Carrie

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Hey this is CARRIE! Possibly one of THE best horror movies ever. Come on!

My drama teacher (20 years ago, yeah, I'm pretty old) made us watch this movie 4 times to explain how a good movie works. Eternally grateful to this guy, because now I use his lessons everyday as a writer/screenwriter. Three thumbs up for Brian dePalma. (And the other guy ofcourse, whatshisname Stephen... something.)

[aneaglesangel]

Well....I did like the book better of course, but I almost always do, LOL! This was a great movie and stuck to the book pretty much like glue. That's important to me. I think it ruins a movie for me if they don't try to stay true to the book. One book that they made a movie into was Eragon, which is a children's book. My son loved the book but when he saw the movie, he was so mad! He got all offended when they made the dragon Saphira grow all at once. He's in his seat, yelling at the screen, "Saphira didn't grow like that!!!" He was outraged. The movie was definitely not as good as the book because they changed so much of it. I hope when they do the second movie they try to stay a bit more true to the book.

But yes, now that I'm done yapping, loved Carrie!

[Girl87]

I loved Carrie. Both of them book and movie. I'v

[Girl87]

I meant to say that I''ve seen carrie two times and even the second time it was also good.

[Matthew.Degnan]

Agree with all the comments, I thought Carrie was a fantastic film, I love Brian's work and I thought he did Carrie perfectly.

[Anni M]

My tribute video to Carrie... ;~}}

YouTube - Carries Tribute

[Atlana]

Oh I loved Carrie the movie, but after I read the book. The movie was just never the same.
(if this confuses you I watched he movie before reading the book.)

[aneaglesangel]

Tribute was pretty good, who made that!? I would have been the soul survivor of the Carrie attack. I never would have picked on her and I would have kicked butt on those who did. Where I grew up there was only one black person in school and everyone picked on him. I hated it and got in quite a few fights because of it, LOL! I won't tell you the choice name they called me because of it. I always felt so sorry for poor Carrie!! I think Susannah Dean would have liked me too! :cool2:

[Anni M]

Tribute was pretty good, who made that!? I would have been the soul survivor of the Carrie attack. I never would have picked on her and I would have kicked butt on those who did. Where I grew up there was only one black person in school and everyone picked on him. I hated it and got in quite a few fights because of it, LOL! I won't tell you the choice name they called me because of it. I always felt so sorry for poor Carrie!! I think Susannah Dean would have liked me too! :cool2:
Thanks, That was me...I had to make a cool tribute vid for the poor doomed Carrie White... :down:

Carrie was my first SK book and the rest is history. Now, my son reads his stuff.:love:

[Leighjavu]

Good movie, and thanks to Tabitha, for fishing the manuscript out of the garbage where Steve tossed it after many rejections from publisher's .Carrie paved the way,
Stephen King was discovered and is a huge success ever since.

[Locnar1]

Oh, I love the movie Carrie, but my favorite part is Piper Laurie's performance as the mother.
when I saw the movie, I liked it and liked it and it's hands were all over me! (said in a hysterically high pitched voice:biggrin2:.

[LadyDi4476]

Carrie is one of my fall time favorites. I love the movie (1976 version ONLY) and the book. Sissy was so amazing in that role.

[misery is a pig]

Carrie was my first Stephen King book, and it's such a classic! I love it.

[JRLauer]

Carrie is one of my fall time favorites. I love the movie (1976 version ONLY) and the book. Sissy was so amazing in that role.

I would have to agree with you, the movie was very well done, the book was so-so in my opinion.

[bsymom927]

The is my all time favorite movie! I've seen it at least 12 times!

[Bryan James]

Good movie, and thanks to Tabitha, for fishing the manuscript out of the garbage where Steve tossed it after many rejections from publisher's .Carrie paved the way,
Stephen King was discovered and is a huge success ever since.

From what I recall (because, you know, I was there as a fly on the wall), TK saved it before it was even close to submission.

I could be wrong.

BJS

[sgmonje]

I also give cheers and thanks to Tabby for snatchin' this one up out of the garbage!! Who's with me?! Tabby is the one we should all be thanking! Give the girl some respect! Hip Hip Horrah! :D Of course we know Steve has the determination to do things himself but behind every man is a good woman and to quote Keith Urban I'm sure Steve is thinking "I think that's a lie, I'd rather have her by my side" :)

[jordystams]

I loved it

[Agincourt Concierge]

Great Flick.......Sissy Spacek lives next community over...down in Charlottesville....

LOL...saw her shopping at Sam's Club one day.....LOL

[Raistlin]

I first saw Carrie in the late 70's at an old drive in theatre when I was 8 or 9 years of age ( what were my parents thinking? ). Obviously, I didn't understand much of what was going on at the time, but in later years, I had the chance to revist those nightmares, and develop an appreciation for both the book and the movie.

[mousenmile]

Tribute was pretty good, who made that!? I would have been the soul survivor of the Carrie attack. I never would have picked on her and I would have kicked butt on those who did. Where I grew up there was only one black person in school and everyone picked on him. I hated it and got in quite a few fights because of it, LOL! I won't tell you the choice name they called me because of it. I always felt so sorry for poor Carrie!! I think Susannah Dean would have liked me too! :cool2:

I absolutely agree w/ you. I loved Carrie, Which BTW was my first King read, as I said before I love to see his books come to life. wheter the've made changes or not.
By The time things were heating up, I was cheering Carrie on. "wipe them out girl!"

[Lina]

I just rewatched Carrie a few days ago. I should say I like it. I love both the book and the movie. And I really feel sorry for Carrie, because I can understand that situation, when everybody is laughing at somebody. And I really know what the person at whom they are laughing feel. This is awful and I hate it! I can't understand why people do like that, why they always laugh at someone. Sometimes people can be very evil, and that's really terrible!
So, I think that such stories as Carrie may help us to understand that we must care about the other people's feelings.

[mylife4usk]

I just rewatched Carrie a few days ago. I should say I like it. I love both the book and the movie. And I really feel sorry for Carrie, because I can understand that situation, when everybody is laughing at somebody. And I really know what the person at whom they are laughing feel. This is awful and I hate it! I can't understand why people do like that, why they always laugh at someone. Sometimes people can be very evil, and that's really terrible!
So, I think that such stories as Carrie may help us to understand that we must care about the other people's feelings.

----or suffer the consequences!! Creepy Carrie, Creepy Carrie!
*bike swerves and crashes to the ground* :eek2: This was a great rendition of King's work. I thought Sissy was fab but Piper should have won an award for her role as Momma. Now if you'll excuse me, I must go into my closet and pray for my soul as I too(Mousenmile) was rooting for Carrie to destroy everyone and everything in town, especially that lil brat on the bike in the beginning. lol

Thank you Tabitha!

[GBPack1]

----or suffer the consequences!! Creepy Carrie, Creepy Carrie!
*bike swerves and crashes to the ground* :eek2: This was a great rendition of King's work. I thought Sissy was fab but Piper should have won an award for her role as Momma. Now if you'll excuse me, I must go into my closet and pray for my soul as I too(Mousenmile) was rooting for Carrie to destroy everyone and everything in town, especially that lil brat on the bike in the beginning. lol

Thank you Tabitha!

Right on! lol

[cwinter4]

Great movie!

[Timotheus]

Can't believe I never read Carrie before now...well actually I just finished listening to the Sissy Spacek narrated version on CD. I have read nearly everything else out there but for some reason I can't explain, I never read the classic - Carrie. Wow.....it was awesome. Now, I need to see the movie ! Sounds like it was pretty faithful to the book.

[MrsMarsten]

One of Stephen's best. Hands down. I recently picked up a new copy with a new forward explaining the origins of the novel, Mrs King retrieving it from the trash and sort of a composite of girls that SK knew that became Carrie White.

[Nabila]

I loved the movie but I haven't read the book. I will as soon as I find it here. The bookstore I normally go to has the complete set of Dark Tower books and no Carrie.:down: That movie was so sad. There will always be someone different in a town or community but if that someone had a family that would say, "we have your back," then life would be more tolerable. Carrie was so alone with a lunatic for a mother. Yeah, I loved Piper Laurie but hated the character.

I also loved that song during the prom.
Sissy Spacek is an excellent actress and I'm sad that she didn't have more films.

[dav]

yeah I saw the movie and read the book and I admit they were the most similar of a lot of his books made to movies. I think it depends a lot on the directer/producer and who writes the script for the movie....too many times they don;t have the guts for SK vision.....

[Merlina]

Carrie was my scecond book by Stephen King (lend it but didn´t get back). I like it very much and also the movie is great. Especially Sissy Spacek is amazing!

[qu33n0f3mpir3]

carrie was an great movie!
I loved it mostly because it was set in 70s which is one of fave time preiods!
:)

[lomawood]

Hi!! This is my Carrie's review!

I hope you enjoy!

Kisses!

http://thecastlerockproject.blogspot.com/2009/10/carrie-1976.html

[Adrian]

The book was ok.

[constantreader85]

This is one book by himself i can't get into. i couldn't get into it, didn;t like the storyline(although i finished it) didn't like sissy spacek as carrie. Sorry, 99% of steve's book are cool, but i have no love for this one.

[Nicole123]

carrie, the book is my all time favourite!

[Mike in Canada]

Carrie was not the best cast movie in my opinion. Piper Laurie played her part the best. I didn't like Sissy in it (she was far better in Coal Miner's Daughter). John Travolta was awful but ironically has developed into an incredible actor, especially in that movie where he played a lawyer who took on the chemical company and went broke doing it (true story)

[CarrieCarrieQuiteContrary]

To noone in particular:

I have to tell someone this story. I think the only people that could truly appreciate are my fellow Stephen King/Carrie fans.
As you can see my name is Carrie. I wasn't named after the book, but of course, I have heard joke after joke because they are spelled the same. When I first read the book (I think I was about 12 or 13), I was shocked at how dark it was. However, one thing shocked me more than that. The description of the girl was so much like me that it scared me. I mean, I don't think I had pimples on my behind, or a psycho mother, but the awkwardness she felt was one I recognized. The fact that I looked alot like Mr. King described her made it creepier. Imagine reading a book about a character like Carrie and finding similarities between yourself and her. Talk about creepy, right?

As far as the novel itself goes, it rates high with me. The fact that Mr. King could combine the amount of horror he did with the adequately described teen akwardness without it coming off as corney or hokey is amazing.
Then again, I probably have some issues if "Carrie" was my comfort book for puberty...LOL

[Anni M]

a tribute:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0adIfTOAmc

[eeriesistable]

Agree, I too like the book and the movies

[dejolane]

I would love to see Carrie have a baby and pass the power on in Part 3. It was passed to her stepsister in part 2 and now a baby for her would be a good idea.

[Ebony]

Yes, Sissy Spacek was really good in this movie...she´s really pretty but acted as if she were in Carrie´s situation.
I´ve heard, Carrie was Stephen King´s first book - if that´s true, then it was a good opening ;)