Carrie (2013)

A shy girl, outcasted by her peers and sheltered by her religious mother, unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom.

Director:

Kimberly Peirce

Writers:

Lawrence D. Cohen (screenplay), Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (screenplay)

Stars:

Chloë Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore, Gabriella Wilde

6 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Julianne Moore	...	Margaret White
Chloë Grace Moretz	...	Carrie White
Gabriella Wilde	...	Sue Snell
Portia Doubleday	...	Chris Hargensen
Zoë Belkin	...	Tina
Samantha Weinstein	...	Heather
Karissa Strain	...	Nicki
Katie Strain	...	Lizzy
Ansel Elgort	...	Tommy Ross
Demetrius Joyette	...	George Dawson
Judy Greer	...	Ms. Desjardin
Barry Shabaka Henley	...	Principal Morton
Arlene Mazerolle	...	Miss Helen Finch
Evan Gilchrist	...	Greg Delois
Eddie Max Huband	...	Harry Trenant (as Eddie Huband)

Storyline

The outcast teenager Carrie White is bullied by her classmates at high school. Her mother, Margaret White, is a pious and paranoid woman that sees sin everywhere and the need of self-inflicting punishment. When Carrie has her first period, she does not understand what is happening to her and her classmates humiliate her in the changing room. The spiteful Chris Hargensen videotapes Carrie with her cell phone and posts it on the Internet. Their teacher Ms. Desjardin punishes the students, but when Chris challenges her, she is suspended and consequently is banned from the prom. Meanwhile, Carrie discovers that she has telekinesis and learns how to control her ability. Sue Snell, one of the girls that tormented Carrie, feels bad and asks her boyfriend Tommy Ross to invite Carrie to go with him to the prom to make up for what she did to Carrie. But Chris and her boyfriend Billy Nolan plot an evil prank with her friends to seek vengeance for Carrie.

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Plot Keywords:

telekinesis | self injury | prom | outcast | tragic event | 

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Taglines:

Know her name. Fear her power.

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Genres:

Drama | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for bloody violence, disturbing images, language and some sexual content.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 October 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Carrie, la vengeance

Filming Locations:

Pinewood Toronto Studios, Port Lands, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$17,000,000, 20 October 2013, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$35,266,619

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$84,790,678

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Screen Gems, Misher Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Datasat Dolby Digital SDDS Auro 11.1 Dolby Surround 7.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Unlike the 1976 original film and 2002 remake, Carrie has a slight ability of Pyrokinesis shown when she burns a crack in the closet door and fuses the slide lock on the closet door to keep her mother locked in. Also, in the novel she is able to cause it to rain rocks when she is distressed, but in this version she is able to create Earthquakes meaning she has a more developed power of Geokenisis. She also has Technopathy which is shown in when she turns lights in the gym on and off; she also had this power in the 2002 version.

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Goofs

Just after Carrie leaves the burning school and you see her feet; she has no shoes on. From the next shot until the end of the film, she is wearing shoes.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Margaret White: [long bellowing cry from behind the door] Help me!

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Alternate Versions

The theatrical version ends with a brief scene of Sue in court for the White Investigation (an integral part of the Stephen King novel otherwise omitted from the film) and then laying a flower on Carrie White's grave, which cracks as she walks away. The alternate Blu-Ray cut omits the courtroom scene and features a different edit of Sue placing the flower on Carrie's grave. This scene is followed with Sue in the delivery room giving birth, but instead of a baby, Carrie's arm emerges from between her legs and grabs her. Quick-cut to Sue's mother, who's holding and trying to awaken her hysterical, pregnant daughter from this nightmare.

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Connections

Referenced in Growing Pains: Puberty in Horror Films (2014)

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Soundtracks

Alone
Written by Oliver Ackermann
Performed by A Place to Bury Strangers
Courtesy of Dead Oceans
By Arrangement with Bank Robber Music

User Reviews

Julianne Moore

She is the basic motif to see this not bad but far to be the most inspired version of Stephen King's Carrie. It is the film for young public. Not only for the presence of the every day technology, but for the traits of teenagers films. Julianne Moore has the virtue to remind the source. And Chloe Grace Moretz - to give a decent performance for a role who preserves deep shadow of great Sissy Spacek . maybe, I am too old for enjoy this version. Who must be for the desire to serve the new expectations of public. But the basic good points of it are the performance of Julianne Moore as the mother and the invitation to read (again) the novel.