First Time Watching CARRIE Reaction...THIS IS HOW YOU REVENGE
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- Опубликовано: 25 апр 2023
- Watching CARRIE (1976) for the first time!
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Everyone weren't laughing at Carrie at the Prom, only a few were. However, Carrie was so distraught that she imagined that everyone was laughing at her, and decided to take everyone out, she was furious, and literally snapped. Moral of the story, don't be a bully 😅
And control your temper. Innocents get hurt.
The book was a little more nuanced--one of the survivors later said that people did start laughing, but it was a kind of horrified, what just happened here, sort of laughter, because it was either that or scream.
@@maceomaceo11 Yes - bullies, control your tempers. Carrie is not the villain of this piece, and if that's what you're selling, go and sit down.
@@babs3241 I never got that. If I saw that, I would see several options other than "laugh or scream." Horrified silence was always an option.
Kat: Cookie flipper 🍪 classic stuff 😂😅. In all honesty, this movie is really good. Great performances all around. Cleverly shot. Enjoyed your reaction. What a jump scare scene at the end huh? 😳 To this day this is the only scene in any movie that made me jump. I don't scare very easily. But that hand coming out, oh Shit!😅
Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie were both nominated for Oscars for this movie, deservedly so. Carrie’s mom is one of the most terrifying villains ever.
@jimtatro6550 They both absolutely deserved it and also in a way this was a groundbreaker in that it gave credibility to horror movies brought to life by one of my favourite directors Brian De Palma .
@@harveylee51 I am a huge DePalma fan, Blow Out, Dressed to Kill and Body Double being my personal favorites
@@jimtatro6550 Those are great choices and yes amazing thrillers now i want to watch Blow out again , also Quentin Tarantino mentions how much of an influence DePalma is to him citing both said movie and CARRIE are among his favs
CHEERS .
@@harveylee51 I think Travolta’s performance in Blow Out is his best ever, I own the Criterion BluRay and watch it at least 3 times a year
@@jimtatro6550 Agreed it is his best performance IMO as well !👌
Fun fact: When Carrie’s mom says, “Red, I might’ve known it would be red” about the prom dress, actress Piper Laurie (the mom) rescued that line from Steven King’s novel. Director Brian DePalma was going to change the dialogue when the wardrobe designer decided that pink would look prettier on Sissy Spacek. Piper Laurie pleaded with him to keep it in the script. She explained that it made sense because of the character’s bizarre religious thinking. The dress would still be red in her mind! Kudos to Piper Laurie for nailing this part as the mother!
That dress became red after the prom.
Fun fact: there is someone going around in the comment section of RUclips pretending to have special insight into the movie by saying "Fun fact…" Sounds to me like he is trying to start an Internet rumor. I don't know why he does this he must have a little penis and gets off by saying this.
Travolta, way before Grease.
hahaha yeah, i could see my own fundie dad making weird loose connections like that. Glad she salvaged that line.
Agreed, Piper Laurie is amazing!
Half way through writing the novel this movie is based on, King threw his endeavors in the trash. He thought no one would want to read a story about a troubled girl on her period.
However, his wife retrieved it and read it, mostly out of simply curiosity. She then returned it to King and persuaded him to finish it saying: "I think this has potential, you should finish it."
So in a way we have King's wife to thank for this story being told.
Really we have Tabitha to thank for King’s entire career. Without Carrie, which was his first novel to be published, we probably wouldn’t have seen any of his illustrious books come into the mainstream.
@@klausoshaunacey8429I don't know of illustrious is the right word. With a couple notable exceptions King wrote pulp horror.
@@beestingza doesn’t mean they aren’t fantastic books. Genre doesn’t denote quality.
@@klausoshaunacey8429There are a few classics, like The Shining and Carrie, but many others aren't so great.
We have Stan Lee to thank, because King stole it from the X-Men comics who had a telekinetic female named Jean Grey. This is basically just "What if Jean Grey's mother was a religious fanatic?"
Carrie is still such a powerful film all these years later. It's not even the "horror" element that is so deeply emotionally affecting, it's the human tragedy of it all. Such a heartbreaking film.
I agree. I think of Carrie as a modern version of a Greek tragedy.
@@jacquelinecallejas1390 As I've got older I've found myself not necessarily empathising or sympathising with the mother, but I do have the thought "Imagine what must have been done to her to make her like that", and it's a troubling thing to consider.
The ending is scary but at the same time, it's really sad. Carrie was so happy and excited. Prom was probably the first time she ever got to be happy or enjoy anything and even that got ruined. It's really no wonder that pushed her too far. Her mom was psychotic. Her classmates were sadistic. She finally snapped. Love this movie and the book is great too.
Only a handful were mean to her. Carrie is a psychotic murderer, much like Nick Diaz.
@@maceomaceo11 she was pushed too fair and had to let it out, Team Carrie
@Lubbock Babes Fan :D awesome
@lubbockbabesfan81 agreed it's better than the awful 2013 remake
@lubbockbabesfan81 I did too. To be honest, I liked the 2002 miniseries and even The Rage Carrie 2 lol. I know a lot of people don't but that's ok.
"And this guy's hair. And THAT'S IT!"
*half second later*
"AND his Canadian tuxedo, and THAT'S IT!" 😂 Pure gold.
Reminded me of Steve Martin in The Jerk. "And that's all I need..."
Oh bullying in high school is just as cruel as what you see in this film. It's no exaggeration and I should know it. I was basically the male version of Carrie when I was a teen, so this film used to be my absolute favorite. During the prom scene I used to imagine my own classmates suffering and it brought me GREAT joy.
Looking back now, I'm so glad we didn't have smartphones back in the early 2000s, things would've been much, much worse.
I get you. Carrie is the ultimate revenge fantasy. That, and Christine. King sure knows how to pull the right strings, which is the reason he was the first author whose books I'd binged when I was in high school.
Worse for me was when I was orphaned and most of the bullying stopped. Everybody in school pitied me after one of the teachers made it public and inadvertently humiliated me. So I dropped out and went to another school where I was nearly untouchable. Had money, new friends, a nice car, pretty girlfriend with connections... Happy ending, I guess?
This story is especially brilliant at capturing the way that teenage bullying and abuse escalates. Starts out as standard mean "teasing" - but then when the bullied kid "freaks out" or "can't take a joke" or "gets us in trouble when we were just having fun", the bullies turn it into a grudge match and feel the need to "get back at" the kid they were already tormenting. And so it builds up into genuine cruelty and viciousness.
Agreed its better than the 2013 remake 😊
@@mikesilva3868 the remake is fine but I think the studio wasted their cast and crew. They cut out so much stuff and made it like the original again, but with smartphones. Its such a minor change it doesn't even matter.
That’s how high school was for dweebs like me, a prison I couldn’t wait to get out of
@@mikesilva3868 I find Carrie 2013 highly underrated and misunderstood. It took the source material and turned it on its head. Whereas in 1976 I see a tragic story of losing control, 2013 spins it into an empowering tale of regaining control, albeit through extreme measures. Carrie in 2013 seems to be fully in control of her powers, turning the story into a revenge tale. 1976 Carrie was in a trance and remained a victim all throughout. Margaret was also re-interpreted from an almost bleak caricature with no love for her child to an overbearing helicopter parent repeating an abusive cycle out of fear of abandonment, one even 2013 Carrie seems to understand and sympathize with but ultimately has to escape from in order to become her own person. I know the CGI isn’t the best and some of the acting tropes can be aggressively modern horror, but don’t be so quick to write off 2013 Carrie as an inferior, identical piece. It’s very much its own thing and in many aspects a true counterpart to the 1976 film.
@@levischorpioen One version I actually liked was the tv movie adaptation of Carrie in 2002. I liked it because the story was told from survivors' perspective because they got interviewed at the police office. In this version Carrie does survive because the movie was supposed to be a 'jump off' point for a TV series starring Carrie and Sue, but NBC (the channel the movie aired on) had no interest in it. It's a darn shame because the set up was pretty cool because Carrie was going to go through the emotions of knowing she killed people while she and Sue would help people. In the movie Carrie basically fakes her death and Sue hides and they flee for Florida.
No one does bullies like Stephen King.
@jaydisqus3353 Stephen King was a high school teacher in MAINE this explains a lot as to why being set in MAINE and high school bullying are the MAIN features in so many of his stories 😉👹
I just love these reactions KAT is fast becoming one of my favourite reactors .
keep Classic horror alive .📽🎬
@@harveylee51 mine too. I didn't know he was a teacher, I guess he saw the bullying first hand.
Bullies and awful adults
Actually most of Stephen King's depictions of bullies are some of the absolute WORST in all of fiction. I don't mean effective, I mean very terribly written. They are ALWAYS incredibly 1-note, stereotypically cheesy depictions with absolutely no character depth or nuance whatsoever. He's never been interested in writing half of his characters with much subtlety or nuance, rather depicting every bully, threat or mean person as 1-note, cartoon characters in honestly every depiction to the point where it really just feels rote and terribly trite.
Sometimes They Come Back has some classic King bullies.
The scariest part of Carrie is that the actress playing John Travolta's girlfriend didn't realize that her and John were villains until they saw the movie with an audience. She thought they were comic relief.
Also, when you said "that's not going to fly" I couldn't help but laugh.
Comic relief?? Oh man. That's so disturbing 😳
Comic relief? What was she smoking to come to the conclusion that everything their characters were doing was remotely funny?
There are many things that people once found funny that people wouldn't find too funny today...
@@AshLee92490 Audiences then didn't see her character as funny either. It wasn't a time thing, it was a her thing.
To be fair, I know which Carrie documentary clip of Nancy Allen you're speaking of when she said she "didn't realize (they) were villains", and I'm pretty sure she was just being facetious with that statement.
"I didn't see the ending of Carrie but I'm sure she had a wonderful time." -Linda Belcher
John Travolta: Carrie 1976, Saturday Night Fever 1977, Grease 1978. Not a bad run :)
I don't care for his "comeback" movies of the 90s and 2000s though. A lot of THOSE are real crap.
If there's anything we as a society need to learn, especially online, it's _never_ just a joke.
Kids can be mean, but cruelty is a learned behavior. They learn it from the adults in their life.
Buckaroo Banzai said it best - "Don't be mean. There's never any reason to be mean."
I'd say it's the other way around: Kids are mean, and the adults in their lives don't disabuse them of it. Kids are awful, and it has to be trained out of them.
@@LordVolkov There is in fact a musical version of this (it's better than you'd think), and I'll just quote that: "I could say 'thank God that's not me,' but what does it cost to be kind?"
@@tommyross3298 YAAAAAAAS I love the musical :D
@Gabriel Prescott but those children cant move things with their mind ?
The image of her mom in the crucifix pose literally haunted me for years as a teenager. That got sooo under my skin.
Surely the slow motion of Carrie standing in the gymnasium door, backlit by the fire, is one of the most beautiful and horrifying images in cinema. At one of the early screenings Stephen King reported that at the jump scare when Carrie's arms emerge from the ground (said to have actually been Sissy Spacek!) a big black man seated behind him yelled: "That's it! That's it! She ain't never gonna be right!" One of the very best King adaptations.
I feel bad for Sue. She joined in on the bullying in the shower scene, but she seemed to get how awful what they did was and feel genuine empathy for Carrie. I think asking Tommy to take Carrie to the prom was her way to atone and do a good deed. She felt so bad that she was willing to miss out on her prom and throw her boyfriend at another girl. She meant to do a kindness and it ended in tragedy. Her boyfriend, and most of the class, is gone and, in her shoes, I'd feel like it was partly my fault.
do you think Tommy was falling for Carrie at the prom?
@@damonmcfarland9364 I don’t know about falling, I think that he was definitely seeing her in a new light that night. If the prom hadn’t ended the way it did, and with Carrie coming out of her shell the way she was, I think it definitely would have caused some confusion for Tommy.
One of my favorite small moments is when they're all throwing the tampons at Carrie and the teacher goes up to Sue and asks what's going on, and then yells at her "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" and we see that Sue was caught up in the moment but the second she stops to think she immediately understands and instantly regrets it. Amy Irving played that very well.
@@damonmcfarland9364Not falling for her, but just enjoying her company and getting to know her a little. He was a nice guy at bottom. and it looked as though the bucket killed him, not anything Carrie did or didn't do.
Fortunately Sue is young enough that she'll forget all about her boyfriend and her entire senior class burning to death in the sealed school gymnasium on Prom night, along with half the faculty, as well as the nearby car crash and explosion that took the lives of Chris Hargenson and Billy Nolan, not to mention the bizarre, unexplained house fire that same night that consumed Carrie White and her incredibly forgettable mother. Thank goodness we don't remember things from when we were that young.
I am here!!! Carrie is a horror classic. Poor Carrie was so sheltered, emotionally and physically abused, and misunderstood.
Just so we’re clear, the gym teacher Miss Collins (the one and only Betty Buckley) was NOT laughing. The novel is a little different, but Brian De Palma has been very clear that in the film, only the main bullies like Norma were laughing, everyone else when you see their stunned expressions it is the reality, but Carrie is so traumatized she basically imagines to the point of hallucinating that everyone is laughing including Miss Collins. The kaleidoscopic visual effect is meant to indicate it is a hallucination. Miss Collins was a little rough with Carrie in the very beginning, but eventually she was trying to support, encourage, and protect Carrie. The only person in Carrie’s sad life who seemed to care enough to do so. An interesting fact is the character survives in the novel, but De Palma really wanted to cross that line and have Carrie’s out of control rage and her powers take out Miss Collins to create an environment for the audience where almost no one is safe. During production, Betty Buckley who was a friend of De Palma’s and had worked on his films before (dubbing in voices) campaigned hard to the director to spare her character, but to no avail. This was a really fun reaction video, I loved how invested she became and how she talked to the characters. “Oh, Carrie!” LOL
Miss Collins was in on the joke
@@sp2435 That is completely false. For the novel and all three movie versions, that is false. Even in the Broadway musical version, false.
@@sp2435me when I've never watched a single cell of this movie:
Over the years….thinking about this movie…it just gets better with age. Carrie is practically a perfect movie. It is so hard to watch the dance scene with Carrie and Tommy towards the third act…because it’s sooooo heartbreaking. Incredible film. One of the best De Palma movies and one of the very best movies period IMO!
You had me at " Canadian tuxedo " 😂
Thank you, Kat, for being one of the ELITE FEW reactors to this movie who actually understands from the beginning that Sue and Tommy are good people. The script and De Palma's direction make it clear that they were always sincere, and this was clear to 1976 audiences, but for some reason 99% of other modern reactors to this movie assume they're playing a trick on her. A comment on the cynicism of Gen Z, perhaps?
Good take. I also think many of the reactors aren’t privy to any nuance.
Agreed. Even when I watched this as a kid in the 80s, I could tell Tommy & Sue weren't in on it. De Palma makes it painfully obvious when Tommy looks up at the bucket swinging over the stage and mouths, "What the HELL?!" He wasn't laughing; he was PISSED.
that's pretty obvious! how come no one got it?
They're trying to do a good thing, but they go about it in a very stupid way, because they're teenagers and don't have the life experience to think things through. I mean, sure, they want to give Carrie this one great high school experience, but then is Tommy going to go back to Sue, with Carrie thinking she and Tommy have a thing? Good intentions, but a bad plan. I haven't read the novel (though I really should), but I gather Sue actually admits, after the fact, that she's realized this was a very bad plan. At a remove, that's easy to see, and easy to spin into "they're just as bad as everyone else."
The reason so many reactors think they're in on it is because the whole them doing a good deed after bullying someone thing just doesn't happen in real life. And if it does it's never at the expense of something like someone's boyfriend or girlfriend. So it's kind of unrealistic and them being in on it is much more true to life.
A lot of this could have been avoided if Carrie enrolled in Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. And that's the real horror of this story.
Not really. That's why you got the Dark Phoenix storyline? :P
@@sigmacademy Isn't that mostly the fault of Bronze Age writing?
I love that you realized right away that Sue's intentions were pure. Great reaction!
I've always felt this film is the ultimate horror movie, because EVERYTHING about this story is horrifying and just leaves you with a sick feeling. Carrie is maliciously bullied by her insane mother and most of her despicable classmates (and even school administrators). I'd argue this extends to director DePalma himself with the overly exploitive opening scene in the shower. Her powers make her special, but ironically end up being the catalyst that destroys her and kills (or permanently scars) all those who actually care about her. It's a tragedy in the truest sense. And that revenge scene at the prom is an incredible feat of horror filmmaking and a real gut punch (Carrie emerging from the fiery prom hell is unforgettable). My only real complaint is the portrayal of anyone religious which extends to any Stephen King story. They are always crazy wackos. I still can't deny how effective this film is, however. It fires on all cylinders and completely achieves it depressing, horrible goals. It makes us care about Carrie and we can only watch in terror as her entire world peaks, then comes crashing down to a completely unfair conclusion. All that said, Kat's reactions are hilarious!
King himself believes in God, so I don't think he's as against religious people as much as you say, but if there weren't so many religious wackos in reality, they might not feature in his stories as much as they do (I personally would be far less kind). I find his portrayal of parents much more noteworthy, whether it's this, The Shining, It, Dolores Claiborne, Gerald's Game...he seems to have a very low opinion of them.
"Carrie is maliciously bullied... I'd argue this extends to director DePalma himself with the overly exploitive opening scene in the shower. "
Nope, that's just you projecting onto what the director was trying to say with that scene. The scene itself was meant to highlight that Carrie was on the verge of becoming "a woman" (as termed by the movie itself) and it also sets up why the female bully hates her so much - she represents everything the bully is not (because she literally uses herself for making the guys do what she wants). That's why the female bully has such an "irrational" hate towards Carrie - Carrie has natural beauty, can "capture" the attention of the cutest guys in the school (without even trying to) and doesn't need to do what the female bully has to, so the female bully sees her as a threat.
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks That's because "religious crazies" is a Hollywood trope in as very much the same way that "backwards rural folk" or "uncivilized non-Americans" is, because Hollywood thinks itself the elite cream of the crop (despite the majority of their movies flopping, which would make you think they at least would be humble, if nothing else). You'd almost NEVER see city people being described as crazy or "backwards", despite the fact that the majority of people from the cities aren't really equip to deal with ANY crisis if civilization were to fail.
"weren't so many religious wackos in reality". The same can be said of non-religious people, too, yes?
@@sigmacademy When I think about the bullies I had as a kid, most of them were girls too (but the boys didn't help either). When I was in HS (in a different school and state), by that time, I was in a better place, but there was one girl who did always bully me and I think it was because of jealousy because my best friend was one of her friends and she was always trying to 'control' my best friend. My friend told me they knew each other since they were kids and she use to protect her from bullies. Well this one girl kept bullying me until I also 'snapped', I actually have no memory of it either (I tend to 'block out' bad memories now). Apparently I actually grabbed ahold of this girl (who's taller and bigger than me), pushed her to the wall, and told her to leave me alone. Normally at the school it's against the rules to 'get physical' with anyone, but I didn't get into huge trouble because at that point I had the reputation for being very nice and abided the rules and this girl was a known troublemaker. They still had to contact my parents though and give me a warning apparently. Good news is the girl left me alone after that. So sometimes in certain situations, standing up for yourself does work.
I was raised as a Pentecostal Christian, and I still deal with the traumatic mental and emotional ramifications of that upbringing. We live in a world where fanatical religious fundamentalism still destroys lives and causes untold suffering. If I wrote fiction, I'd probably throw in some hateful evangelicals myself.
You are the first person I have seen reacting to this that knew Sue and Tommy were the good guys. Everyone else thought they were in on it.
The last scene was a nightmare. If you pay attention to the background, you can see a car drive backwards. There is a sequel, but it’s not about Carrie herself. It’s about another girl with powers named Rachel. Also, I’m glad someone noticed that Sue and Tommy are nice.
Wasn't Rachel Carrie's then unknown half-sister (sharing the same father)?
@@pbworld7858 Yes.
"Cujo" is another Stephen King movie adaptation from one of his novels. It was the first movie I ever watched on a VCR. The dog should've won an Oscar.😉
There are moments were Margaret White, reminds me so much of how my mother would sometimes behave due to her very strong religious convictions
and her intense obsession with roman catholic faith.
My grandmother beat my mom severely when my mom menstruated for the first time. Watching how Carrie was treated by her own mother was triggering when i first watched the movie years ago. I had to endure something along the abuse Carrie went through at home.
Sufficed to say, i am now a dedicated atheist.
Carrie is an iconic 1970s era horror cinema classic. It's one of my very favorites from that epic era of movies.
So glad you reacted to it.
I hope you do more 1970s era film reactions.
There are a LOT of solid horror film choices.
I loved horror movies as a kid and I watched many as a young teen. BUT This was the only movie my mom ever turned off and didn't let me watch. It was that scene of physical assault by the mother. I didn't understand at the time but found out later as am adult that my grandma was very physically abusive to my mom.
@@lesasmart6043
Right.
It can be really triggering, especially
if it can be relatable to personal experience.
I understand that physical, emotional abuse, and trauma can be passed down from generation to generation. It's a tough and unfortunate situation.
I am Roman Catholic, and I have no idea how a Catholic would think menstruation is sinful. There is more to your story that you may or may not know. Marriage is a sacrament and sealed with consummation; parenthood is part of God's plan and a way for humans to be fruitful and multiply.
Love your reactions! Just subscribed. The scene at the prom when Carrie looks out at the crowd and everyone, including the gym teacher, is laughing at her is not actually happening in that moment (as I interpreted it). In reality, some people are laughing, but some people aren't. This scene of everyone laughing is just what Carrie is seeing (in her injured reality) at this point because Carrie's mind has snapped and completely become consumed with the paranoia that everyone is laughing at her based on her past bullying experiences and then the words her mother told her, "They're all going to laugh at you." This is why, in my opinion, she kills everyone, even the 'good' ones, without discretion. Can't wait for your next reaction!
It is a honor to be a subscriber. Not only are you prepossessing, but your reactions are honest, intelligent, whimsical, mischievous, and a delight to watch. You are amazing!
This was one sad and tragic movie, and it brings out so many feelings and emotions, and at the same time very well acted. The real villain and psycho is her mother thou, even worse then the trifling school girl that hated her for no reason, and poor Carrie was one of the most victimized women I have ever seen portrayed in a film. Yet, even with her actions you still couldn't help but feel sorry for the poor girl and all the torment she endured thru-out her life. School was a nightmare for her, the way she was treated was horrific and so unneccessary, what did she do to be treated that way, and even at home she could find no peace. The neglect and abuse she suffered was heart breaking to watch, and what little happiness she had with Tommy was snatched away from her disturbingly, and all to soon, poor girl. Good choice Katt, and great reaction as always.
This was Stephen King's first book. He threw it away after starting it before writing much, but his wife, Tabitha King, who is also a novelist now, found it in the trash and wanted to know what happened next.
This movie solidified my hatred of bullies and made me realize just how bad some people have it at home. Although this is a horror movie, I always feel so much sadness watching it because there are really people who experience this type of bullying and unstable parents at home.
Sissy Spacek (Carrie) and Piper Laurie (Carrie's mom) give absolutely towering performances.
Piper Laurie especially is just sooooo good in the role.
When she goes down the stairs doing the sign of the cross with the knife and that lunatic smile, GOD she's terrifying.
Another stand out is Betty Buckley (the gym teacher). She's just so great in the role. The way her character is just no shit taking but so compassionate to Carrie absolutely makes you love her.
Disclaimer: when Carrie sees everyone laughing, that's how she sees it in her head, not the reality, so Mrs Collins (Buckley) is not really laughing at her but that's what she's perceiving after the cruel trick apparently proving her mom right.
The last scene where Sue has a nightmare and the hand of Carrie coming out of the ground with the camera above Sue as she's freaking out is still today one of the most unnerving scene in cinema and the last minute jump scare (much imitated) was the direct inspiration for the final jump scare in the original Friday the 13th.
Fun fact: The actress playing Sue's mom (Priscilla Pointer is her name) was the real mom of the actress playing Sue, Amy Irving.
Carrie's mom doing the cross with the knife, creepy as hell
and that was SS's hand that came out of the ground.
@@pa.encema2821
Dude she's terrifying.
Piper Laurie is rips it as the religious fanatic.
100% an Oscar worthy performance.
@@davidmeir9348 she was nominated for an Oscar for supporting actress for her role in this movie but she lost just as. Sissy Spacek was nominated for actress but she lost too
I remember talking to somebody about this movie and she told me she watched Carrie for the first time at her Sorority with a whole group of her sorority sisters. She said when that hand came out of the grave they all screamed simultaneously like nothing she ever heard before or since.
This movie helped kickstart the careers of several well-known actors today--Sissy Spacek, Amy Irving, Nancy Allen, Betty Buckley, William Katt, Michael Talbott, Edie McClurg, P.J. Soles and some dude named Travolta.
Johnny Travolta played on Carrie was a few years b4 grease
Brian DiPalma put on a Masterclass and picked a perfect cast of "nobody's" . Sissy Spacek won a Oscar down the road , Amy Irving had a great stage and Film Career , Nancy Allen another great Film and TV career , This was John Travolta second Movie before his career exploded . Plus the Adult cast was a Wow The last scene had me losing sleep for Days . !!!!!!!!!!!
Love this Kat! I love this movie!! To be fair the metal bucket (as you noted it would hurt someone) is what kills Tommy - and that is also part of what ignites Carrie’s rage. Also, almost none of the students are in fact laughing (vs Carrie’s distressed imagining) - the one girl who is - Norma - was friends with the evil Chris and Norma’s boyfriend looks at Norma in disgust and shakes his head. Problem is that Carrie has been pushed too far!
That wasn't Norma's boyfriend he was the other girl's boyfriend
You said it exactly right 💯
No. Tommy Ross were apparently unconscious rather. From the bucket.
Great reaction! And thank you for realizing from the start that Sue only wanted to help Carrie. So many reactors assume Sue and Tommy are "in on it" with Chris.
Aside from Carrie herself, obviously, Tommy is the only student death I felt sad about, so much of what he did was out of the kindness of his heart, and Sue's, that he deserved better IMO. It also kinda helps in that regard that he's also The Greatest American Hero lol
@@DavidGowers Tommy and his friends that they were going to sit with. The girl was really nice to Carrie. There are a handful of others who ended up collateral damage who probably never even interacted with Carrie. I like to think some of them made it out alive. But Tommy, yeah that was a big bummer.
The character developments in this film is fantastic and so many, many great performances throughout the entire film.
Betty Buckley is so good as the gym teacher, she should have been nominated for that role too.
Broadway star Betty Buckley (Tony winner in 1983 for playing Grizabella in "Cats") would get to play crazy mother Margaret in the stage musical of Carrie, and sing songs like "And Eve was Weak" and "I Remember How Those Boys Could Dance" and "When There's No One".
I love how Miss Collins manhandles the bad ones. We had some of that in the Catholic school I went to-- both grade school and high school. The nuns in grade school, man alive, a few of them had severe hair-pulling fetishes and sadistic streaks. Gotta love the '70s, LOL.
Betty were the same age as those actors playing high schoolers
Stephen King's first published novel. He actually threw it away because he didn't think he could tell it. His wife pulled it outta the garbage and demanded he finish it. (ALSO Mrs. Snell is played by Amy Irving's REAL life mother!)
There actually is a sequel to this film that came out in 1999. It’s called The Rage: Carrie 2. The actress who played Sue Snell, the sole survivor of the prom at the end, reprises her role more than twenty year later becoming a school guidance counselor. Unfortunately the sequel was critically panned and flopped box-office, but the lead actress who played Carrie’s younger half-sister was praised for her performance, and the film does seem to have gained a cult following. There was also a made for TV adaptation of Carrie that came out in 2002, and a remake staring Chloe Grace Moretz in 2013.
The Rage is kind of a guilty pleasure for me. Yeah, it's not great, but I still enjoy seeing those horrible bullies get what's coming to them.
the 2002 film was a pilot for a tv series.
The Rage: Carrie 2, is one of those movies that people seem to either really love or really hate. Personally, I really enjoy it and think it actually has a number of extremely iconic moments, not to mention the music, (especially the end song by Ra.) The 'tattoo' with explosion comes to mind right away. The Sue Snell stuff mostly turns people off, and as a lover of great characters, it is hard to watch, but honestly, it fits perfectly in this world and echoes the gym teacher in the original. In a Carrie movie it is bad to be someone who wants to help her...
@@DieHard0It's bad to be anybody in a Carrie movie.
@@raputathebuta The Rage just seemed like a rehash of Carrie.
I was twelve when I first saw this film. That ending scene at the grave side scared me so bad, I asked my mom and dad if I could sleep in their bed that night. Thank God they said, "yes." 🤣🤣🤣😳
There is a sequel! The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999). I happen to love the sequel, so I would definitely recommend it as a watch.
Piper Laurie, who played Carrie’s mother, has said that she interpreted the script as a comedy, so that’s how she chose to play it. (I’m baffled how she came to that interpretation, though, unless horror was such an unknown genre to her that she just didn’t get it.)
I Can second this. She thought it was satire, so she played it over the top, but it works so well. I can't see it working being more subdued.
With how over-the top the bullies are and other elements, it can play as a very dark comedy, so I totally stand by Piper's interpretation. And if De Palma didn't like her performance he would have used another take.
Her performance in this movie is one of the most horrifying and twisted things I've seen... It truly makes me feel sick to think of Carrie growing up in a house with her.
Well satire and comedy are not the same thing. She finds the character unrealistic, but interpreted the writing as a satire of a zealot. She finds it funny in that respect, but she didn't say "Carrie to me seemed like a comedy", though she does admit to not seeing why people like the plot so much.
Stephen king threw this book to the trash until his wife, Tabitha King (who is also a great writer), convinced him to publish it. King often says he owns his writing career to her, specially for helping him through many roughpatches and that's why many of his books are dedicated to her.
Oh yeah, definitely a special night for Carrie.
I like that you spotted, and easily, that Tommy was being nice. And that Sue was not in on the pig blood stunt
I am still terrified of the arm coming out at the end
"Not the cookie flipper!!" Hahaha!!!
Was waiting for you to react to this and as usual, you didn't disappoint Kat!! xxx
Had me at 'not the fork'.. after about 5 knives had already gone flying.
I was one of the first people to see this film - it was appropriately enough a Halloween sneak-preview in 1976. Nice to know that ending still can jolt people. When I saw it, the jolt was so surprising that, quite frankly, can't remember if anybody actually screamed. I think about 900 tongues got swallowed at the same time. But boy, the reverberation that happened afterwards? Well, that went on MINUTES after the movie had ended. People in the lobby were lighting up cigarettes like you wouldn't believe. To this day, I don't think any one particular sequence ever scared me as bad. I was 16 when I first saw it, and I'm 62 now - so yeah, that's a compliment to say something STILL is scary. Hehehe
That ending is one of the best I have ever experienced. The music, the bloody hand and the horror on Amy Irving's face. You know she will be haunted by this for the rest of her life. I have watch this movie 25 times and the final minutes 50 times!
This movie breaks my heart. I love Carrie. She's a good person who was pushed way too hard.
Her story is tragic.
I love watching your reactions. ❤
It's her imagination:the teacher wasn't laughing 🎩
Nancy was laughing
Most of them weren't laughing. It was all in Carrie's paranoid mind.
"And she looks displeased..." 🤣🤣🤣
Understatement supreme! I love Sissy Spacek's intense telekinetic stare. The craziest of crazy eyes, accompanied with that stinging violin! Admittedly, I do find the entire prom rampage a bit comical as I saw Zapped first 😅 (it's a bad teen comedy with Scott Baio)
"Carrie, dispatch of her with your mind powers!" 🤣🤣🤣
For more telekinetic horror - Scanners
Interesting little tidbit; Sue's mother was played by Amy Irving's actual mother, Priscilla Pointer, and during the final scene with Sue freaking out, Priscilla was so caught up in the emotion of the scene that she was calling her "Amy" instead of Sue when trying to calm her down, though the music drowns it out.
Also, Margaret's monologue about Carrie's conception was the first and only take of the scene. Brian De Palma felt that it would be to much exposition so late in the movie, but Piper Laurie insisted he let her do the scene. He caved but said she had one shot to get the scene right, and she absolutely killed it. Good thing too, it was such an important part of the character.
"This is her mom's fault" That one line sums up the entirety of the movie.
This is SPECTACULAR! Your reaction is nearly as good as the movie and that’s saying something! Such an Epic film, and this reaction, AMAZING
We're all sorry about this incident, Cassie.
that's what they get, for messing with Cassie.
"I can see your dirty pillows!" Classic lol
If nobody else has mentioned it, this was King's first book. He actually had given up on it before finishing the first scene. His wife Tabitha pulled it out of the trash and told him it was good. They were living in almost abject poverty at the time.
Omg that split-second Peppa Pig edit made me feel SO bad for laughing 😅😭
I'm relatively new to your channel, but I've watched all your vids because I find you highly entertaining. Whether it's the hand actions, the one liners or the ever so slightly outside the box thinking here and there lol. I have noticed though, despite not liking jump scares or tense scenes, your eyes take on an entirely bloodthirsty look during violent scenes, especially when it's the protagonist getting revenge and I'm here for it lol. Keep up the awesome work.
"Ten... bloody messes, out of ten... 🤔 Nothing a little shower can't clean up... pssss"
🤣🤣🤣I'm dead!
Fun fact: The jump scare at the end of Carrie is what inspired the director of Friday the 13th to change the ending and add in the jump scare of Jason jumping out of the lake and pulling Alice under.
the statue in Carries closet wasn't of Jesus, but of St. Sebastian who was shot with arrows but didn't die. Mrs. White's death mirrored the statue.
Saw this in theaters when it was released - That ending made the whole theater jump - It was The talk of my high school at the time
“My Mom is… special.” 😂😂😂 a special kind of crazy. 😉 love the channel.
"I can see your dirty pillows." LOL
For this movie, it was easy to guess which scene Kat would use in her intro. The gravesite scene caused Kat to go from "Awwww" to "Ahhhhh!" in just a split second. As usual, we are treated to an enjoyable and entertaining reaction, with observations that no one else seems to make. Well done.
HI JPWCPA!!!!! Aaaahhh, thank you thank you THANK YOU for your kind words, and for this EPIC SUPER THANKS!! I’m happy to see your name pop up in the comments. And to hear that you like my observations!!! Hahaha!! I really do try to take in as much detail as I can while I’m watching… These movies are often so layered, I don’t want to miss anything!! You rule. Thank you for being with me on this journey for what feels like quite a while now. BE WELL!!! Kat:D
Some years ago like in the early 2000s I think, there was mini-series about the Scariest moments in cinema (101 of them) and this movie did make the list and they put that ending scene on it because it scared a lot of people. FYI, #1 was from Jaws, that very first scene with that young woman.
@@Zodia195 I know I saw all of it
@@damianlatimer6472 Pretty cool list huh? I wish they update it lol.
@@Zodia195 yep
Brian De Palma is AMAZING ! 2 years before “Carrie” he released his greatest film “Phantom Of The Paradise” (1974). Kat I know your list is long now but PLEASE consider this HIGHLY under-rated horror/musical for its upcoming 50 year anniversary. Every year in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada there is an EVENT planned around the showing of this great movie … NEXT YEAR (2024) it will take place close to Halloween . IF you can manage to get a ticket I HIGHLY suggest you go to that ! It might be super difficult to edit a reaction because of the music… but I would REALLY enjoy just knowing you got to see this amazing film. “Faust” “The Picture Of Dorian Gray” , “Phantom” and many other themes are in there. It was a “flop” most everywhere except Canada ( where it was WILDLY popular & played for months ) and I think maybe France . I saw it in the theater on Halloween 🎃 in 1974. (Yes I said “horror/musical “ … LOL! ) It’s my favorite movie. 🎸BTW… you are just phenomenal . Happy 15 K subs Kat !!! 🎥🎞🎸❤️✌️✌️✌️
Seeing Depalma’s name made me realize that I really need to watch POTP again ASAP.
Phantom of the Paradise is a favorite. It definitely deserves more attention.
FARMER STEVE!!!!!! Hahaha!! I always love seeing your name pop up in the comments, THANK YOU FOR THIS SUPER SWEET SUPER THANKS!!!!!! AND ALSO, for recommending me a horror musical!!! DO YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE MUSICALS???? Feels like I should bump this one up the list… I haven’t tackled a musical here yet, but I’ll see if I can figure something out. RUclips is VERY intense about music. OOOO I have never been to Winnipeg, so maybe this is the reason I needed to finally get out there!? Not in the winter though… I am not nearly cool enough. Pun intended. Hehe. You’re so awesome. Thank you for my 15k celebration message. And for ALWAYS being so kind in the comments. I SEE IT ALL!!!! HAPPY SUNDAY TO YOU!!!!Kat:D
@@KatWatchesHorror You gotta see The Phantom of paradise. A fun movie... even if it's not scary. In 1978, I remember calling sick on my student job to re-watch this movie on TV (it was before VHS tape was available 😅)
@@KatWatchesHorror Yes ma’am I remember you saying you liked musicals ! Paul Williams wrote the score and starred in the movie written by De Palma. Ironically PAUL is the president of ASCAP now. Love Paul . He seems super nice. Give him a call to ask for tickets and see if he will give you a break on doing a reaction ! LOL. He and DePalma are both 82. It would be great if they showed up for the 50th anniversary ! Seriously though … I would never want you to get a strike for any reason. I just wanted to put this on your personal radar. I really think you will like it . Also… the soundtrack album has all the full cuts of the songs from the movie and it is a perfect LP . 👍🎸❤️🎥🎞✌️✌️✌️
I love when people watch CARRIE. It's my favorite movie. There have been 2 remakes, and yes, there is a sequel - It's called THE RAGE: CARRIE 2, and it's a good movie, but it has nothing to do with Carrie White, really. It's about a relative. There is also a Broadway musical version, of which I am an internationally known obsessed fan. It's absolutely worth listening to if you like musicals.
The first CARRIE remake was made for TV, and it was a pilot for a series! In this version, Carrie didn't die at the end, instead, Sue helps her get out of town, and she will presumably go from place to place helping out other bullied kids or whoever ends up needed her telekinetic assistance. I wish the series had gone forward! But it didn't.
Anyway, your reaction was really great. I'm glad you picked up that Sue and Tommy were nice....SO many reactors assume that those two were in on it. Glad to see you were smarter than that (not surprised though),
“That bucket would really hurt if it fell on your head”
It outright kills Tommy in the book, I can’t remember if it was explicitly stated in the film.
Delightful commentary, as always. You're a gem. Director Brian De Palma's follow-up to this was another very fine horror/suspense film about telekinesis, "The Fury" (1978) starring Amy Irving (who played Carrie's curly-haired friend). He then made the exceptional Hitchcock-style thriller "Dressed to Kill" (1980) which starred Nancy Allen (the evil Chris in this one) as the sympathetic protagonist. In his next film, the great conspiracy thriller "Blow Out" (1981) Nancy Allen (De Palma's wife at that point) returned, this time with a more famous John Travolta as the star. All of these films are worth seeing and commenting on.
The Fury is a strange one, but I do enjoy it. I don't think Dressed to Kill has aged particularly well, but Nancy Allen is great.
The Fury's a good one. Always struck me as a successor to Scanners (maybe even a head-canon prequel) more than Carrie. Though it is funny how he did two sequential psychic movies in the 70s. I guess if everyone else is doing it, right? lol
the final scene in The Fury.....O.M.G!
It took two days to film all the scenes when Carrie had blood all over her. So to maintain continuity, Sissy chose to sleep in it.
Stephen King wrote a great story, but we can't forget director Brian DePalma, the king of the split screen. He did a great job with Dressed to Kill as well, but this is probably my favorite of his movies. Blow Out was really great, too. Also starring John Travolta and Nancy Allen. Not really quite as much a horror movie as a thriller, but the ending will break your heart and stick with you for a LOOOONNNGGGG time. And yes, this was way before Grease. this was actually before Welcome Back, Kotter. He had filmed this before, and I think it came out around the same time the first season of Welcome Back Kotter aired.
Wonderful reaction as always Kat! Just a few points:
1. The gym teacher wasn't really laughing at her. The students were, but in Carrie's mind everyone in the room was laughing maliciously. I think some of the students were too shocked to laugh.
2. In the book, Stephen King mentions that it was a galvanized steel bucket. Dropped from that height, galvanized steel would fuck you up for good. Tommy was dead before the fires started, his skull probably fractured.
3. I never thought about it beginning and ending with a bloody bathing session!
4. I KNEW the jump scare at the end would get you, because it gets everyone. I was pretty sure that's where your opening scream came from.
Can't wait to see the next one!
One of cinema's earliest, well executed, final scares.
"I heard you bled everywhere and wiped it on people."
And that's the real horror of this movie.
This is another one that was sneak previewed in my hometown before release. The students at my university thought DePalma had wussed out when his previous film "Obsession" wasn't as scary as "Sisters" (the music for "Sisters" was by the composer who invented the "Psycho" sting). When the end of this one came around, the entire audience jumped three feet in the air and gave "Carrie" a standing ovation. Stephen King's novels then became prime IP's. BTW, the two female leads were Oscar nominated for this.
I've decided that my favorite thing about your reactions is how you throw up your fists in front of you like a "fight or flight" thing. It's like you're a cute Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robot. 😆
They made a sequel many years later (about Carrie's half sister or something like that), Carrie 2: The Rage, Amy Irving returns as Sue Snell. It's not as bad as it's reputation but nowhere near the quality of this one in any category.
Nancy Allen, the actress who played Chris, told in an interview, during filming she thought director Brian de Palma didn't like her because he barely spoke to her. They were married in 1979 and she starred in other movies he directed like Blow Out (again with John Travolta) and Dressed To Kill but eventually they got divorced in 1984.
Wasn't the storyline something about the "mysterious father" again, and that for some reason or another the women in his bloodline manifested the telekinetic powers?
@@sigmacademy Yeah, something like that.
Love this movie. Kat you should watch Christine next. I think you’d really enjoy it!
Recently started watching your channel and i really enjoy your unique approach to the horror genre.
Nice sense of humor you've got there.
Looking forward to seeing more of your work.
Another great movie reaction on Kat-Day! 😀 It is so nice to see how compassionate you are Kat, please stay that way! Enjoy your walk and see you on next Kat-Day! ;-)
I’m new to your channel and that was a great reaction to a classic horror film. Now I’m moving on to watch your reaction to another King classic Misery.
Betty Buckley was in "The Happening " and "Split". I love this movie!
There were a handful of weirdos that were laughing but Carrie was so distraught that she imagined that everybody was laughing. I just appreciate the fact that you realized that Sue wasn’t in on the prank. You’re one of the few reactors who did.
Actually, only a few people were laughing. Carrie thought everyone was laughing, hence why she snapped and killed everyone. Love this movie!
The realization you had during the prom massacre was great when you finally got that 'oh, everyone is going to die'...I think that it is a Stephen King finally clicked...there will be only one or two left alive and they will be effed up for life....proven by the dream scene at the end, that lone survivor will have nightmares for life now, remember it's a King story.
Great reactions!
I remember seeing this when it was in the theater, when her mother held up the chef knife preparing to stab Carrie, you could hear dozens of people in the theater take in an apprehensive breath in anticipation of it...only King can evoke that kind of audience response. It added to the feeling of the scene even more hearing that around us.
OMG - great reaction! "Swift good-night" haha! I saw the Chloe Grace-Moritz new one in the movie theater & when Chris *******SPOILER!!!!******* goes through the windshield, there was a pause & out of nowhere in the theater a girl said "GOOD NIGHT, HO!!!!" Love to see your reaction to "Silence of the Lambs" if you haven't seen it. And on a brighter note - "Tootsie" with Dustin Hoffman: as funny as "Carrie" is tragic. :)
a lot of my favorite characters tend to be tragic and Carrie is definitely one of them lol. i just read the book a few months ago and liked it better than the movie too!
I am not trying to be mean but "tragedy" in literature means something completely different than tragedy generally [an event causing great suffering]
@@JamesJoyce12 “tragedy, branch of drama that treats in a serious or dignified style the sorrowful or terrible events encountered or caused by a heroic individual”
@@jacksonsd_ Tragedy in the classical sense involves an individual who is forced to make a choice between two alternatives - both of which are equally horrible. Think Agamemnon sacrificing his daughter Iphigeneia to ensure a victory at Troy.
Apocryphal story: Sissy Spacek was roomie/bff with another young actor, named Carrie. Carrie received the script for this movie (because of the name) but she didn't like the nudity scenes. Sissy on the other hand didn't mind them (they kind of aligned with the story) but she was preparing for a Series-B wacko sci-fi from a guy who had only directed a film before with an even wakier name (THX-number number number number) so they swap scripts. Yes, I'm talking about Carrie Fisher and Star Wars!
That's awesome
“Carrie dispatch her with your mind powers”. Lol
I remember back when this film came out. That "Dirty Pillows" line was talked about a lot.
This movie poses a moral question doesn't it? The rage and revenge of the bullied is often praised and applauded in films but.... IRL tho, not so much. I like to ask people these kinds of questions sometimes as it usually creates a contradiction. I know it's fiction but the moral question still applies to both fiction and reality. I am dancing around the obvious question but you're smart enough to get what I am saying. As for me and my personal morals, I am an eye for an eye type of person when it comes to most things but as far as bullying deserves murder well I am gonna have to say no to that one, murder deserves death and bullying deserves bullying or a punishment of equal value. I didn't root for Carrie but I understood that she was pushed into a corner from all angles which will cause a person to lash out in a variety of ways, unfortunately the lash out is usually not good. Anyway, I enjoyed this reaction very much.
The only people I think Carrie was justified in killing were Chris and her mother because THEY, after all, attempted to KILL HER FIRST (one by hitting her with her car and the other by stabbing her).
Saw this as a kid in the 70's. I remember feeling really bad for Carrie. If I hadn't already seen films like Exorcist and Texas Chainsaw Massacre as a really young kid it would have scared me more but it did creep me out a lot. And I do remember nightmares the night after watching this.
I saw this at The Woods theatre in downtown Chicago. The place was packed, and I was in the balcony. When that last scene happens with "the hand", the whole theatre levitated! It was WILD!!
My mother saw this in the theater back when it first played in 1976! Her friend freaked out and screamed at the ending scene!
Well, Chris and Norma had it in for Carrie because THEY got in trouble over her (during that shower/period episode). THAT was pretty obvious to me. And Sue became sympathetic toward Carrie after seeing her mother at her house (remember that scene), which made her understand why she was the way she was.
It could be that the gym teacher and a lot of the other people who laughed might not have realized it was pigs blood. They might've thought it was just paint or something.
A perfectly complete story. Carrie is destroyed by her own power before she really knows how to control it. You can't help but think that some balanced parenting wouldn't have gone amiss. Do add Dog Soldiers to your watchlist. British werewolf movie by the same director that made The Descent Neil Marshall. You wont be disappointed. Love you channel x
I love how that hand scene catches everyone off guard. Love you Sissy Spacek. You'll always be my Carrie