The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999)

Director:

Katt Shea

Writers (WGA):

Stephen King (characters)
Rafael Moreu (written by)

Release Date:

12 March 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Looks Can Kill

Plot:

A girl discovers she has the power to kill with her mind.

Plot Keywords:

Suicide | Prom | High School | Party | Slap In The Face

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Emily Bergl	...	Rachel Lang
Jason London	...	Jesse Ryan
Dylan Bruno	...	Mark
J. Smith-Cameron	...	Barbara Lang
Amy Irving	...	Sue Snell
Zachery Ty Bryan	...	Eric
John Doe	...	Boyd
Gordon Clapp	...	Eric's Father
Rachel Blanchard	...	Monica
Charlotte Ayanna	...	Tracy
Justin Urich	...	Brad Winters
Mena Suvari	...	Lisa
Eli Craig	...	Chuck (as Elijah Craig)
Eddie Kaye Thomas	...	Arnie
Clint Jordan	...	Sheriff Kelton

Also Known As:

Carrie 2 (USA) (working title)
Carrie 2, Say You're Sorry (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong graphic horror violence and gore, brief strong sexuality and language.

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Singapore:R21 | UK:15 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/16 (video premiere) | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | USA:R (certificate #36041) | Philippines:R-18

Filming Locations:

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Company:

Red Bank Films

Trivia:

The character of Arnie, Rachel's nerdy friend, is a direct reference to Stephen King's novel-turned-movie Christine, in which the lead character was a nerdy guy named Arnie.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: In the scene where young Rachel is lying down on the closet floor and the camera is spinning slowly, there is a shadow of the camera that goes over her.

Quotes:

[Chuck walks up to and tapes Lisa's dead body laying on a car]
Chuck Potter: Oh man! Whose car is this?

Movie Connections:

References Christine (1983)

Soundtrack:

God Bless The Child

Not bad - good, clean entertainment for horror-freaks

The Rage: Carrie 2 - being more a remake than a sequel of the 70ies classic - is a good film for chilling out after a week of work or something like that. The creators were able to transport the basic ideas of the Stephen King novel (teenage problems)into this sequel. Only this is a reason to call this a good movie - because I think that Stephen King fans had to see much bad adaptions of the master´s work in the past. Another reason is that this movie is much better than all the other teen-horror-movies of the last years like I Know What You Did Last Summer (of course I could never say something bad about the first two Scream movies - seriously!). Carrie 2 handles teenager´s problems and conflict much better than other films and I think that it is a much better film to identificate with for young people. The "new Carrie" is - once again - a true outsider and not one of these upper class all-american teens like the ones in I Know...etc. The movie shows its sympathy for this outsider (a nice detail: in some scenes you can see the Marilyn Manson-poster at the wall of Rachel´s room - the icon of all angry outsiders). Another point: the horror violence is much harder than in the other teen movies, too. Everyone who likes gory horror should like this movie All in all, I could not say anything bad about this movie. Just take a look. 8 out of 10