Carrie

Directed by: David Carson
Written by: Stephen King (novel), Bryan Fuller (teleplay)
Produced by: David Carson, Bryan Fuller
Released: 4 November 2002
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller

Cast:
Angela Bettis … Carrie White
Patricia Clarkson … Margaret White
Rena Sofer … Ms. Desjardin
Kandyse McClure … Sue Snell
Emilie De Ravin … Christine “Chris” Hargensen
Jesse Cadotte … Billy Nolan
Chelan Simmons … Helen Shyres
Tobias Mehler … Tommy Ross
David Keith … Detective John Mulchaey

» Synopsis

Everyone has a breaking point. Pray that Carrie White doesn’t reach hers. Angela Bettis (Girl, Interrupted) stars in this bone-chilling update of Stephen King’s legendary tale of horror and retribution, featuring eye-popping special effects and a shocking, all-new twist ending! Carrie White (Bettis) is a lonely, awkward teenage girl who just doesn’t fit in. At school, she endures her classmates’ constant ridicule, and at home she suffers endless psychological torture at the hands of her fanatically religious mother (Patricia Clarkson, “Six Feet Under”). But Carrie has a secret. She’s been cursed with the terrifying power of telekinesis. And when her tormentors commit an act of unforgivably cruel humiliation at the prom, they’ll soon learn a deadly lesson: If you mess with fire, you will get burned!

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» Trivia

• Bryan Fuller had certain scenes edited so that it would appear that Carrie didn’t blink while using her telekinetic power. Obvious scenes in which Angela Bettis’s blinks were edited out include the “practice” scene and the prom rampage.

• Bryan Fuller added some more positive dialogue about religion after he was asked to do so by David Keith. One example is the scene in which Carrie makes statements about her own faith as opposed to her mother’s views.

• It took three days to shoot the blood scene.

» Quotes

Estelle Horan: Hi.
Little Carrie: What are those?
Estelle Horan: Breasts.
Little Carrie: I wish I had some.
Estelle Horan: You’ll get some. You just have to wait a few years.
Little Carrie: No, I won’t. Momma says good girls don’t get them.
Estelle Horan: Your Mom is such a hypocrite – she’s like a C cup.
Little Carrie: Momma said she was bad when she made me. She calls them dirty pillows.

Carrie White: Does everyone think they can go on playing tricks on me?

Chris Hargensen: You can’t talk to us like that! My dad’s a lawyer.

Carrie White: You’re doing this because you feel sorry for me.
Sue Snell: This is not a pity thing. I don’t feel sorry for you.
Carrie White: Yeah, you do. You feel sorry for me because you think you’re better than me.
Sue Snell: I don’t think I’m better than you.
Carrie White: It’s okay. Everyone does. Doesn’t mean it’s true, though.

Tommy: We should have a rule: If they do something in a Freddie Prinze Jr. movie, we’re not allowed to do it in real life.

Chris Hargensen: I mean she practically talked me into getting Botox last year!
Carrie White: Maybe she thought you needed it.