.
Having read the book since I’m a big King fan, I wouldn’t say Carrie lost control of her telekinesis during the prom, and walking home she destroys the town basically. She did lose control mentally when she was triggered by the pig blood bucket prank, but if her psycho mother didn’t put what she did in her head I believe that she would have merely been embarrassed. Of course, Tommy couldn’t have helped her since the bucket hit his head in just the right way to kill him instantly. But Sue definitely would’ve come to her defense and so would the gym teacher.
The big scare at the end wasn't the "classic trope." It was the GENESIS of said trope lol. This is the film where the final scare started. Friday the 13th did it afterward and everyone else has been doing it since...
In the book, King specifies that the buckets were galvanized steel. If a steel bucket hit you from a 15 foot height it would mess you up. You'd definitely be unconscious. Yes, read the book!
Tommy even died from the bucket hitting his head. In the book, Carrie uses her powers to sense he was not alive anymore. It was a huge part into why she snapped.
@cmo5173 that's right. It's been a while since I've read it.
Carrie has always had powers since she was a kid, so this isn't the first time her mother has seen her display of power. The neighbors have always seen weird things happening around the house. The book is excellent at explaining her powers including the ones that aren't included in the movie such as her telepathic abilities. Not only was she bullied and talked about by students but also teachers and she could actually hear them.
88jl: Really? I don't remember the book because I read it so long ago, but I thought her powers kinda came into being because she went through puberty.
My friends and I have been talking about the interwoven King universe lately and one of my theories is that Carrie, the Firestarter girl, and other characters had high levels of The Shine. Not all of his characters do. Some have low levels and often don't use them, so they kinda lose them as they grow older.
But, the ones that get into these deeply supernatural situations may very well be drawn into them because they have The Shining
@@LA_HA Carrie showed displays of her powers at a very young age. She was 3 years old when she caused the rain of stones to fall over her house. Most of the book is in the form of interviews and there are neighbors and survivors eye witness accounts of weird and unusual things happening at that house, the rain of stones being one of them. When she was a baby, bottles would float over her while in the crib according to her mother. The book mentioned that carries great grandmother had powers too specifically pyrokinesis and that both Ralph and Margaret were carriers of this gene, but lied dormant in both of them yet active in Carrie. Yes, it was puberty that fully activated her powers but not her first display of it.
@@88jl Oh, okay. Thank you for letting me know. I think I'm going to read the novel. I thought I read it a very long time ago, but I don't recall some of the things people are saying happened in the novel. So, it seems like I might not have read it after all. haha.
Thank you again for the info. I appreciate it
Not in this movie. The book and sequels.
Carrie doth demonstrate telepathy within the Film itself. Rather. Carrie knew about the approaching car whereby Chris didst hath murder upon her mind. Carrie were well aware and prevented the plan.
I’ve seen the film so many times and I truly believe it’s one of the best films ever made. Its structure is so brilliantly focused, the tone perfect, performance perfect, everything just pushes the story so well. So impactful, this film. It makes me cry every time.
This was an early movie that explored bullying. The depiction showed extreme horrible cruelty. Watching it now I cry because I feel sorry for her. She was so beautiful at the prom and that special night was taken away.
Carrie didn't deserve it. Chris and Billy just had to take it all away and ruin it for Carrie. I'm glad that she saved them for last.
The story of Carrie is like what if Cinderella was more realistic and she had telekinesis.
@@lisettegarcia7013The story of Cinderella is rather realistic. Twas based upon a real life person apparently.
Carrie were not meant unto be Prom Queen at any rate. Thus the night wouldst not hath been as special within the first place without Chris - Chris were behind the idea for the tampering with the Prom election votes. As such, with the whole night Chris avenged her plight regarding being excluded from the Prom herself. Rather. Chris were rather enraged at the gymnasium teacher. After all, why should a Female (the Gymnasium teacher) hath such authority ? Chris wouldst probably hath looked forward unto that Senior Prom Night for years and probably wouldst indeed be the Prom Queen.
The story of Cinderella is rather realistic. Twas based upon a real life person apparently.
That classic trope from the end was an uncommon technique at the time. Great reaction. Times sure were different back then.
Sure scared the crap out of me the first few times I saw it….. lol. That music was a jump scare in itself…..😳
I believe this movie was the first to have a jump scare at the end of the movie. Definitely not a B movie, it's a well loved classic for a reason with great acting and direction. Compare it to the recent 2013 remake which I thought was awful.
The jump scare at the end was influenced by the ending of Deliverance.
The ending is not a trope, meaning it didn't copy from earlier films. Rather the trope originated from this movie.
"I'm not sure if he's being genuine or not" - he is. PART of it is Carries powers. She's not aware of it, but she's all kinda psychic. She's pyrokinetic, too (which you see with how unnaturally fast she makes that fire spread) and telepathic. Like when they're up on stage Tommy can hear her thoughts and at times his mind is going CARRIE!CARRIE!CARRIE!CARRIE!. When they're dancing together he thinks how beautiful she looks and even wonders if maybe he loves her a little bit.
The moral of the story is don't be a bully you don't know who or what you're messing with
Cissy Spacek is one if the most underrated actresses of her time. Fantastic movie. Being a youngsters in the 70s and watching this fir the first time. This film scared the bejeesus out of me. Especially the arm grab at the end lol. Loved this reaction too!
Glad you enjoyed the video! Yeah that ended sequence between Carrie and her mother was terrifying 😱
She is tragically underrated, indeed! Her work is so very diverse. Coal Miner's Daughter, Bad Lands, she can do any genre.
@@jtoland2333 Badlands is another one of my favorite movies! Sissy Spacek and Martin Sheen were both phenomenal.
@@EricSarahReact here's another horror classic y'all should check out sometime (Black Christmas 1974) which is more of a who's the killer/stalker/obscene phone caller/who done it mystery!
You say the hand coming out in the final scene is a "classic trope" but this movie was one of the very first that did it.
You have to consider this is 1976.....schools/parents never brought up the subject of female issues. This movie was so shocking on so many levels. The ending with all the red overtones was just so cinematically on point. And Piper Laurie was just plain creepy as the guilt-ridden mother. She should have garnered an Award for this. King was so much the wordsmith. I read the book and I couln't put it down. Ms. Spacek ...with those blue eyes and pale skin was so elfin and alien...a perfect Carrie. Your reactions were really enlightening...Thanks!
edward williams: Both schools and families not only brought up the subject of female issues, they thoroughly taught them. Male issues, too. I've seen the old "blue books" and everything they had from relatives who went to school during that time period.
So, maybe some schools and/or parents didn't, but lots did
@@LA_HA Yeah, the 70s weren't the middle ages, lol
@@Fedorevsky Meaning what? Can you please explain what you mean? I don't understand what you're saying
@@LA_HA I was just adding to your point with a joke. You were mentioning that people in the 70s learned about male and female issues both at home and in school so I made a joke about how the 70s weren't exactly ancient times to reinforce your point.
@@Fedorevsky Oh, okay. Because I was thinking, Hmm... Maybe it was the middle ages as far as kids are concerned. I mean, look at those floppy disks. And spelled with a K at the end, no less
Though, they can't talk smack about the size of the desktops anymore. Those things are still huge. haha.
“What cruel irony she faced, with her fate.”
What a beautiful flow of words, syllables. Thank you for expressing your thoughts in such a succinct and erudite way. Alliterative too.
Absolutely love this movie.
It just goes to show people.....just how crazy and demented deeply religious families were in the past in the way they raised their children and how their parents raised them....
Navimajora19: Uh, Some people were. They weren't the majority. Plenty of deeply religious families were loving and caring. This trend of trying to paint all deeply religious people as "crazy and demented" is complete nonsense and total bigotry
@@LA_HA
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@@navimajora19 M'kay.
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Piper Laurie (who plays Carrie's mother) was also fantastic in David Lynch's cult series TWIN PEAKS.
She played 2 characters and one of them was a japanese businessman.
Yes, JAPANESE businessMAN. LOL.
The hand grab at the end is a "classic trope" NOW. Back when this first came out, it took EVERONE by surprise! I was twelve when I first saw this, and that scene by the grave side scared me so bad, I asked my Mom and Dad if I could sleep with them that night! Thank God they said, "yes."🤣🤣🤣🤣😳
First-time viewer here. You got me with the Frank Constanza reference. ❤😊
Yep, that’s PJ Soles from Halloween, the bully in the red hat. This was her first starring movie. She was initially only signed on for the volleyball scene. When walking past Carrie while rehearsing, she instinctively removed her hat and whacked her over the head with it. (That wasn’t in the script). The pins got stuck in Sissy Spacek’s hair. Because she was caught up in the moment, she ruthlessly yanked the hat away and took quite a few hairs out with it. Afterwards, she was horrified and apologized to Sissy. But Brian DePalma was so impressed, he signed her on for the remainder of the film. And he gave her all the extra scenes as Chris Hargensen’s evil sidekick.
I’d forgotten what a psycho the mom was _“I can see your dirty pillows!”_
Yeesh!
4:04 smack 😳🤣
"Classic trope" of the jumpcscare, but funnily enough, Carrie was the first horror movie to introduce the jumpcscare. Such a classic
nope. "Wait Until Dark" 1967. check out the last 5 minutes. that's a jumpscare.
Even still her hand came out in slow motion lol
@@rashadwalker8218 De Palma sure was crazy about slow motion
The Godfather 1972 had a jump scare when at the hospital the nurse comes out of nowhere and says to Michael "What are you doing here?"
I felt so sorry for Carrie White. Her mother never got over her husband's betrayal. She didn't want Carrie reminded her of him. Terrible what girls did to her. Glad she had her teacher at the time. Sad that Sue let Tommy take her out to help her get into high school. And the teacher through her out at the prom. Kris and Billy very bad.
AMAZING film, and one of my favorites from when i was little. I remember this playing at the drive-in near our house. Surprisingly emotional, I remember crying the first time I saw this. Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie were an amazing duo--both were nominated for Oscars for their performances in this film.
You gave a great and thoughtful reaction. Makes me want to read the book again after many many years. I haven't gone through alll your videos so I don't know if you have reacted to my 2 favorite horror movies. I think 1963's The Legend of Hell House starring Russ Tamblyn and Julie Harris is the most frightening move I've ever seen. It's greatness is that you never see the evil or ghost or whatever you want to call it that is tormenting the people in the house. It was remade as The Haunting in 1999 with Liam Neeson and it was the only movie I've ever walked out on, filled with disgust and hate and disappointment. My other fave is 1973's The Wicker Man with Christopher Lee and Edward Woodward. Mr. Lee said it's he favorite role of all that he played and I'd agreee with him. I adore that movie. I am so grateful that I was warned away from the awful 2006 remake with Nicolas Cage and Ellen Burstyn. (Does "The bees! The bees!" ring any bells? Run away from that monstrosity.)
I have not seen a "bad" reaction to "Carrie", they're ALL great......but THIS may be the best I've seen (although special mention should be made of Popcorn Reactions did a brilliant and hilarious one) Every single thing you said, from your intro to the outro, spot on. Also: one of the best edits, you include stuff I haven't seen in ANY reaction, stuff I completely forgot! You're one of the ONLY reactors to immediately understand that Sue and Tommy are not in on it! So many reactors are confused until the big moment! Sarah saying how this was an easy watch at the end, couldn't agree more. Completely agree that the "horror" in this horror movie is Carrie's life! You get a knot in your stomach over this girl! Most sympathetic "monster" since King Kong and Frankenstein's monster!
Stephen King was best served early on in his career. You have DePalma doing Carrie, Kubrick doing The Shining, Carpenter doing Christine and Cronenberg doing The Dead Zone.
His later career was served just as well , imo , or better. The Shawshank Redemption is considered one of the greatest films ever. The Green Mile is highly regarded as well.
Dr Sleep is also an excellent adaptation.
@@adgato75 Maybe Shawshank is close to mostly Dead Zone, and perhaps above Christine (very good movie, but one of Carpenter at his prime lesser ones), but Kubrick is in a completely different league. Despite what uncle Stevie might think. And so is this version of De Palma. The Mist was nice too, but not on the same level.
@@Dacre1000 I also love The Shining. And yeah , Kubrick is great.
But Shawshank is literally on many , if not most critics Top Ten Films Ever lists.
Whether you like it less or not is immaterial. That is simply a fact.
@@adgato75 No less
a fact that critics opinion, no matter the number, is irrelevant in terms of quality indicator.
My likes or dislikes are not part of this conversation either. I was not talking about my taste.
It is also NOT on many critics list. Depends on the critic. Another fact.
In fact, very few serious critics would put shswshank on a top ten of all time. Be serious. Just in american cinema there are a hundred more regarded movies already.
You really think that in a world with Welles, Coppola, Scorsese Kurosawa, Hitchcock Ford, Peckinpah, Bergman, Tarkovski, Kieslowski, Renoir, Wyler, Mizoguchi, Leone, Buñuel, Truffaut and this is just the surface, they would choose Shawshank in the top 10? Darabont himself would be laughing at your face.
You must be thinking of imdb...
@@Dacre1000 My colonoscopy footage was better than anything Welles ever made , fyi.
.... Fact.
"I think it's safe to say she's had enough!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Kicking off summer with a fun, carefree, high-school comedy, I see! This one's definitely a lot of fun :)
Haha yes, so fun and carefree! 😬
@@EricSarahReact Haha! And BTW that shot around 10:02 is referred to as a "split diopter" effect, where a special lens keeps the foreground and background in focus at the same time.
One of my favorite movies, and both Sissie Spacek and Piper Laurie were both nominated for Oscars. The quintessential mother and daughter for horror movies. Yes, in the book, Carrie has no clue about her period at all, her mother is so old school. Sissie went above and beyond and her husband was in the crew and actually handed her the blood in the shower. Just a perfect movie honestly. Sue's mother is actually Amy Irving's real mother!
Sue and Tommy had good intentions for Carrie. They didn't know about the prank.
That film created the ending trope. It was the first and Carrie is the best!
If the teacher hadn't shut Sue outside i wonder if Sue would've had time to warn Carrie and Tommy about the bucket.
Tommy was hit on the head with a metal bucket from quite a height. Of course he was incapacitated! 🤕
when you say "classic trope", you understand that this was one of the first movies to establish that "classic trope". a daring, dazzling movie in a lot of ways. The Fury is kind of a follow-up, with similar themes and some of the same actors. a great one imho. but then everything is bigger and better when you see at the movies
During the filming, Nancy Allen and John Travolta thought they were the comic relief! When they saw the film, they realized how mean and nasty the characters really were.
I love seeing people react to this story for the 1st time, I love this film so much (the book is also brilliant, short enough read too).
You guys are great:)
Thanks for the kind words! Take care, and we're glad you enjoyed the video :)
At the end, the filmmakers wanted Carrie to summon rocks to rain from the sky and smash the house to the ground, but they didn’t have the budget to finish the scene. There are even shots where holes appear in the ceiling.
They did that in the remake. It was a decent movie for what it was.
By the way, the student (Helen) in this scene with the glasses (20:43) is actress Edie McClurg who played Mr. Rooney's funny secretary in the classic comedy movie, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" ('86).
Piper Laurie's performance (the Mom) still haunts me to this day everytime I see movie reactions to this film. The music and especially the cinematography (the entire prom scene) were stupendous. "Carrie" is considered one of the top 500 greatest horror movies of all time and the ending scene is one of the top 100 scariest moments in film history. I enjoy this film so much, moreover I do believe that Pino Donaggio had create an unforgettable masterpiece score on this movie....
Yes.
Random fact about the cast: The actress playing Sue's mom is her mom in real life.
Eric & Sarah, thank you for reviewing my favorite Sissy Spacek movie, Carrie. If nobody else has told you guys, the book is somewhat different than the movie. But I preferred the movie because of Sissy Spacek.
"I recognise the one on the right from Halloween" - Yeah, P.J. Soles, she was a bit of a Scream Queen in the late 70s and early 80s.
Brian Dipalma stated that he got the inspiration for the nightmare scene at from the ending if the movie "Deliverance".
(about Carrie's mother) "She has no compassion at all."
First of all... you're absolutely right.
Second... that's one of the things that makes her so terrifying. She fully sees herself as compassionate and doing what is best for her child. And obviously she's just not.
True, but, how did that simple bucket kill you, Tommy? Lol
@@JesusPerez-wl3iiThomas Ross may hath been unconscious. Rather. Carrie may hath ultimately caused the passing of Thomas Ross.
@@kiranjitKaur61 thats pretty much what i thought. She probably looked back and like a customer who forgot to buy the tortillas, but is too lazy and is already out in the parking lot, thought, "Damn...ugh, he's....probably already bleeding to death...or burning." And left. Lol
My favorite line in the movie: And I don't want to talk about it anymore.
This is definitely one of the most thoughtful reactions I’ve encountered on this film. When I first saw it as a kid, it felt like an R rated after school special with an anti bullying message:) So surreal:)
The 1970s was a huge change for film style in general. The 4 Directors - that did that were Brian DePalma (Carrie) Francis Ford Coppola. (The Godfather) Steven Spielberg (Jaws) and George Lucas (Star Wars) The 70s and 80s were a very interesting time.
Both Sissy Spacek (Carrie), and Piper Laurie (Margaret White) received Oscar nominations for their roles in this movie. That was even unheard of for films in the horror genre back in those days, because the academy didn't really respect movies in that genre back then. Goes to show just how amazing these actresses are, and what they brought to these characters of Carrie and Margaret White.
Brian De Palma returned to theme of telekinetic powers with the great thriller "The Fury" (1977), with Amy Irving in one of the leading roles. And De Palma had Travolta star in his thriller "Blow Out" (1982).
Also Drresed to Kill
Two great performances Sissy Spacek [Carrie] and Piper Laurie[ Moma] one of the best adaptations a King novel on film .
Some fun facts: Sissy Spacek (who plays Carrie) didn't wash her face on the day she auditioned and also rubbed vaseline into her hair. She deliberately didn't hang around with anyone else from the cast during filming so she'd feel Carrie's nervousness and isolation around them. She even offered to have REAL pigs blood dumped on her (which the director refused).
Utilising real Pigs Blood for a Carrie remake wouldst be an excellent and bold idea. Rather.
You described the end as a "classic trope" but actually this was the first jump scare most can remember. The rest all came after this movie.
Brian DePalma was at his filmmaking zenith in the 70s. His use of slow-motion, long takes, split focus/ split-screen were used well in this movie. And like others have said, the jump scare at the end was probably one of the first times it was used and eventually became a horror cliche. I read in the final dream sequence scene, the actor Amy Irving walked backwards and the editing reversed the motion so she would walk forward. This would add to the dream-like quality. This is just DePalma with his creative use of filmmaking.
On the house collapsing, In that last scene in the kitchen you hear the violin "shrieks" indicating that she just used her power. And you saw some damage happen in kitchen. It was at that point that she unknowingly "broke the back" of the house. That why it collapsed. The fire was from broken gas lines.
Of course all those candles contributed to the fire.
The entire shower scene was to emphasize that Carrie got her powers once she hit puberty.
She hit satanic puberty🔥🔱. Sissy was 31 which backwards would be 13 😂
She actually had them when she was 3 per the book. I believe they went dormant until her first menstrual though. Because they mention in the book that as a child, she made rocks rain down all on the White house when her mom was punishing her, but its been such a long time since I've read it I feel like I'm missing parts of what happened after that up until high school.
In the book she had powers as a little girl too.
“I think it’s safe to say she’s had enough!” 🤣🤣🤣
I love the fact that Tommy was actually sinceredespite the fact that Sue told him to take Carrie to prom.
Sue and Tommy weren't in on the prank. The novel had Chris find out about the prom ballot and then called Billy. Don't forget that Norma had eavesdropped on the conversation between Ms. Collins, Sue and Tommy about asking Carrie to the prom.
As a girl born in the late 60s - John's hair was always like that. No poem needed. I think Williams was natural too.
Classic 70's horror. You mentioned the build up towards the end, that is the suspense. Good suspense makes great horror. Slasher films are easy but to make something suspenseful take talent and imagination. and the multiple screens at one time during prom chaos was brilliant. Saw this when it came out in theater and is just a spooky today.
When you said 'I feel like this is gonna have a bad ending... For everyone', I was like boy you have no idea....
This movie is deep AF and terrifying, great
One thing pisses me off about all film versions of Carrie: In the book, Carrie also has telepathy and Sue didn't go to the prom at all. After the black prom and Carrie stopping her mom's heart with her mind, Sue heard Carrie's voice calling out to her in her head, and when Sue found her she died.
Carrie doth hath telepathy within the 1976 Film. Carrie doth sense the car approaching from behind her person and the intent of the driver unto murder her person. Carrie then causes the car unto flip over and its blowout. Thus Carrie doth utilise both powers within one short scene - Telepathy and Telekinesis.
Both Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie were nominated for Oscars for their work in "Carrie" (Spacek for Best Actress and Laurie for Best Supporting Actress). Neither won (Spacek lost to Faye Dunaway in "Network" and Laurie lost to Beatrice Straight, also in "Network." The nominations were surprising, since (at the time) horror films were rarely acknowledged by the Academy. Still, it's been said that Spacek came very close to winning.
In 1988, a stage musical version of "Carrie" arrived on Broadway after a limited run in the United Kingdom. When the show transferred to the US, the role of Carrie's mother was played by Betty Buckley, who played the gym teacher "Miss Collins" in this film. The reviews for the show were brutal, so much so that the show closed after just five performances, losing its entire investment of $8 million and becoming one of the costliest musical flops in history. The show was reworked and opened off-Broadway in 2012 for a limited engagement. This time around, the reviews were better, and the show became licensed for local theater productions.
Videos of both the 1988 UK and NY productions, as well as countless versions of the 2012 version can be found here on RUclips. In addition, there is an excellent documentary by "Wait in the Wings" which details the show's history and enduring legacy -- definitely worth a watch! :)
The jumpscare at the end was on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments.
The ending is super symbolic from Carrie’s house sinking into the ground which a lot of people speculate it wasn’t actually carries power to the nightmare Sue had reminding the audience of the lasting impression of the events of the prom
Carrie doth hath telepathy within the 1976 Film. Carrie doth sense the car approaching from behind her person and the intent of the driver unto murder her person. Carrie then causes the car unto flip over and its blowout. Thus Carrie doth utilise both powers within one short scene - Telepathy and Telekinesis.
25:11 Exactly! Carrie, when engaged in conversation, is totally normal & incredibly nice. Tommy was definitely into her/ *NOT* involved in the incident 🚫🐷
I hate that people refer to Carrie as the villain. She wasn't, even at the end. She was bullied, abused and terrorised her whole life until she has a complete psychological meltdown. And they ABSOLUTELY DESERVED IT. Even afterwards when she goes home to bathe and wash the blood off she realises what she's done and starts crying. And she only kills her mom in self-defense after being stabbed and the mom followers her wielding the knife.
I hate them too. Now we have a new type of bullies we have to deal with. The bullies are the west. The victim is Russia. When Russia does something against the west, like the special operation in the Donbass, it would be all its fault. And the west still thinks, it doesn't do anything wrong.
People that blame Carrie, apparently only saw the last scene, and deliberately ignore what happened before.
No. Carrie doth cry within the bathtub with self-pity over her plight - the blood having been upon her body. Rather. I do rather admire the backbone shewn within terms of not showing guilt or remorse over the past such actions.
Corporal punishment was indeed allowed in the 70's, but by the way of the infamous paddle. A slap would've gotten the teacher fired even then.
Thanks for the great reaction to one of my favourite 70s horror movies.
Another I would recommend is Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978).
I also love the many British anthology horror movies from Amicus Productions, where 4 or 5 short stories are told in each movie, linked by a common thread.
9:32 This guy, William Katt with the blonde curly hair, was in the hilarious superhero show The Greatest American Hero.
God, y'all are SUCH A CUTE COUPLE!! I loved watching y'all watch this movie, it's one of my faves. Thanks for posting! :)
13:00 - Believe it or not, there are still some counties in some states in the U.S. that allow schools to paddle students. As I understand it, it's usually a choice between some other punishment (suspension, etc) or swats.
Chris - Nancy Allen from Dressed to Kill, Robocop and others.
Norma - PJ Soles, has had small parts in lots of movies and a larger role in Stripes.
Tommy - William Katt, who starred as Ralph in The Greatest American Hero TV show.
I wouldn't think its a B movie both Sissy Spasek and Piper Laurie as her mom were nominated Oscar Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress respectively.
Amy Irving who played Sue was considered for the role of Carrie White. Linda Blair who played Regan in The Exorcist auditioned for the part too.
Carrie isn't a horror film: It's a tragedy
Moral of the story: don't pick on the weird kid. You can't handle just how weird they really are.
Don't pick on anyone, not just the weird kid. Because why would you? I've always seen bullies as psychological challenged children.
Some meanness doth not go amiss. Within life. Rather.
'Carrie' is one of my Top favourite Films. Rather.
Carrie is not exactly horror in the sense of like a scary killer or jump scares. It's more of a psychological horror or supernatural horror. The horror is more about the way her mom and the other kids' treatment of carrie drives her to use her powers to do bad stuff and killing them
In the 70s if they had held a dance without a live band no one would have shown up.
Did anyone notice that their was a disc ball with stars on it above Carrie and Tommy while they were dancing. Before Carrie walked out of the gym she look back at the disco ball and caused it to drop to the floor.
There are a couple theories about this movie in the Stephen King World.
1. Margaret White was a profit, just like Mother Abigail in The Stand. In the book, her religious views are on point with The Stand. She couldn't handle it though and lost her mind.
2. Margaret White was not impregnated by her husband Ralph, but rather by the man she was having an affair with: Jack Torrance (from The Shining). That would tie Carrie into the telekinetic genetic line of The Shining and Dr. Sleep (the books, anyway, since they cut some things out of Dr. Sleep).
Insane? Perhaps. But the King World is absolutely insane.
Did anyone notice when the mom was getting killed, she sounded like she was having multiple orgasms. That was Piper Laurie’s idea to enjoy it because she wanted to die and rest in peace.
Adam Sandler had a whole comedy album called "They're All Going to Laugh at You". Named after his parody of the mom. It was really funny.
Carrie actors who went on to do other horror films:
PJ Soles (the mean girl in the baseball cap) was in Halloween (as well as the Bill Murray comedy Stripes).
William Katt (Tommy) was in the underrated horror film House. He also starred in the superhero-inspired TV show The Greatest American Hero.
Amy Irving (Sue Snell) was the only returning cast member to appear in The Rage: Carrie 2.
While not horror, Nancy Allen (Chris), was in the RoboCop films.
P.J. Soles was also in “Rock n Roll High School” with the Ramona’s. And Amy Irving was once married to Steven Spielberg.
@@gammaanteria Nancy Allen was in Poltergeist 3
Classic trope that was basically first invented here. At least in film. There may have been earlier films that had a killer come back at the end, but this was the one that started it one the way to being a horror film trope.
Its perfectly normal for a lot of girls to not know what a period is by the time they get it. I surely didn't know what was happening when I got it
Isabella: Is it? I asked some of my female friends and family members and no, they said they didn't know anyone who wasn't aware of this since it was taught in school and mothers told their daughters what to expect. They went to school in the 70s and 80s. But, with the way education is now, maybe it is normal for girls today not to know since so much has been cut or just ignored in the curriculum
@@LA_HA I'm sure a lot of girls learn about periods from the internet anyway
@@Isabella-tu9fb That's possible, if they think to look for it
Good on you two for watching the original, it is far scarier than the remake. I watched this when I was 8 years old... I jumped behind the couch at the shower room scene.
Remake? There's a sequel: The Rage: Carrie 2. Is that the one you mean? I liked both; appreciated that Amy Irving was in the sequel.
@@that.ll_do_pig Yes, Chloe Grace Moritz was in the remake.
Brian De Palma in his early days seemed to be channeling his inner Alfred Hitchcock. The difference is that Hitchcock had to weave his sexual themes into the subtext, De Palma made them the text. I think in Carrie this works beautifully. Repression is a big part of this story and sexual repression fits right into that.
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I love all of the Carrie films each one puts their own spin. Of course nothing beats the original. But goes to show you when you push a person too far. You never know what and how their breaking point is.
My fav horror movies are The Thing, Re animator, Evil dead 1 and 2 and sleepaway camp!! The Thing is celebrating its 40th anniversary this month!! Just saw it in theaters for the first time wed!!
Great choice, I love Carrie.
Badlands (1973) for more Sissy Spacek
Blow Out (1981) for more Brian de Palma (and John Travolta and Nancy Allen actually)
Christine (1983) for more Stephen King
Ginger Snaps (2000) for more hormonal horror
Eating Raoul (1982) for another minor Edie McClurg role
Awesome recommendations!
Edie McClurg is EPIC in Ferris Bueller's Day Off - amazing actress who steals the scene in small roles that are unforgettable.
@@timothywhitfield8785 Edie McClurg is great in everything. Love her in the Elvira movie where she plays a character called "Chastity Pariah"
@@sabalos She has ONE scene in Planes, Trains and Automobiles and its great - lol - amazing woman.
Badlands is a great film.
Eric & Sarah there was a lot of men and women getting slapped in 70’s movies. I grew up in the 70’s.
This movie freaked me out. “Carrie” stayed with me after seeing it. I couldn’t sleep for days.
If you pay attention to Sue's dream, the cars are driving backwards.
The dream sequence was filmed backwards to make it look more dreamlike. 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.