Carrie Review Part 1 (1976 Film)

Que Pasa, Movie Fans?! This Is Octavio Martinez Jr. A.K.A "The Movie Vato" Giving You My Latest Reviews On Movies New And Old! And Of Course, This Is Halloween Season, I Am Going To Review Some Of The Classic Horror Movies This Month, And Guess What? It's "Carrie" Week!

As Most Of You Know, A New "Carrie" Movie Is Going To Be Released On October 18 Of 2013. This Is Going To Be A Re-Adaption On The Novel That Stephen King Wrote. Chole Grace Moretz Stars As Carrie White, A Shy Outcast Girl Who Secretly Discovers That She Has Powers Of Telekinesis,  And Julianne Moore Plays Margaret White, Carrie's Mother Who Is A Heavy Religious Woman, And Shelters Her Daughter On A Daily Basis.

 But... Before I Review This Movie Somewhere Down The Road, I Actually Went To My Local Video Store And End Up Renting Two Different Adaptions Of The "Carrie" Movie. The Original One That Was Made In 1976, And The TV Movie Version That Was Made In 2002. I Got A Chance To See Both Of Them Over The Weekend, And I Am Ready To Give My Review For Both Them! 

My "Carrie" Review Is Going To Be A Two-Part Review, And The First Part Review Is The 1976 Adaption Of Carrie.

In 1974, Stephen King Wrote "Carrie" Which Happen To Be His First Novel To Be Publish. The Story Is About A Shy Teenage Girl Who Has Been Abuse By Her Classmates And Her Unstable Religious Mother. Carrie Later Discovers That She Has The Powers Of Telekinesis And Ends Up Using It For Revenge. This Novel Happen To Be A Bestseller For Stephen King, The Novel Got So Much Attention, That It Was Banned To All Schools Across The Whole Untied States. Since The Release Of The Novel, Director Brian De Palma Read "Carrie", And Wanted To Make This Novel Into A Movie. De Palma Got Screenwriter Lawrence D. Cohen To Write A Film Adaption Of The Novel. With The Permission Of Stephen King, And The Help Of Untied Artists And MGM Studios, "Carrie" Made Its Film Debut On November 3, 1976.

The Story: The Movie Starts With A Bunch Of Teenage Girls Playing A Volleyball Game, Carrie Who Is Played By Sissy Spacek Causes Her Team To Lose, And Her Teammates Bullies Her Due To Screw Up. The Next Scene Takes Place Where Carrie Is Taking A Shower In The Locker Room, She Notice That She Was Bleeding Between Her Legs, Carrie In A Extreme Panic She Goes To Her Classmates For Help, Her Classmates Taunt Her Realizing That She Didn't Know She Just Got Her First Period. Carrie's Classmates Corner Her To A Wall And End Up Throwing Her Tampons And Maxi Pads. Her Gym Teacher, Miss Collins Who Is Played By Betty Buckley Notice That The Girls Were Tormenting Carrie, She Goes To The Locker Room, And Tries To Comfort Carrie. Carrie Is Extremely Frantic, When Suddenly A Light Bulb Goes Off In The Gym Locker Which Cause The Girls' And Miss Collins' Attention.

Carrie Never Knew About The Menstruation Cycle When She Was Younger. God, I Hope The Bears Don't Smell It.

Carrie And Miss Collins End Up Going To The Principal's Office To Talk About Her Carrie's Nasty Dispute With Her Classmates, Miss Collins Excused Carrie From Gym Class For The Next Week, And The Principal Excused Carrie For The Rest Of The Day, The Principal Keeps Calling Carrie "Cassie", And Carrie With A Loud Voice Saying "IT'S CARRIE!", Causing The Ashtray Mysteriously Flies Off The Principal's Desk. Carrie Leaves School, And Started Walking Towards Home. On Her Way Heading Home, Carrie Being Teased By A Neighbor Kid Calling Her "Creepy Carrie" While Riding His Bike. Carrie Gave Him A Stern Look, Which Causing Him To Fall Off His Bike. Carrie Was Shocked That He Fell Off, And Continued To Walk Towards Home. While Carrie Was Walking Home, Margaret White Who Is Played By Piper Laurie Is Trying To Spread The Word On God Throughout The Neighborhood, One Of Her Neighbors Mrs. Snell Who Is Played By Priscilla Pointer Donated Some Money To Avoid Margaret Spreading The Word About God. Margaret Ends Going Home, And Received A Phone Call From Miss Collins Telling About Carrie's Incident. Margaret Starts To Abuse Carrie Finding Out That She Had Her Period. Margaret Thinking That Her Daughter Committed A Sin, Margaret Locks Carrie To A Closet And Told Carrie To Let God Forgive Her For Her Sinful Ways. A Few Hours Later, Carrie Was Release From The Closet And Was Force To Go To Bed. Carrie Goes To Room And Gets Ready For Bed, Carrie Starts To Get Frustrated On How She Is Getting Treated By Her Classmates And Her Mother, She Gets So Frustrated That Her Mirror In Her Room Mysteriously Shatters. Margaret Goes To Her Room To See Carrie Heard Something, Carrie Lies To Her Mother Saying  She Didn't Hear Anything, And Was Getting Ready For Bed.

Carrie Praying To Jesus For Forgiving Her That She Got Her Period. Wait... What?

The Next Day, Carrie Was In Class Writing Poems, While A Teacher Was Lecturing A Student By The Name Of Tommy Ross Who Is Played By William Katt. The Teacher Was Questioning The Poem That Tommy Wrote, And Ask Anybody If Anybody Like His Poem, Carrie Was The Only One Who Thought It The Poem Was Beautiful. Everybody Was Laughing A Carrie's Remark, But Tommy Smiled. A Couple Of Hours Pass By, And Carrie Classmates In Gym, And Walks Away. Miss Collins Enters The Gym And Calls Up The Girls Who Tormented Carrie, Miss Collins Gives The Girls One Week Boot Camp-Like Detention, And If They Refuse To Do Miss Collins Detention, Then They Will Be Suspended From School, And Would Be Banned From The School Prom. While Miss Collins Disciplining The Girls, Carrie Ends Up Going To The School Library, Carrie Started To Look For Information About Her Special Gift, And It Was Revealed That She Has The Powers Of Telekinesis. While Finding Information About Her New Gift, Miss Collins Is Still Disciplining The Girls, Until One Teenage Girl Had Enough. Chris Hargensen Who Is Played By Nancy Allen Started To Talk Back To Miss Collins, And Miss Collins Slaps Chris Across The Face! Chris Who Didn't Want To Do Miss Collins' Detention, Decided To Walk Out On Miss Collins And Ask If Her Friends Would Back Her Up. Norma Watson Who Is Played P.J. Soles Refused To Leave Due To The Fact That She Wanted To Attend The Prom, And Sue Snell Who Is Played By Amy Irving Didn't Want To Be Apart Of Chris' Shadow Any Longer. After Detention, Sue Who Has Felt So Guilty On Harassing Carrie, She End Up Talking To Her Boyfriend Tommy Ross And Asking Tommy If He Could Ask Carrie To Go To The Prom With Him. Later On That Night, Chris Hargensen Is Out In The Streets Crusin' With Her Boyfriend Billy Nolan Who Is Played By John Travolta And Have A Good Time, The Two Are Arguing With Each Other In The Car Because Billy Doesn't Like To Be Insulted By His Girlfriend. Meanwhile, Sue Is In Her House Doing Homework With Tommy Ross, Tommy Finally Accepts That Fact He Will Ask Carrie To The Prom Which Put A Smile On Sue's Face. Back To Chris & Billy, Where Billy Get Frustrated With Chris To Figure Out What Was Wrong With Her, Chris Starts Making Out With Billy And Told Him That She Wanted Revenge On Carrie. The Next Day, Carrie Went Back To The Library To Find Out More Information On Telekinesis, Tommy Ross Comes By And Says Hello To Carrie. Carrie Gets Startled And Covers Up The Book That She Was Reading And Said Hello Back. Tommy Chatted With Carrie For A Little Bit And Finally Asked Her If She Would Go To The Prom With Her. Carrie Declined At First, And Quickly Ran Away Towards Tommy. Miss Collins Was About To Start Her Class, She Notice Carrie Sitting By Herself And Away From Other Students. Miss Collins Wanted To See What Was Wrong With Carrie, Carrie Revealed That Tommy Ross Asked Her To The Prom, Miss Collins Help Carrie To Feel Good That A Popular Student Like Tommy Was Willing To Ask Her Out Which Made Carrie Smile For The First Time. After Finding Out Tommy Asking Carrie To The Prom, Miss Collins Brought Sue & Tommy To Her Office Asking Them Both If This Was Both A Setup, Sue Felt Guilty On The Way She Treated Carrie, She Felt That She Owes Carrie Something, And Told Miss Collins That Is Was Not A Trick. Norma Heard The Conversion And Decided To Tell Chris. Later That Day, Tommy Finds Carrie's Home Address, And Ask Carrie To The Prom Again. Carrie Again Refusing To Go To The Prom With Tommy, Tommy Just Stayed On Carrie's Porch And Will Not Leave Until If Carrie Says Yes. Carrie In A Difficult Situation, She Had No Choice But To Accept To Go To The Prom With Tommy Ross. Later On That Night, Chris And Her Boyfriend Goes To A Local Farm To Find A Pig, Billy Ends Up Killing A Pig And Collecting It's Blood, Chris And Billy Go To The High School, And Place The Pig's Blood On A Bucket On A The Catwalk In The Gymnasium. Meanwhile, Carrie And Margaret Are Having Dinner, And Carrie Told Her Mother That She Was Asked Out To The Prom And She Accepted. Margaret Got Upset And Told Carrie That Going To The Prom Is A Sin And Causing Girls To Be Sluts, Margaret Trying To Put Her Foot Down, Carrie Uses Her Telekinesis On Her Mother. Her Mother Thinks That Carrie Is A Demon, Carrie Puts Her Foot Down, And Said That She Wanted To Go To The Prom. Margaret Had No Other Choice, But To Accept That Carrie Was Going To The Prom. The Next Day, Everybody Was Getting Ready For The Prom, Tommy Ross And His Friends Were Picking Out Tuxedos, Sue, Chris, & Norma Set Up The Decorations At The Gymnasium, And Carrie Was Getting Ready For Her Big Date. As Carrie Getting Ready For Her Prom Date, Margaret Told Carrie That They Were Going To Laugh At Her, Carrie Refused To Listen To Her Mother And Still Wanted To Go To The Prom, Margaret Try To Physically To Carrie, Which Causes Carrie To Use Her Powers On Her Mom Twice. Tommy Arrives To Carrie's House, And Carrie Ends Up Leaving Her Mom And Goes To The Prom. Carrie & Tommy Arrived To The Prom, All Of A Sudden, Carrie Stop Tommy And Was Having Second Thoughts About Going To The Prom. Tommy Encourages Carrie To Go Inside With Him. As Tommy & Carrie Arrived To The Prom, Everybody Was Shocked That Carrie Came To The Prom With A Different Look, And Started To To Treated Her Like An Equal. Meanwhile, Sue Who Gave Up Her Place Going To the Prom, Was Having Dinner With Her Family, Decided To Finish Her Dinner Early And Was Planning Sneak Inside The Prom To See How Carrie Was Doing. Back At The Prom, Miss Collins Get To See Carrie With Her New Look, And Shares Her Experience About The Prom With Carrie, After Miss Collins Talks To Carrie, Tommy Asked Carrie To Dance, While Dancing Carrie Wanted To Know Why Tommy Chose Her Instead Of Sue, Tommy Told Carrie He Can Choose Whoever He Was To Be His Date, Due To The Fact That Carrie Like His Poem Even Though He Didn't Write The Poem. Carrie Accidentally Kiss Tommy And Apologize, But Tommy Kissed Carrie Back, And Shares A Lovely Moment While Dancing. 

Carrie And Tommy Having Fun At The Prom.

After Their Dance, Ballots Were Handed Out To Nominated Who Would Be The High School's Prom King And Queen, And Carrie & Tommy Happen To Be A Part Of The Ballot. Carrie Showed Tommy The Ballot And Carrie Nominated Her And Tommy. Norma Picked Up The Ballots That Were Already Had People Nominated. Suddenly, Norma Switched The Ballots To Another Set Of Ballots Causing Carrie & Tommy To Win, And Chris & Billy Were Secretly In The Gym, Chris Was Holding A Rope That Was Attached To The Bucket That Had Pig's Blood Located On Catwalk On The Gym. While The Prom Committee Was Getting Ready To Nominated Their New King & Queen, Sue Arrived To The Prom Secretly And Wanted To See How Carrie Was Doing. The Prom Committee Got All The Votes, And They Announced That Carrie And Tommy Where This Year's New Prom King & Queen! Carrie Was Happy To Find Out That She Was A Prom Queen, While Tommy & Carrie Were Walking Towards The Stage, Chris & Billy Were Underneath The Stage Getting To Tuck The Rope That Contains Pig's Blood, And Sue Was Behind The Stage Being Happy That Carrie Is Now Prom Queen. Carrie & Tommy Were Heading Up To The Stage To Be Crowned, Chris Was Starting To Tug The Rope In A Very Impatient Manner, The Tugging Of The Rope Caught Sue's Attention And Started To Notice The Rope Being Attach To A Bucket On The Catwalk, Little Does Sue Know, That Miss Collins Was Paying Attention To Sue Who Looks Suspicious. Sue Started To See The Rope Was Connected Underneath The Stage, As She Was Going To Figure Out What Was Under The Stage, Miss Collins Grabs Sue By The Arm Kicked Her Out Of The Prom. As Miss Collins Kicking Sue Out, Carrie And Tommy Arrived On Stage, And Carrie Received A Bouquet Of Flowers, And Put A Crown Over Carrie's Head. 

Carrie White & Tommy Ross The Prom King & Queen... YAY!!!!!

After Being Crowned As The Prom Queen, Chris Yanks The Rope Causing The Bucket To Be Dropped And Making The Pig's Blood Land On Carrie. The Bucket Fell Off The Catwalk And Hit Tommy In The Head Cause Him To Be Out Cold. Carrie Covered In Blood, Started To Hear Her Mother's Voice In Her Head Say "They're All Going To Laugh At You!" Repeatedly In Head. Carrie Started To See People Laughing At Her Including Her Gym Teacher Miss Collins But In Carrie's Vision. Carrie Snaps In A Blinding Rage, Cause Her To Use Her Powers To Seal All The Doors, Bursting All The Light Bulbs, And Used Fire Hose To Wet The Students And High School Staff As Well. Carrie End Up Killing Everybody In The Prom Including Miss Collins Who Was Trying To Be Nice To Carrie, While Carrie Uses Her Telekinesis Power, Chris & Billy Somehow Sneak Out Of The School, And Witness The Killing Spree That Carrie Made. Carrie Started A Ring Of Fire By Using Her Telekinesis To Prevent Anybody To Escape The Gym. Carrie Unsealed One Door For Her To Leave, And Left Everybody For Dead.

Damn It, Carrie! Now The Bears Can Smell Your Menstruation!

After The Massacre That Carrie Created, Carrie Covered In Pig's Blood, Started To Walk Home, When All Of A Sudden Chris & Billy Right Were Right Behind Carrie, Chris Was Planning To Run Carrie Over, Carrie Turned Around And Used Her Powers To Make Chris Lose Control Of The Car. The Car Started Flipping Over While Chris & Billy Were In It, The Car Stops Flipping And Carrie Used Her Telekinesis Again And Made The Car Explodes Instantly Killing Chris & Billy. When Carrie Arrived Home, She Notice That There Was A Lot Of Candles Lit Up In Whole House. Carrie Decided To Go Her Room And Wash The Pig's Blood Off Her, Little Does She Know That Margaret Was Hidden Behind Carrie's Bathroom Door. After Her Bath, Carrie Was Looking For Margaret, And Margaret Was Right Behind Her. Carrie Was Crying, And Told Her Mother About That She Was Right About People Was Laughing At Her. Margaret Tells Carrie A Story About How Carrie's Father And Herself Having Pre-Martial Sex Before Getting Married, Thinking That Carrie Is One Of The Reasons Why She Is Powerful. Carrie And Margaret Embraced Each Other Arms, And Margaret Told Carrie To Pray To God To Let Him Forgave Her Of What She Became. While Carrie Was Praying, Margaret Pulled Out A Kitchen Knife, And Stabbed Carrie In The Back. Carrie Feel From The Stairs And Landed On The Kitchen Floor. Margaret Who Finally Snapped, Slowly Went Downstairs To Finish Killing Carrie, Carrie With All Her Might Trying To Exit By The Kitchen Door, But It Was Locked. Margaret Finally Reach To The Kitchen, And Made A Crucifix Sign While Holding The Knife. Margaret Getting Closer To Carrie, Out Of Desperation Carrie Uses Her Powers To Stop Her Mom. Carrie Used Her Telekinesis To End Margaret's Life. Margaret End Up Being Stabbed Numerous Times On Both Arms, Her Chest, Her Stomach, And Her Abdomen Making A Crucifix Out Of Her. Carrie Walking Towards Her Dead Mother, Seeing What Her Powers Made Her Realize What She Has Done. Grieving Over Her Mother's Sudden Death, She Tries To Pull Out The Knives From Her Mother, Then Suddenly House Started To Cave In, Carrie Grabs Her Mother's Lifeless Body Towards The Closet That Margaret Locks Carrie, The House Starts To Sink In A Alarming Rate, Not To Mention, The House Is On Fire, Carrie Tries To Find Way To Protect Herself And Her Mother, But It Was Too Late. Carrie Suddenly Dies Due To The Caving In Of The House, The House Is Now Fully Sunken To The Ground Which Made Somewhat Grave To Carrie And Margaret White. A Few Days By Since The Prom Massacre And The Destruction Of Carrie's Home, Sue Goes To The Remains Of What Used To Be Carrie's Home. Sue Had Brought Flowers And Placed Them To The Where The House Used To Be. As She Was Placing Them Down To The Rubble, Carrie's Arm Suddenly Pops Out And Reaches Sue's Arm. Sue Was Screaming Of Terror, Sue Tries To Break Free From Carrie's Grip. Sue Suddenly Is Screaming In To Her Mother's Arms Realizing It Was Just A Dream.

Since I Took A Long Time Writing About The Story, I Am Going To Shorten The Trivia And My Rating. Sorry About That, Guys.


Trivia: Sissy Spacek And Piper Laurie Were Both Nominated For An Oscar, But Never Won.

Sissy Spacek Was Nominated For Best Actress And Piper Laurie Was Nominated For Best Supporting Actress.

John Travolta, William Katt,  Betty Buckle, And Amy Irving Made Their Feature Film Debut In This Film.

"Carrie" Was The First Film To Be Based On A Novel That Was Written By Stephen King.

Even Thought Carrie Was Supposed To Be A 17 Year Old Girl, Sissy Spacek Was Actually In Her Mid Twenties In Real Life, As Well Whole Teenager Cast. Everybody Was In Their Mid Twenties, Betty Buckle Who Played To Miss Collins Was Only 28 Years Old Made Her A Little Bit Older Then The Rest Of The Cast.

In 1999, Amy Irving Returned As Sue Snell In The Rage: Carrie 2, Sue Was A Counselor To Help A Teenage Girl By The Name Of Rachel Lang Who Was Later Revealed To Be Carrie's Half-Sister. The Movie Was Box Office Failure.

Don't Feel Bad, Amy... Nobody Remembers The Rage: Carrie 2. That Movie Sucked Anyways.

My Review: This Is One Of Those Movies That It's Worth Watching. Not Due To The Fact That It's A Horror Movie, But Does Send Out A Message To People Who Abuse A Certain Person In Their Lives. If You Ever Abuse A Person Just Because They're Different, It Will Come Back To Bite You. Sissy Spacek's Performance As Carrie White Really Made That Character Come To Life In This Movie. Sissy's Acting Was So Well, I Thought That She Was Really A Shy Person. Piper Laurie's Performance Was Extremely Well In This Movie. This Happen To Be Laurie's First Movie In Over A 15 Year Span, Which Made "Carrie" Her Comeback Movie. Laurie's Performance As Margaret White Really Caught My Attention, Her Acting As A Extreme Religious Nut Who Abused Her Daughter Reminded Me Of Stories Of People Who Have Been Living With People That Describes Margaret White. And I Like The Fact That People Think Margaret Is A Stereotype, No... Margaret White Brought The Stereotype To Life! Brian De Palma Directing In This Movie Was Excellent. He Made Scenes Where He Knew What You Were Feeling When You Were Watching It, The Close Ups To A Character's Face Can Give You A Better Description On Their Profile, Which To Me Is Very Rare Today's Movies. De Palma Knew How Work A Character's Feeling In One Scene, Not Just By The Actor's Help, But The Scenery As Well. Describing A Character's Feeling Does Help On How You Set Up The Scene, And De Palma Knew How To Make Character's Presence In Just One Scene. Finally, I Love The Music In This Movie. Pino Donaggio Who Was The Composer In This Movie, Did A Good Job Of Bringing Two Types Of Music. There Are Scenes Where He Would Put Calm And Happy Music And He Would Bring Out Horror & Creepy-Like Music On Scenes Where Carrie Uses Her Powers. I Do Like That Fact Donaggio Did Do A Certain Homage To Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho By Using Certain Scenes In The Movie, That Was An Awesome Tribute If You Asked Me. 

In Closing,  The Original "Carrie" Movie Was One Of Those Classic Horror Movies That Is Must Have In The Movie Collection. I Really Did Enjoy Watching This Movie, And It's Rare For Me, Cause I Really Don't Watch Movies That Were Based On Stephen King Novels. And For A Horror Movie, There Is Not That Much Gore That You Would Have To Turn Your Head Away From The Screen, Of Course This Movie Takes Places In The 1970's, And It Fits The Movie So Perfectly On How They Describe The Characters And The Atmosphere. All In All, I Think That This Movie Would Be Perfect To Watch During The Halloween Season!

My Rating For "Carrie", By Rating This Movie Of The Use Of Carrie's Power Of Telekinesis: "Shattering A Light Bulb" Being The Lowest, And "Caving In The House" Being The Highest.

I Give "Carrie" A "Crucifying Margaret" Rating!

A "Crucifying Margaret" Is Like A 8 or 9 Rating... Or In This Case, The Letter "T".

Well, This Has Been The End Of Part I Of The "Carrie Review" Stay Tuned For Part II!