Carrie: The Teenage Nightmare

[@thetake]

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[@ferniefernandoortiz1242]

ScreenPrism please do Jennifer’s Body it’s theme is centered in friendship and the female body

[@kenny6449]

ScreenPrism You guys knock it out of the park with these videos. You guys should breakdown my short film lol.

[@generalhorse493]

I just realized this, but I think that while real life monster Ed Gein went onto inspire films like Psycho and Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and I don't know if Stephen King was aware of her at the time of the creation of Carrie let alone directly drew from it, but Carrie's mom (Margaret White) is shockingly similar to Ed Gein's own mom (Augusta Gein) including the unspeakable misogynistic skewed christian extremism and Stalin level of control she exerted over her child.

[@TechnicJunglist]

I always felt bad for Tommy. He was knocked unconscious and was truly nice to Carrie.

[@Jim_Stark]

i know. he was so nice to her when they were dancing. it makes you wish the film had a happy ending.

[@TechnicJunglist]

@@Jim_Stark he was genuinely pissed off about the ordeal in that split second before he was injured; An accidental casuality.

[@blond009]

TechnicJunglist not really, he tells her he really wanted to go with her ( it’s not true, it’s a pitty date) and that he loves her or likes her in a romantic way

[@elli3352]

I think I remember in the book it says that he died instantly. Correct me if I am wrong.

[@carolstarr9062]

@@elli3352 he died from an explosion during the school fire

[@generalhorse493]

"Those who are not accepted into the village... ...will delight in the glow of it's burning down." An old African proverb.

[@thethrowawaythatstayed7055]

General Horse ohhh! That’s cool

[@detectivecream2214]

My mom used to tell me that when I didn't get into a club or something as a reminder that the others felt the same way

[@aryrios154]

I love it!

[@korya3570]

describes Carrie perfectly

[@George_Bulkin]

Oh, African wisdom? That's interesting, gotta write that down! :)

[@lmoody9000]

That scene when she unleashes hell and her eyes are wide open is EPIC!

[@kevlow9494]

MaltLiquorMullet Terrifying, mesmerizing and badass all at once.

[@iceluvndiva21]

MaltLiquorMullet Sacry but epic

[@chrisscully1817]

Carrie is a underrated classic horror film. Exorcist gets most of the praise. Yes it was great but Carrie was too. Carrie and Christine imo is Kings best movies

[@jopvos9242]

E 🅱️ I C

[@horrorpill]

That Jesus Christ figure was far more epic.

[@jaydie6686]

"We don't see why Chris hates Carrie so much, but it may be that she sees Carrie to represent the vulnerable parts of herself" That's actually exactly what Stephen King's wife said in her intro to the 1990 version of the book!

[@iceluvndiva21]

Good job guys!

[@camomiletea7357]

interestingly enough Tabitha King (his wife) was the thing that saved Carrie, Stephen thought it was terrible and threw it away

[@kr5746]

she doesn't like to be called "Stephen King's wife"...

[@camomiletea7357]

@@kr5746 edited

[@kr5746]

@@camomiletea7357 I read that too in his book :)

[@manicpixiecurse5337]

Can we all just agree that the real villain of the story is Carrie's mom.

[@4dultw1thj0b]

Actually the real villain is misogyny in general.

[@4dultw1thj0b]

J M Did you watch the video? So much shame and self-loathing is instilled into women as they grow up and they take it out on each other. It's self-perpetuating violence.

[@reneeproud5273]

For real though

[@scroogemcfyuck8110]

In my opinion it's a mixture of bullying and religion.

[@Rugybrat]

@@4dultw1thj0b A villain is a character, not a thing.

[@marvinyoung7545]

There is a small detail in the audiences reaction that is noteworthy. Besides the girl in the front and a couple others, the majority of Carrie's audience is horrified. Her PTSD kicks in and inflates a dizzying perception (using the rotating effect and her mom's voice) that everyone's against her

[@thetake]

Wow, that is a great insight Marvin. Thanks for sharing!

[@user-qv2qf1jk5o]

I wouldn't call it PTSD, but yeah

[@jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj178]

Except for the literal psychopath played by PJ Soles.

[@murderize]

Pizza Addict it is what you’d call PTSD though

[@loganarnoldkicks4321]

@@jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj178 Not related at all but I love PJ Soles in this movie and Halloween 😂😂

[@arbaaz9992]

"jesus watches from the wall, His face as cold as stone. But if he loves me, like she tells me, why do i feel all alone?" The poem that carrie writes for her school. This tiny little piece of poetry got us the glimpse into the core of carrie's emotions. That's the real genius of stephen king.

[@KennyBye]

Tales from the passion Crypt wait that’s in the book? that’s really interesting because it was turned into a song for the carrie musical! i’m not sure if it’s in the original broadway flop or not but it’s in the 2012 revival cast recording if u wanna take a listen! i believe it’s called “evening prayers”

[@DJShire_ATL]

I believe that was also in the 2002 version.

[@themartyflorence]

Its interesting, this is a lyric Carrie sings in the musical

[@NAVEMAN3]

In the end of the original book, there's a hint that Carrie was reborn into a loving family though if she still has her powers I don't know.

[@theangelproductions]

She did have her power! 😊 The girl at the end of the book was caught by her mother moving marbles up and down with her mind, but the mom was still accepting of it even though she was a little frightened

[@auntiecreeps1414]

I assumed the little girl at the end was just another telekinetic; a new generation. Not sure it was meant to suggest Carrie herself was reborn. But what do I know? lol

[@Dani_1012]

I thought they were talking of the other documented girl with telekinesis who would move religious objects around the house and her siblings were the ones to tell the info of what would happen in the interviews

[@nkbujvytcygvujno6006]

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[@jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj178]

Wasn't Carrie.

[@mercyt6431]

Acting in the 70s was so different.

[@rukietizi38]

i thought it was good

[@rubencabral1838]

Sayruq Fatuma It's a bit too over the top imo

[@theproplady]

You obviously haven't spent a lot of time around teenagers. They're practically made of ham.

[@katc2040]

theproplady not really

[@Serai3]

Yeah, you could actually tell what people were supposed to be feeling. Weird, I know.

[@Skarletkombat]

Honestly I never felt sorry for her classmates getting killed, even when I was a small child

[@monilaninetynine3811]

Skarletkombat I was 5 this came out and thought they all got what they deserved.

[@natasharomanof2543]

No those people deserved it. I was bullied my whole life and if I had the same powers Carrie did I would have done the same thing

[@kenyannahlove8703]

Natasha Romanof Same

[@nickc3657]

Natasha Romanof I was bullied a lot too and I might've done the same thing as Carrie, too. Although growing up means realizing the people who tormented you were only doing it because someone was tormenting them too. Gotta forgive em, imo.

[@skellymom]

I only felt that Chris and those in on the blood prank deserved it. There were plenty of people there that may not have really known Carrie, or didn't get a chance to reach out to her that didn't deserve to have their life cut short. Just like in high school, some people may see you in the hall, but you don't happen to have classes with you or your paths didn't cross, etc. And, some people may have though Carrie the odd kid, but didn't hate her. They didn't deserve to die, either. For me, high school relationships, even casual ones were complex. To judge all of the student body with a broad brush would not have been fair. And, that is what makes the ending of Carrie that much more tragic.

[@chambeet]

God, do I ever love Tommy. The way the actor played the prom scene, I think he was actually genuinely starting to get a crush on Carrie. Too bad what happened to him.

[@JS-pn4tj]

Did he die? i may have missed it?

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

@@JS-pn4tj Well, he died. He got knocked out by the bloody pail fall from the skies.

[@mammal2281]

I dont remember if they go into detail in the movie, but he does die. In the book he's knocked unconcious and then is electrocuted, which is what I assume happens to him in the movie.

[@alexisdiva9]

@@mammal2281 in the book he was knocke unconcious by the metal bucket. The only ppl efinitely electrocute were the ban leaer who trie to help him & then grabbe the mike (like Messrs. Morton & Fromm) & Rhona Simar (who apparently touche a live wire below the stage) - others unoubtely were when the water hit the wires....however he was alreay ea when the oil tanks back stage blew up.

[@pickleman4876]

Carrie is an excellent movie and it’s still relatable even decades after its release. I think high schoolers should have to watch it so they can realize the problems that bullying can create and the fact that everyone’s home life isn’t the same. Of course, death by telekinesis wouldn’t be the result, but it would get the message across.

[@thetake]

Good point Ivy!

[@AlexisMaria]

Yes

[@elleofhearts8471]

I think that's basically the reason why certain people get picked on. Because their part of the outgroup. I dont think bullies care about what struggles other kids face. as long ad that kid is least relatable as possible, they make the perfect target. Have you ever noticed bullies dont bully people that are similar to themselves or can easily relate to? Theres a reason for that. And bullies often have deep seated emotional and psychological problems that manifests as bullying. being honest about a child having those problems and getting them help is a better way to stop bullying I feel because you can stop their bullying behaviour at childhood/teenhood. Or else they'll still have those behaviours in adulthood and victimize other adults in a more sophisticated way.

[@crazyangst12]

I always saw Carrie as some form of Frankenstein. She was raised by a crazy religious mother to hate not like who she is and would strongly react to whatever is happening to her like getting her first period. She’s naive and has no idea what’s going on around her and all she wants is acceptance.

[@LoudestWhispers]

I never viewed Carrie as the monster.

[@TiffanyRay]

i think non of us did if anything her revenge was deserved and earned revenge is a dish best served cold or in Carries case hot flaming and burning

[@garthdavis2502]

Her mother and everyone who laughed at her at the prom were the real monsters.

[@uchibauki2515]

I would be her best friend and she obviously lived with toxic people!!

[@carrieyoung8046]

LoudestWhispers Wish my parents thought that

[@nancydelacruz957]

Same she was so sweet, and kind, she never deserved this

[@volatile_sumaru]

Carrie wasn't a mass murderer, she was just disposing the trash Thanks for all the likes guys... Never reached that high before 😅

[@theangelproductions]

Except for Miss Collins

[@mojojojo97414]

She murdered a bunch of kids for laughing at her

[@toenailclippings]

That's the tea ☕

[@toenailclippings]

@@mojojojo97414 everyone has their breaking points when it comes to bullying

[@someguy9345]

Nope, looks like mass murder to me

[@Simpsfan300]

For me this movie wasn't just horror but a very sad tragedy. The prom scene right before she gets hit with the pigs blood still puts me in tears.

[@lyzzlyzzy1023]

It’s one of the saddest stories ever told. Everything that happened was inevitable. Poor Carrie!

[@Gimodon]

I've always thought the same thing.

[@victorgaminglounge3967]

Same here. I always thought this film is more of a tragedy than a horror film.

[@xumo4732]

First of all, Carrie was NEVER a villain. She's the result of what abuse (bullying is one of them) does to a person.

[@winwinsmissinglines]

NAH FUCK THAT “NOT VILLAIN” EXCUSE CAN YOU SAY THAT TO THE MASS KILLING ON THE NEWS LATELY BECAUSE HE WAS BULLIED? NOPE HE’S THE VILLAIN AND WAS A VICTIM

[@jadestarr3325]

when i was in HS i felt like Carrie a bit.... Instead of having pads being thrown at me, i had my clothes in toilets after gym classes >.< Teachers didnt help any or just made it worse, because them girls are cheerleaders. So... I can relate to her a bit. I never had a pity date either... no guy wanted to date me. So, this movie just hits a bit close to home for me... Im married now, 11 years, with a 10 year old daughter, and she has issues in school.. Its a vicious cycle... I hope someday that it will all end, so all little kids who got bullied or never just felt good enough, can just live their lives the best they can...

[@dozer1781]

teach your child martial arts. i used to be made fun of in middle school until i beat their asses

[@TULIP.1689]

I had problems in school as well and based upon that, I’ll be homeschooling my children. I am a somewhat accomplished adult in spite of my education not because of it. There are many options from prepurchased curriculums, curriculum you can make yourself or child-led learning. I would suggest looking into it. As for socialization and group activities there are different options for that as well.

[@misanthropickitty6422]

I can relate. I dated a guy that was 9 years older than me during my senior year of high school. I dated him because I felt an older guy would treat me better because I was bullied really badly.

[@MegaMagicdog]

Get that kid out of school and homeschool her!! Trust me, much of the crap that goes on in schools today is created by this dynamic. By homeschooling them, you break the cycle, the child becomes what they are really supposed to be rather than trying to be something they are not or pressured to be. Conventional schooling doesn't prepare them for life, but for humiliation and subjugation.

[@littlefurballs]

Jade Starr I’m sorry that happened to you 😕

[@jaydie6686]

6:57 She's not the devil. She's actually an avenging angel. In the book, before the destruction, it says: "there was something she was supposed to do. Something about...the Angel with the Sword. The Fiery Sword.” And indeed in the bible it says: "The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness. And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." (Matt 13:41-42) So she's an avenging angel punishing people for their sins.

[@arianatorres3138]

I never thought of that, that's really smart.

[@kairozartstudio]

That is much more on point than the theory this video offers.

[@fbi1819]

K

[@sophiatalksmusic3588]

Maybe she thought of herself as the angel but was purposefully framed as the devil? When writing a book, you have a lot more opportunity to delve into a character's thoughts than you do in a movie. So if the scene at the prom was from her classmates' perspective, maybe she was intentionally depicted as the devil (hence the red lighting) while she saw herself as an avenging angel?

[@Ascendedninja6]

I kind of feel like Carrie was in complete control during the massacre. A calm and controlled psychotic snap. She remained conscious the entire walk home and had enough time to contemplate what she had done. She also had memory of the event so she "see red" as most people claim to see before they black out and go into a rage mode.

[@alexn9647]

In the book her distraction of the school and the entire town is much more deliberate

[@carolinpurayidom4570]

It's a part of her that s trying to protect her

[@queenlele6193]

In almost every culture , women were shamed for just being .

[@redsloane879]

@@xoxoRachelZegerSuperfan Not the point nor what this specific video is about.

[@xoxoRachelZegerSuperfan]

BJ His comment got deleted and so did the reply before mine lol

[@exe.stoppedworking]

That is completely unrelated

[@ren.pfa.99]

@@redsloane879 It is related actually. Isn't Carrie continually shamed by her mother for becoming a woman?

[@redsloane879]

@@ren.pfa.99 Yes, you're right!

[@lemsip207]

Mean Girls and Heathers is true to life because in both films one of the bullied girls joins the in-crowd to avoid getting bullied and then finds that they pay for being in the in-crowd by losing their individuality so that it starts to look better on the outside. The same in Grease as the protagonist is not accepted by the Pink Ladies at first apart from one of them. The message is not to join a group just to stop them hassling you.

[@ohshanana2397]

Carrie is literally the personification of “I won but at what cost”

[@Sabbathtage]

If you love the movie Carrie read the book too, they accompany each other well and in the book Carrie she goes beyond just the gym. This video made me realized with this how much Carrie and Ginger Snaps has so much in common, namely how scary growing into an adult woman is.

[@Sapphire_Reacts]

Tiana Tampico in the books, does it explain why the mom is such as a religious frantic?

[@DrGregoryHouseIT]

Sapphire Yagami Yes.

[@darkdan9739]

I got the book for Christmas and I enjoy reading it a lot.

[@eunice9443]

Sapphire Morningstar yes, the mother was always religious and her husband raped her and forced her to conceive carrie

[@61505]

@@Sapphire_Reacts the mother obviously has a mental disorder like schizophrenia

[@lemsip207]

I've only just noticed the girl who wears the red baseball cap no matter what else she is wearing. She even wears it to the prom. If it wasn't for Carrie she would be the one getting bullied for wearing it so would stop wearing it.

[@sharonspears-mandeville2369]

lemsip well,actually..the actress whom portrayed that girl-character with the red ballcap was actually allowed to keep her hat on during the movie because the director pretty much liked how it fitted the character well-Hell,there's even mention of her hitting sissy Spacek on the head in the early-part of the movie with her hat and De Palma kept it in the finished film..look it up,it's in the behind the scenes footage on the 1970-version's DVD,of course-duh..! Eh..?

[@MelonTartVA]

lemsip the actress actually srill has the baseball cap, she aimply brought it to filming each day and they let her keep it.

[@blerksnarfgut7332]

I always thought the girl wearing the baseball cap (btw her name is Norma) came across as such a nerd. I could never figure out why she was one of the popular girls, always going around with that goofy hat. Then again, the movie was made in the 70's which was a pretty tragic time for fashion lol.

[@thegreenmanofnorwich]

I think Norma's popularity was probably because of her childish and slavish devotion to Chris. Bring indispensable to a queen bee assures some level of protection. The one that really surprised me was Helen (though miss Collins calls her Katie once). She's chubbier than her classmates with a short, upturned nose and unflattering glasses. I'm not saying she should be bullied, but it surprises me that she isn't.

[@lyzzlyzzy1023]

Hahahahahahaha!!

[@Charlie-pu9bx]

It's so true about teenage experiences really stick with you later on in life. I think it's so easy for people to forget how tough being a teen actually is - my teen years (particularly 12 - 16 when I was in high school) were the worst I've experienced so far in life. I'll be 27 this year and I still have really uncomfortable dreams about still being in high school/having to return to high school. I'm always so relieved when I wake up from them.

[@Calcuttaboy1889]

This is a great analysis video. I actually prefer De Palma's film over Stephen King's novel. The novel is from the POV of side characters and hence Carrie becomes an object of mysterious and horrifying reticence, while the film makes the story far more intimate and personal as we see Carrie's suffering through her own eyes and can't help but suffer with her.

[@hodwatt5901]

Well said.

[@MaRyaYTOfficial]

Darnell Major how so?

[@Serai3]

That's not true at all. Only some parts of the novel are from other people's viewpoints. The main narration is basic third-person, and tells you her viewpoint throughout the book. Seriously, did you even read it??

[@sakhaabdulsattar8617]

I personally like the novel better though

[@enokua5466]

@@Serai3 Literally, the movie doesn't really depict thing that weren't mentioned in the novel

[@paesitopaez4302]

Carrie is one of my favorite movies, and relatable af. Ps: PLEASE DO SPLIT AND HEATHERS!!

[@user-qv2qf1jk5o]

ugh, Split sucks, but Heathers is good (and as you probably know, they already did at this point)

[@ashleightompkins3200]

I'll admit that I find it weird to be sympathising with Carrie but then I remember how badly I wanted to punish the scumbags who tormented me.

[@Xander71267]

ya it means ur a phsyopath

[@MissFlow]

The prom scene in this one is far more powerfull than the 2013 version with Cloe. In this version, Carrie doesn't move much nor does she even scream when she unleashes her powers. She just stands there with her wide open eyes and where ever she looks chaos gets loose. It was clear Carrie wasn't completely there when she snapped. Thus giving the impression that she was not truely conscious, but rather acting on instinct, because her powers kicked in and took her better judgement over. She murders everybody, even the ones who really didn't deserve it like the teacher. Carrie simply had no filters left and couldn't separate the bad from the good people anymore. While in the 2013 version, Carrie screams, hisses, breaths heavily, moves like a weird puppet, bends her powers to the desired direction. Plus, she spares the life of her teacher, and saves her from electrocution. All this shows that Carrie clearly knows what she's doing and thus this comes more over as an act at will, rather than instinct. And thát indicates this is revenge, a vibe I didn't get from the 1976 version. This takes her innocence away, which was the whole point of her character. Carrie was never revengefull, I don't believe she would deliberately harm people, it's just that she had no control over her powers and emotion anymore after the blood prank. And who could blame her? It was a true horror, so mean, so undeserved and such an assault. But the 2013 version misses this whole point.

[@ovidiubalescu]

I disagree with you about that. In the book Carrie is doing deliberate. If you read carefully the book, you will understand. Everyone has a good side and a bad side. Sue was a 'bad' person she choose to become a 'good' person. Carrie has dark thoughts in the book. After she leaves the prom she choose to kill them. That is a part of evolution of character.

[@snakie413]

@@ovidiubalescu What this guy said. She actually left the building in the book, then after thinking about going home. She rather desides to return for revenge, and kills them from the hallway

[@simonduus2020]

The religious figure with the arrows might not be Jesus Christ, but Saint Sebastian (somewhat linked to sexuality and pain in a modern context)

[@kevinhutchins4222]

Thank you, Simon, for pointing that out. I knew it wasn't Jesus, but you helped me to recall the true reference, in the image. Wikipedia also points out that Sebastian was a deliverer from pain and pestilence--the Plague, specifically. ScreenPrisim often makes some insightful points, as they did here, but their mistakes on details like this can distract from their greater analyses.

[@elsakristina2689]

Simon Duus it IS Saint Sebastian

[@theproplady]

Saint Sebastian is considered something of a "patron saint" for closeted gay clergy. A figure denoting sexual repression. It's use in this film was a genius move.

[@krystalharris1259]

Where did ge come from?

[@realSimoneCherie]

Thank you 🙏🏽

[@jopvos9242]

Everyone, we have an announcement to make. STOP. BULLYING.

[@katiem3809]

I always felt bad for the gym teacher bc she was always nice and caring with Carrie and yet Carrie still murdered her

[@bigboib8267]

I think the bullies are more of the villains not Carrie

[@007Chakochi]

Yeah, it is not just woman who can identify with Carrie. I was bullied whole of my life, so i felt that i was getting even with my bullies when i saw Carrie kill everyone.

[@MelonTartVA]

007Chakochi me too. I always saw Carrie as a story of vengance, what happens when you push somebody too far.

[@Dani_1012]

J M Can you go more into this? I'm curious now

[@a.h.2667]

I don't like to acknowledge the internal satisfaction of the prom scene because innocent people die as well. Reminds me of how school and workplace shootings often take more lives of the innocent. It's a conflicting feeling.

[@AJ-cq5pw]

J M haven’t they though? Bullies are usually the bullied. Hurt people hurt. They hurt because they’re insecure. They hurt because someone at home may be hurting them. They hurt to intimidate so people will see them as a threat and not want to mess with them. Getting others before anyone can get them. They’re clearly mentally ill, damaged, broken etc. I mean we all kind of know this now.

[@AJ-cq5pw]

J M I never was implying that the “hurt people hurt” downplays the bullying. Clearly anyone who constantly torments someone on a daily basis is clearly very mentally ill which I said in my first comment.

[@gatheringleaves]

I view this film more as a tragedy than a full-fledged horror film, I can't tell you how many "Carries" I knew while in High school.

[@natasharomanof2543]

I still don't view this as a horror film. Those people deserved it. I was bullied as a kid and if I had powers like Carrie I would have done the same thing

[@jazrajawbreaker]

the bullying is the horror

[@BarrocoTarot]

Natasha Romanof Yaass!

[@dozer1781]

well no one was actually laughing at her, she was just imagining it because she was having a psychotic breakdown and remembered what her mother said. everyone was just staring and feeling bad for her and a few people snickered. then she also kills the gym teacher who had been trying to help her the whole time.

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

Same.

[@劉悅音]

I was bullied when I was in middle school. At that time I wanted to kill them all and then kill myself, but I didn't have the courage. After I went to high school, my classmates were actually pretty nice to me, but sometimes I still embarrassed myself and thought they were laughing behind my back. It took a long time for me to realize it was not true and get rid of the thought and the obsession of killing them all, yet I now I know sometimes it's just my mind tricking myself.

[@user-mb9nm7bq5e]

These teens look 40. 70s were a he'll of a drug

[@serenatsukino5252]

Bar San xD

[@cidneyforney8278]

Yes, if people want to make fun of the remakes, tell them that atleast the remakes looks like their ages.

[@user-ut7kx2jw3j]

Still a masterpiece compared to the other shitshow

[@isaacgray2909]

At least they don't look bad as the cast in Grease.

[@katc2040]

Bar San they obviously aren’t actual teens. The movie opens with a shower scene

[@Candy-fd7lb]

Carrie wasn’t the villain in my opinion because if I had her powers and someone did those horrible things to me I’d probably flip out too

[@Prettyautumnrain]

In the book, people laughed because they didn’t want to be “left off”, and explains how they were all laughing because the scene of Carrie covered in blood was hysterical. It later explains how it made everyone happy to laugh at her because it made them all feel like a community, how it made them all be part of something “special”. After reading that, I couldn’t even like the teacher, who also laughed and later approached Carrie our of pity. All the characters were disgusting people... lol

[@kutsara_tiyan]

serves them right

[@theangelproductions]

I don't really like how they made Carrie hallucinate some of the laughing in the movie, because now I see people saying "read the book, no one was laughing" even though people other than Carrie confirm that everyone was laughing in the book prom scene

[@kutsara_tiyan]

@@theangelproductions i actually think that's clever since most people wouldn't laugh at a girl who is covered in blood. I like the movie better than the book

[@teejay5432]

Mob mentality is a terrifying thing

[@brandonmedina494]

I thought some of them didnt think the pigs blood prank was funny but laughed because they didnt know how else to react

[@jodibolan438]

I don't know about her being the "villain". Carrie's more like the hero getting pushed too far and getting her revenge on those that did her wrong.

[@Beforethecredits]

Brian De Palma is a director I never hear anyone else talk about but he has some really good movies... The original Carrie is awesome. I hated the remake. It is kinda funny, Chloë Moretz has been in two remakes from movies I like and both of them were awful.

[@paesitopaez4302]

Before The Credits I love Carrie and half of Scarface (I've never finished it, I know lol), but I find Dressed to Kill and Body Double (love this film) nothing more than guilty pleasures. I mean the way he builds up the tension is kinda cheap and needlessly slow.

[@Beforethecredits]

I was thinking Carrie, Scarface and Blow Out.

[@kenny6449]

Before The Credits I don't know who you talk to but Scarface is like the best thing ever I talk about Brian DE Palma everyday

[@dozer1781]

she was good in the remake of "let the right one in." (called let me in). i liked the remake for different reasons than the first one. you should watch it if you liked the og carrie

[@Beforethecredits]

Matthew's exciting gaming and other In my opinion Let Me In is terrible compared to the original. Starting with the name itself. The change is in needed and is just wrong. The original name pulls from vampire lore and is part of the story. The remakes name is so forceful and changes the character.

[@whitneymiller3809]

If that pigs blood scenario happned today.. that would be all over the internet/ news.

[@briannalee1998]

This is the best and most enjoyable interpretation of Carrie I've ever heard!

[@aprilskutt974]

I was bullied very bad as a kid from grade school through high school. I have a thin slender body type and people have always been mean to me because I am naturally skinny. I totally love the movie Carrie. I identified with her character so much as far as being the victim of bullies and having mom problems. My mom wasn't a religous nut, she just believed it was my fault that I was targeted.

[@veronicapiccinini7956]

Which is why I used to read the book to imagine what would be like if I pay back my abusers like she did. I also was bullied for 8 years, and my mother used to beat me with a wooden spoon, lock me in the bathroom for an entire afternoon and throw away my toys whenever I misbehaved like kids are inclined to do so. My childhood was like Hell raised on Earth

[@bluebelt1235]

This movie should have been written the same way as the novel. Carrie was supposed to be comforted by Sue knowing that she had one true friend

[@nathanbeer3338]

In the book Carrie came to the understanding that Sue was unlike the other girls, there was no maliciousness inside her nor hatred towards Carrie White, but Sue was the reason why Carrie killed her mother. If Sue didn't intervene none of the chaos would have happened, that's why she didn't forgive Sue, she regretted killing her mother.

[@theangelproductions]

^What he said. "This was some sort of atonement, and she could understand that and respond to it" (I'm paraphrasing)

[@thewolfreviewer4338]

People think Carrie is a true murderer, but I see it as “well, they were asking for it!”

[@greatedcorn]

Great analysis! Ginger Snaps is also a horror movie about female bodily transition, do that one too. Horror is a really cool genre to look at for gauging the cause of public anxiety.

[@blurelic4]

greatedcorn GINGER SNAPS is an awesome film

[@thethrowawaythatstayed7055]

greatedcorn love ginger snaps!

[@Serai3]

My one great objection to this and every other movie version of _Carrie_ is simply that all the girls cast in the part have been pretty. NONE of them have looked like Carrie. Why? One of the biggest points the book makes is about the victimization of girls who don't measure up in the beauty department, yet no director has ever been willing to make this important point. (And no, Sissy Spacek does not look like Carrie. Sissy is very pretty - she's just carrying herself AS IF she wasn't.)

[@sharonspears-mandeville2369]

Serai3 well,sissy's original portrayal of Carrie was kinda shown as being an outcasted young teen girl (with telekinesis),but as one who would look really pretty and decent-looking as if she had taken care of her looks and appearance-The term is referred to as "Cleans (themselves) up nicely"..

[@Serai3]

But that is my point - they cast a PRETTY girl to play one who ISN'T pretty. It's the Hollywood worship of Pretty Above All Else. It's completely dishonest, since a major part of Carrie's personality was knowing she didn't measure up to the other girls.

[@theangelproductions]

Well the thing is, in the book, Carrie was actually pretty. More, actually - she was described as beautiful. But because everyone in school called her ugly and fat, everyone else and Carrie herself saw her as such. In reality, yes she was slightly overweight and had pimples, but she was still attractive. I think it was meant to show that constantly being told you're ugly, or stupid, or whatever, you start to believe it.

[@theangelproductions]

Also - although I think Angela Bettis (Carrie 2002) is pretty, she is quite unconventional, and I feel like many people would call her ugly because she doesn't look like a model or anything.

[@Serai3]

No. I'm sorry, but no. I've read that book multiple times since it came out in the 70's, and it is made QUITE clear that Carrie is not pretty at all. She BECOMES beautiful for one night because of her joy at the freedom she experiences, but she is not actually pretty. King is quite clear about that. That is the WHOLE POINT of the character - that she is an outcast because she is not one of the beautiful ones, she's weird and plain and strange. If she were "ugly because no makeup" pretty, the story would lose a huge part of its strength. King isn't anywhere near as shallow as that.

[@catherinecao4810]

Don’t forget, in the book, Carrie thinks Tommy was killed for taking her to prom, and he kind of is. He and Carrie fall for the plot, and they both pay the price. Tommy with his life and Carrie with her sanity

[@alanstevens1296]

How does someone die from an empty bucket falling on them from 10 feet above?

[@yourdaddysthickasf8770]

@@alanstevens1296 I’m pretty sure he passed out but died died in the fire

[@alanstevens1296]

@@yourdaddysthickasf8770 He was a star athlete and on the football team. How does he get knocked out from an empty bucket falling on him from 10 feet above?

[@yourdaddysthickasf8770]

@@alanstevens1296 the bucket cracked his skull,it was prob heavy

[@alanstevens1296]

@@yourdaddysthickasf8770 The bucket wouldn't have weighed more than a few pounds. But we need to remember ... this is Hollywood.

[@joeym.reliford3442]

one of my favourite films of all time 🖤

[@vampire-p]

“I can see your dirty pillows.” I’m not sure if that should make me laugh or not, but it does.

[@realSimoneCherie]

She has a lot of funny, yet sad quotes in the film. Didn’t she say ‘pimples are God’s way of chastising you?’

[@martinsorenson1055]

In an interview, Piper Laurie - the actress who played the mother - says that when she first read the script she didn't care for it. Then, her husband mentioned that Brian De Palma usually has a sense of humor in his films. So, she read it again with humor in mind, and as she says, she got it. She saw it as a satire.

[@jorgehernandez4098]

This movie breaks my heart everytime.

[@quizzlybear]

I didn't think they were actually laughing at the prom. I thought the point of that scene was that everyone was just as horrified of the blood being spilled on her as she was. She was hearing her mom's voice and everyone laughing was in her head. Or so I thought.

[@tomemeornottomeme1864]

She was hallucinating in the movie. The book is a different story, but in the movie, very few people laugh, Carrie just sees a distorted version of reality because she's freaking out.

[@cpzman5946]

Carrie is not the villain. Her peers and mother are.

[@digimonalvatrax2738]

The only right thing the remake achieved was sparing Miss Collins

[@briancordova1299]

She survived in the book.

[@Sarah-hj4jj]

I always wondered how Carrie fell down the stairs and didn't ignite herself with any of those dozens of candles. It also bothered me in both versions how Carrie's mother never bled when she was stabbed mulitple times. Not as much as she should've anyway.

[@williamj.dovejr.8613]

A child not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth. All she wanted was what everyone else had and they would not allow it.

[@ivangomez123]

Stephen King once said that only David Lynch or David Cronenberg could direct a remake of Carrie.

[@theangelproductions]

Did he really? That's interesting! I'm not sure about Lynch, though. I feel like he'd focus more on the imagery than the heart of the story. Which is fine, I suppose - I'd just hate to see Carrie become another "evil horror movie monster"

[@charlespuruncajas9663]

@@theangelproductions Maybe st Cronenberg’s hands he could make a much more emphasis to “Carrie descending to craziness” kinda how he worked Jeff Goldblum’s and James Woods’ characters in The Fly and Videodrome respectively

[@4dultw1thj0b]

Also, I feel like you gotta be careful analyzing Carrie because the anti-bullying message can sometimes end up leaning into sympathizing with school shooters, which is a very dangerous mentality.

[@theangelproductions]

Difference being, Carrie lost control, whereas school shooters premeditate cold blooded murders. I think we'd both agree we've had moments where we wish we could throw someone across the room with our mind :P If you watch closely, that's all Carrie does at first. Even in the book, she just wants to turn on the sprinklers and ruin peoples dresses. But the telekinesis lets slip and everyone ends up electrocuted. The same happens here - she only wants to wet people with the hose and knock them over, but almost all at once she electrocutes the teachers and kills Miss Collins. And she didn't intend to set the fire - the exposed wires did. And the next three people she kills are all in self defence; Chris and Billy were inches from running her over, and her mother stabbed her. Obviously it's still not good, but I'd equate it more to accidentally hitting someone with your car while speeding.

[@reimeiohcreatorforhire]

The point shouldn’t be to sympathize with school shooters or sympathize 100%, but maybe be aware of other people’s treatment toward each other and perhaps check up on those who might be hurting.

[@tomemeornottomeme1864]

To be fair this movie was out about 20 years before the first major school shooting.

[@linnycrocus6023]

@@reimeiohcreatorforhire Both Columbine and Parkland's shooters were bullies.

[@charlespuruncajas9663]

@@linnycrocus6023 that’s the case when bullies get bullied (in such a vicious circle)

[@Jussy833]

You know, Carrie is one of the movies I cannot stand, although the character has my support. It's because of all the abuse she went through and ones who did it to her sicken me. I just can't STAND TV bullies. They're the main reason I don't like watching movies or shows with them in. Especially that bitch Chris in the movie, who was the one who caused it all and the vile ringleader. I mean what did Carrie do to her, to make her hate her so much to begin with? Carrie should've grabbed her by the neck and asked her that before killing her in the car. Banned from the prom, Chris brought that on herself too. If all of them had of just left Carrie alone and she had runaway from her mother for a better life, none of this would of ever have happened. Carrie deserved better...so much better. Not a monster but an avenging angel!

[@abbyk5227]

this comment seems very personal are you ok

[@tomemeornottomeme1864]

That's literally the point.

[@linnycrocus6023]

@@abbyk5227 Shut the fuck up you snarky bitch.

[@oooh19]

so weird how some ppl hate others for no reason. just jerks

[@StephenLeGresley]

Carrie is a morality tale about the consequences of how we treat one another. When a person is bullied and abused to that extent they often just snap. I've never seen Carrie as a villain, she's the true victim of the story because no one really cared about her until the abuse reached a massive level.

[@MeleenGames]

These teen movies make me so happy I go to a city school. Some school kids think life only revolve around their high school.

[@a.h.2667]

I always thought Carrie, well Sissy Spacek, was so pretty in the film.

[@RebeDrawsStuff]

I love the interpretation but I just have two notes: The name of the teacher is Miss Desjardin and the religious figure is not Christ but St. Sebastian.

[@theangelproductions]

The teacher is named Miss Collins in this movie

[@sadpenguin8616]

God bless you and Christ be with you! please seek Jesus✝️❤️

[@thejoker0123]

i am so glad you guys did a video on Carrie i love this movie like a lot and i most definitely agree/get all that you say in this video well done A+ and Carrie White forever

[@marlanaedwards5296]

Carrie is not the Devil. She was actually a good girl. She just got bullishly provoked real bad. That was all.

[@comicstrider4851]

My response : well duh, highschool is a horror movie by itself...

[@veronicapiccinini7956]

Are we sure this is a nightmare? It looks like a dream come true to outcasts for me. The power of turning the table towards your abusers is satisfying

[@painoftheheart12]

I wish my mom had let me watch carrie when I was younger. I would have been more prepared for my lot in life.

[@cesar6100]

Sissy Spacek should have won the Oscar for Carrie

[@globetrekker86]

Margaret’s orgasmic screams after getting stabbed are more unsettling than Carrie’s rampage at the prom

[@rayyin4690]

Oh shit, I was reading "a memoir of the craft" by King and it's description of Carrie before this, and I only recognized this movie as based on his novel when the girls jeered "plug it up, plug it up!"

[@kimberlythompson5760]

Ima doing a comparative study on Carrie and the Babadook and Im so happy I accidentally found this GEM of a video. Your input about emotions perfectly supports my ideas about emotions 😁😁 definitely will be cited

[@elsakristina2689]

Carrie would have thrived at my school (albeit for homeschool kids). There are no cliques and no one is ever bullied in any way. I kid you not.

[@bigboib8267]

Carrie in one sentence: one of the most iconic horror films of all time

[@Serai3]

Would've been nice if you'd mentioned the story is by Stephen King, NOT Brian de Palma.

[@Zina2302]

It is very interesting the noise that her mom makes when she’s dying. Feels like an orgasm, as she sees pleasure opposed to death

[@ToliBera]

That's St.Sebastian not Jesus.

[@thegone7]

Whoa, it's just, it really made sense on a whole other level. Carrie is the victim, heroine, and the villain of this story. She's the main character who had so much power and yet was never truly in control. Despite all the power that her telekinesis granted her, she never quite had self-awareness and dies never at peace. She's the tragic villain of the movie showing how she got there, every excruciating detail.

[@Silvercentipede]

Interesting what you say about the “horror” of having a female body, I bought this dvd to my boyfriends house when I was 13 and he refused to watch it after the initial period scene I was like “are you fucking joking?” When I was 17 me and two male friends and were at one of their houses; and one of them saw their little sisters pads, unused, and they both started freaking out We need to stop the shame with periods, seriously!

[@destiny_ultimatedork675]

The Teenage Nightmare: *explosive period*

[@juicestains52]

I always felt Sissy was ahead of her time, the amount of emotion she was able to bring was a astonishing and this is coming from a person who never really had an intimate connection with bullying or peer pressure

[@aimeerhoton4638]

One thing I always thought was that Carrrie starts her telekinetic rage after Tommy dies from the bucket on his head. In her tortured existence Tommy was one of the only people who was nice yo her and to see him gone was too much for her to bare so she started her reign of terror.

[@marlanaedwards5296]

John Travolta was the best one to play Billy Nolan. The other guys didn't look so appealing.

[@Jim_Stark]

the other billy nolans are very forgettable characters.

[@mistyblue8913]

This is the best channel on KZbin right now

[@BelleReign1]

Piper Laurie was amazing. She scared me.

[@a.d.w8385]

High school forever changed me. It scared me for life.

[@armanimiller]

*down with the remakes!!!*

[@tyree3774]

I really loved this! I never realized why I like to analyze things but I realized it’s because I like to appreciate the significance of everything..like wha it actually means and it shows us why we can appreciate it.

[@Sam-kr1mu]

I feel like Carrie is a message to not bully people because if you bully them hard enough they’ll turn into psycho murderers

[@Moszan]

And not have children if deemed a horribly unstable human being.

[@hippiecheezburger5457]

Carrie has got to be one of the greatest films of that year and the 1970's. It's crazy how the film is so normal and kind of like Cinderella told by Stephen King. It's your typical teen movie about a troubled high school girl but then the tone just changes at the end and the film really turns into flat out horror. It's such a great adaptation of the novel

[@sadpenguin8616]

Christ be with you!!! John 3:16

[@youtoo2233]

Dont forget her mom thinks Carrie is a witch, so when Carrie leaves to go to the prom her mom quotes the Bible "thou shalt not suffer(allow)a witch to live"

[@TheMadFaerieWitch]

Wow! As a long time fan of this movie, she brings up a lot of great points I never thought of. The only thing I didn’t quite agree with was the way Tommy and Carrie’s relationship was reduced to uneasy suspicion and nothing more. A lot of us already know what’s about to happen going into the movie, so we are partly predisposed to be on edge, and yea, there was something a tad bit jarring about the dance sequence, but it was more sweet than anything. That’s what makes the film so tragic. We see that Carrie truly charmed Tommy in a sincere, non cynical way. Their dancing was so bittersweet and part of what makes the ending so sad. Also, it would have been nice if Carrie had a dog. Maybe then she’d know real love before she died.

[@linnycrocus6023]

When my brother was bullied my father told him to "just punch the guy in the face". When I was bullied my father just said it was my fault and if I wasn't so fat and dumb it probably wouldn't happen.

[@ufodeath]

The thing about this title: Carrie is only the "Nightmare" that her mom and the cruel evil kids created. Carrie was not 'nightmarish' or 'evil' at heart, but was brought to the tipping point.

[@serenavoice66]

Carrie was so perfect for her role, just really good acting

[@denisefreitas6727]

Great analysis of one of my favorite movies of all time!

[@zotharr]

The remake was a big letdown for me I was thinking, oh, now the technology is advenced enough, to make the distruction more accurate, but they just copied most of the scenes... What I liked though that they reimagined the movie in curent times with phones and such

[@LegendsP137]

zotharr It's a adaptation of the same Book. There not much they could ad. If you a kinda different take on Carrie look up the 2003 made for Tv version. It's more close to the book and I'm my opinion it's not half bad.

[@zotharr]

Thats the problem, its not an adaptation of a book, its a copy of the original movie Im not even sure they even read the book :P

[@blerksnarfgut7332]

Zotharr exactly! The Chloe Moretz remake basically just took Brian DePalma's vision and amplified it with CGI and yet there's none of the grit and heart that made his film so heart-breaking and unforgettable.