Carrie (1976)

Plot summary

★★★★☆

Starring: John Travolta, Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Nancy Allen, Amy Irving, William Katt, P.J. Soles

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

Carrie is bullied at school but she has telekenisis so she can make things happen with her mind. The popular girls at school make a plan to embarass her at the prom and rig up a bucket of pigs blood to fall on her. She also has a mad catholic mother. When the pigs blood falls on her Carrie goes mad and sets the gym on fire so everyone dies except one girl (Sue). When Carrie gets home her mum tries to kill her so Carrie kills her instead then sets the house on fire and ends up dead too. Then at the end Sue dreams that Carrie's hand shoots out of her grave and grabs her.

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Mistakes

Continuity mistake: Billy Nolan's 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle SS changes to a 1967 Pontiac Firebird with a white vinyl roof, then back to the Chevelle SS as Carrie overturns it. (01:17:50 - 01:21:10)

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Quotes

Carrie: Tommy?
Tommy Ross: Yeah?
Carrie: Why?
Tommy Ross: Why what?
Carrie: Why am I here?
Tommy Ross: Because it's the prom.
Carrie: Why am I here with you?
Tommy Ross: Because I asked you.
Carrie: Why'd you ask me?
Tommy Ross: Because I wanted to.
Carrie: Why'd you want to?
Tommy Ross: Because you liked my poem. Only I didn't write it. Somebody else did.
Carrie: Oh.

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Trivia

Trivia: Director Brian de Palma originally wanted Sissy Spacek to play Chris Hargenson (eventually portrayed by Nancy Allen). But Spacek wanted to be the star, so she showed up for her audition in a dress her mother made for her in 7th grade. She looked so awkward and hopelessly out of touch with fashion that De Palma cast her as Carrie.

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Questions

Question: Did Tommy die? If so, did his body get burned up?

Answer: He did die in the end when the mother sue was on the phone she mentions "losing tommy and the others" or something like that.

Answer: Most likely he did die. After Carrie set the gym on fire, she walked out and locked the gym doors behind her so that no one could escape, leaving Tommy to die too.

Answer: I've heard it said that the bucket cracked his skull and he died before Carrie's revenge started.

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