The title character is a troubled teen, bullied by her high school classmates and abused by her christian fundamentalist mother. The film and the novel deal with a socially outcast teenage girl, carrie white, who discovers she possesses. Sissy spacek in carrie 1976 sissy spacek and piper laurie in carrie 1976 carrie. Carrie is a 1976 american supernatural horror film based on stephen kings 1974 epistolary novel of the same name. R 1h 38min horror 16 november 1976 usa carrie white, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom. Carrie, based on the novel by stephen king takes on new life as a teenage horror story unveils the existence of a tortured and anguished high school outcast. Carrie is perhaps the best film adaptation of a stephen king horror novel. Carrie white, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom. Parents need to know that although its far less graphic than other horror movies, this film adaptation of the classic stephen king novel of the same name does include some fairly intense, emotional scenes of violence, death, and destruction. Carrie 1976 movies and films database movie search. Carrie was the first of king s novels to be adapted for film and television. Carrie 1976 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Carrie 1112 movie clip the car wreck 1976 hd youtube. At the center of the terror is carrie spacek, a high school loner with no confidence.
Cohen, adapted from stephen kings 1974 epistolary novel of the same name. Its about carrie white, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom. In 1976, carrie made sissy spacek a star and kicked off the stephen king era in horror movies. After her class mates taunt her about her horrified reaction to her totally unexpected first period, one of them. After her class mates taunt her about her horrified reaction to. Her blind panic at her first menstruation, a result of ignorance and religious guilt drummed into her by her fanatical mother, margaret piper laurie, only causes her classmates vicious cruelty to. The original carrie is the movie that made me want to be a critic. After tormenting carrie white in the locker room, sue begins to feel remorse for her actions.
Few authors have had their works adapted for the screen more frequently than stephen king. It tells the story of a shy, nerdy girl who doesnt fit in with her classmates. Its a relatively faithful adaptation of king s story at least for the first twothirds that focuses entirely on carrie s story as it unfolds, eschewing the epistolary aspect of the novel the interviews, textbook excerpts and. Sissy spacek as carrie ignites stephen kings reign. Ill start out by saying i did read the stephen king. King was such a newcomer at the time of carrie s release his first name was actually misspelled in the movie s trailer it was written as steven, not stephen 5. Carrie 1976 carrie white, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.
Stephen kings carrie through the ages the new york times. Going beyond the scope of horror and receiving more than one major oscar nomination largely unheard of in horror, carrie influenced films and filmmakers. Carrie white sissy spacek is a shy young girl who doesnt make friends easily. Cohen, adapted from stephen king s 1974 epistolary novel of the same name. The film stars sissy spacek as carrie white, a 16yearold diffident teenager who is consistently mocked and bullied at school. Carrie is a horror novel written by stephen king, his first published novel, which came out in 1974.
Carrie is a horror film from 1976 that is adapted from the stephen king novel of the same name. Bookmark vote this movie, scenes, actors and crews. The reason i call this a coming of age horror movie is that, along the way, carrie sissy spacek discovers she has telekinetic powers. Stephen king based on the novel national society of film critics awards, usa 1977 winner nsfc award. The series consists of four films and two musicals. She also has telekinetic powers tk, strong enough to kill anyone who hurts her, as the people of her town, fictional chamberlain, in maine, learn. This classic horror movie based on stephen kings first novel stars sissy spacek as carrie white, a shy, diffident teenager who is the butt of practical jokes at her smalltown. Carrie s mother is abusive to her and even threatens her life. The film stars sissy spacek as carrie white, a 16yearold diffident teenager who is consistently mocked a. Carrie is an american horror media franchise, based on the 1974 novel of the same name by author stephen king. This film is scary and well made, and will remain a horror movie classic for generations. Carrie white sissy spacek a student at bates high school, margaret whites daughter and enemy of chris hargensen margaret white piper laurie carrie whites mother sue snell a former bully of carrie white, a student at bates high school, tommy rosss girlfriend, eleanor and mr. Carrie is a 1976 american supernatural horrordrama film based on the 1974 novel of the same name by stephen king.
All actors, scenes, videos, cast, characters, writers, directors, musicians and other crews. By making an adaptation of the first book by an upandcoming writer at the time, stephen king, and turning it. In this chilling adaptation of stephen king s horror novel, withdrawn and sensitive teen carrie white sissy spacek faces taunting from classmates at school and abuse from her fanatically pious. Stephen king s carrie has been adapted into four different movies.
Stephen kings carrie has been adapted into four different. This is a list of the main characters in the 1976 film of carrie list. This classic horror movie based on stephen king s first novel stars sissy spacek as carrie white, a. The shining, creepshow, cujo, the dead zone, christine, children of the corn, cats eye and firestarter would hit theaters over the decade that. Carrie, a telekinetic teenager, unleashes her wrath after years of torment from an overbearing mother and constant cruelty from her. Carrie 1976 rotten tomatoes this classic horror movie based on stephen kings first novel stars sissy spacek as carrie white, a shy, diffident teenager who is the butt of practical jokes at her. Photo provided a poster for the movie carrie which premiered in 1976.
Carrie, the story of a misfit with telekinetic powers who goes berserk at her high school prom, was the first of king s writings to be made into a movie. Many king adaptations have been fails, but carrie along with the shining is among the best. Some of the characters and plot points change, but the basic story of stephen king s novel carrie has. High school can be rough, especially when you are the school outcast. Stephen king s carrie gets adapted as a limited series for fx jeremy dick dec 20, 2019. I finally sat down and rewatched the 1976 film carrie. The teenage girls are as cruel as any movie villain or real life high school girls hellbent on making one meek girl feel worthless. Carrie 1976 the 10 scariest stephen king movies of all. It seemed like the perfect, albeit complete 180 from my last one, throwback thursday.
Released 40 years ago this week on november 3, 1976, carrie not only made a star of sissy spacek and introduced movie audiences to. More wellrespected now than when it was released in the 70s, this is one amazing horror movie that will continue to. Carriehis 1976 adaptation of stephen kings first novelremains one of his most. Although an improvement over the stephen king source novel, carrie isnt perfect and is weighed down somewhat with dirty jokes and cheap laughs. Stephen king s carrie is getting rebooted as a tv series and will reportedly star a trans performer or. This classic horror movie based on stephen kings first novel stars sissy spacek as carrie white, a shy, diffident teenager who is the butt of practical jokes at her.
No matter how many problems we may have with our own mothers, im sure any stephen king fans thank their lucky stars they didnt slide out of margaret white. Sue snell is a fictional character created by american author stephen king in his first published 1974 horror novel, carrie. In every adaptation and portrayal of the character, she is a popular teenage girl dating tommy ross. Carrie 1976 is the first and bestknown adaptation of the stephen king novel carrie. Carrie is a 1976 american supernatural horror film based on stephen king s 1974 epistolary novel of the same name. Based on the bestselling stephen king novel, carrie catches the mind, shakes it and refuses to let it go time. The 10 scariest stephen king movies of all time the 10 scariest stephen king movies ever, ranked. Carrie 1976 film wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Cohen, based on the novel of the same name by prestigious horror writer stephen king. This classic horror movie based on stephen king s first novel stars sissy spacek as carrie white, a shy, diffident teenager who is the butt of. I think shes conflicted and guilty and wants to help, wants to see carrie bask in some of the glory which she helped create.