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

Production was running over schedule and they were faced with abandoning the scene in which Carrie goes into a shop and finds fabric for her prom dress, but director Kimberly Peirce was adamant that it be filmed. The scene was shot quickly from one angle with no additional coverage.

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Goofs

The position of Carrie's face and her facial expressions change between shots when she is talking to her gym teacher about being invited to prom.

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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 Nostalgia Critic: Top 11 Stephen King Movies (2018)

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Soundtracks

Live for the Night
Written by Jahan Yousaf, Yasmine Yousaf, Kris Trindl, Jean Paul Makhlouf, Alex Makhlouf, Samuel Frisch, Nicholas Ditri and Daniel Boselovic
Performed by Krewella
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

A girl has secret amazing powers to move things with her mind , but a terrible trap is being laid for her, and making her angry could prove to be deadly.

Carrie White (Chloë Grace Moretz) is a shy , withdrawn and unpopular 17 year old who doesn't make friends easily and is slowly pushed to the edge of insanity by frequent bullying from both her classmate. Carrie is really harassed by her demented, Christian-fundamentalist fanatic mother, Margaret (Julianne Moore) . Being relentlessly overprotected by the religious fanatic mummy and mocked by the in-crowd . Finally , she is asked and invited to the high school Prom by a good-looking boy . After her classmates teased her about her horrified reaction to her unexpected first period, one of them , Sue Snell(Gabriele Wilde) takes pity on her and gets Tommy Ross (Ansel Elgort) , her boyfriend and class hunk to invite Carrie to the senior Prom . Meantime, another girl who has been banned from the prom for her continued aggressive behavior is not as forgiving and plans a prank to embarrass Carrie in front of the whole school . At first, she believes her life is on the up with help from Tommy, but when the happiest moment of Carrie unleashes a horrific vendetta . What they don't realise is that Carrie has telekinesis powers and she carries out a merciless vengeance in which get they deserve .

Thunderously overwhrought pile of Grand Guignol horror film and full of guts , gore , and bloodstained mayhem . The plot is well known , plain and simple: a girl with with considerable skills , realizing she's been made the butt of a nasty joke and she then executes a bloody revenge , ensuing a blood feast . It stars Chloë Grace Moretz who gives anguished as well as sensitive acting similar to Sissy Spacek . She plays a timid girl whose upbringing sheltered has in no way prepared her to deal with the supernatural gift of telekinesis .Displaying her considerable telekinesis talents when her life is ruined by bullies who play a cruel and humiliating prank on her. This is the first screen adaptation where Carrie is played by an actual teenager. Chloë Grace Moretz was 15 during filming, whereas Sissy Spacek and Angela Bettis, who played the role in Carrie (1976) and Carrie (2002) respectively, were 26 and 28 when they played Carrie . Julianne Moore is decent as the religious fanatic , her own domineering, religious mother . They are accompanied by a good support with plenty of young talents such as : Gabriella Wilde , Portia Doubleday , Zoë Belkin , Karissa Strain and Ansel Elgort . As well as veteran actors as Judy Greer as Gym teacher and Barry Shabaka Henley as Principal Morton . The motion picture was professionally directed by Kimberly Peirce , but with no originality , being merely a copy from original movie . Pennsylvania-born Kimberly is a director and writer, known for Boys Don't Cry (1999), Stop-loss (2008) and Carrie (2013). She is a longtime friend of Brian De Palma, original director of 1976's Carrie (1976) which she remade in 2013. She directed two actors in Oscar nominated performances: Hilary Swank and Chloë Sevigny. Swank won the award for Boys Don't Cry (1999).

Other versions about this famous story based on Stephen King novel are the following ones : The classic and the best , including one of the great shocks of cinema by Brian De Palma , 1976, with Sissy Spacek , Piper Laurie , John Travolta , William Katt , Amy Irving , Nancy Allen , P.J. Soles , Betty Buckley , Sydney Lassick . 1999 The rage: Carrie 2 by Katt Shea, Robert Mandel with Emily Bergl , Jason London , Dylan Bruno , John Doe , Rachel Blanchard , Gordon Clapp . Carrie 2002 by David Carson with Angela Bettis as Carietta 'Carrie' White , Patricia Clarkson as Margaret White , Rena Sofer , Kandyse McClure as Sue Snell , and Emilie de Ravin .