Carrie is here and what an amazing movie this is! Everything about this film from the camera work, acting, sound, and editing make this such a fun watch. I was so stressed the entire time and that blood sequence was incredibly well made. Thanks for watching! Have a great day! :)

@timroebuck3458

Жыл бұрын

I actually refused to go to my prom because I couldn't get a date.

@shwicaz

Жыл бұрын

I agree w/ the music. Pino Donaggio's score is amazing (I have the soundtrack). He also worked with DePalma on 'Dressed to Kill'. Give that one a shot.

@Serai3

Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: all the young actors who auditioned for this film also auditioned on the same day for _Star Wars._ Lucas and DePalma were friends and came out of USC at the same time, and since they were getting their films ready at the same time and were taking their auditions from the same pool of young talent at the time, they decided to do the auditions at the same time in the same building for convenience. So Sissy Spacek and William Katt and Amy Irving, etc. all auditioned for Leia and Luke as well as for Carrie, Tommy, and Sue. There are clips of the auditions around, and seeing William Katt try out for Luke Skywalker is really fun. :)

@BrianNIL

Жыл бұрын

This is why I love watching reactors. The first time you see Carrie you share her paranoia that everybody is out to get her. It's easy to empathize. When the movie tricks you into thinking Tommy is in on the prank, you can see how Carrie may think even the gym teacher, her best ally, is against her. Unfortunately, Stephen King was ahead of his time when it comes to school violence. I suspect the perpetrators of some these crimes are a lot like Carrie.

@nathanfitzgearl650

Жыл бұрын

That whole prom destruction scene is the wildest, most creatively directed scene in horror movie history. I loved that whole split-screen effect that showed Carrie’s gym destruction from various different angles. In a good way, director DePalma went absolute nuts with that scene and it truly delivered. My god, did it ever!

Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie both received well deserved Oscar nominations for their work, which is a rarity for horror film. Such great filmmaking by Brian De Palma. ❤️

@kingamoeboid3887

Жыл бұрын

I think it's the first accolade for it.

The spinning shot with Tommie and Carrie dancing was supposed represent that overwhelming almost intoxicating feeling of Carrie finally starting to feel normal for the first time in her life.

@vancelubben5300

Жыл бұрын

The spinning happens again in 1983 Cujo

@EastSide-qc5oy

9 ай бұрын

It has a double meaning, because it also can represent foreshadowing of how everything is about to spin out of control.

Terrific reaction! Watch this again: you'll see that Sue and Tommy are NOT part of the plot: from the moment Sue tells Chris to shut up, she is separate from the "mean girls". Tommy is not part of the hostile gang - he's indifferent until the actual prom, or maybe a little before, when Carrie runs away, and then he hears Sue's reasoning with the gym teacher. The decorating scene with Sue saying she owed Carrie is another clue to us that she has nothing to do with prank. Watch again and you'll see that there are several very different motivations going on this story.

@YolandaAnneBrown95726

Жыл бұрын

Also: The scene with Norma and Chris are whispering while Sue's decorating is almost what happened in the novel: Chris finds a copy of the ballot which had Carrie's name on it and Sue's crossed off. At this point did she started to put the prank together.

@mxmxpr

Жыл бұрын

Only problem with that decorating scene is that in the previous scene you see Norma at a beauty salon sitting under a hair dryer (red hat on top of it) and then it cuts to the gym and she hasn't gone to the salon yet.

@babs3241

Жыл бұрын

The fact that Ms... ah, I can't remember her movie name, book name Ms Desjardins... singled Sue out in the first scene, being surprised that Sue was participating in the hazing in the first place; it wasn't like her. Her motives may not be totally pure-hearted; she wanted to have a quick-fix for her guilt and that doesn't exist. But she's definitely innocent of wanting to _hurt_ Carrie.

Psycho score-writer Bernard Herrmann was supposed to score Carrie but he died before the film was finished, so the composer Pino Donaggio added the Psycho-esque music you hear as a tribute to Herrmann.

Amy Irving (Sue) is also Priscilla Pointer’s (Mrs. Snell) real-life daughter

Actually, the book made it clear early on that Sue and Tommy had nothing to do with it; Sue was consumed with so much guilt over the locker room incident, that’s why she made Tommy take Carrie to the prom. Also, Sue and Chris hated each other so much, there’s no way Chris would have confided in Sue about the prank. Anyway, the best Stephen King movie adaptations are Carrie, The Shining and Dolores Claiborne.

This is one of my favorites. It's low key sad, but the mom is super creepy.

Carrie was so bullied to the point where she saw red (pun not intended) when the blood was dumped on her, only the baddies were laughing, but to Carrie, it no longer mattered and all were going to feel her rage. The coach/teacher was not laughing, it was Carrie's rage and hearing the voices that made her believe that Ms. Collins was in on it. This movie is a masterpiece, both for the creator of the story, Stephen King, but also for director Brian DePalma. Interesting tidbit, the casting for Carrie took place the same day, and same room as George Lucas' casting for Star Wars. Brian and George (and Spielberg) were friends from film school, so we could've easily had some of the actors from Carrie in Star Wars, and vice versa. DePalma dated Nancy Allen (Chris, the bitch from Carrie) and cast her in 2 more of his movies, Dressed to Kill (1980) and teamed again with John Travolta in Blow Out (1981), to which she portrayed totally opposite of her character in Carrie. Eventually, she went on to do the Robocop movies and Poltergeist 3. Piper Laurie (Carrie's mom) was from the contract studio Hollywood days and Brian DePalma had to talk her out of retirement to do this part, which earned her an Academy Award Best Supporting Actress nomination.

Sue also doesn't actually know: she notes the rope for the first time and is trying to stop it but is pulled away by the gym teacher, who is thinking the worst of her .... wrongly!

@vancelubben4527

Жыл бұрын

How did Sue survive when she was clearly in the gym in the end? I cant seem to find the answer anywhere

@melenatorr

Жыл бұрын

@@vancelubben4527 We're okay: remember, Sue spies out the rope and bucket, and while she's registering what's about to happen, the gym teacher sees her, suspects Sue's come for no good and shoves her out of the gym. Sue isn't in there when the horror starts.

@vancelubben4527

Жыл бұрын

@@melenatorr You are right. Sue made it out, barely. The other 2 must have pulled the rope and had a very quick escape route

@melenatorr

Жыл бұрын

@@vancelubben4527 Yes, I think you can get glimpses of them getting out; and you can see them watching what's happening, briefly.

It makes no real sense to believe that Sue and Tommy were part of the prank. He literally told the teacher “You suck” when he was making fun of Carrie. And Sue told Chris to shut up and was the only one shown to feel remorse for what they all did when Ms Collins was berating the girls. Chris and Sue are never really shown to be close, like Chris and Norma.

@paullandis5524

Жыл бұрын

It’s amazing how many people watch this movie and still don’t realize that Tommy and Sue aren’t involved with the prank

Fun fact: the violins that you heard WERE actually from the movie Psycho!

Amy Irving (Sue) was married to Steven Spielberg for a few years in the 80s. She was also the singing voice of Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

I agree. This movie is a tragedy. Despite her age, Sissy Spacek truly makes you believe that she is a frightened innocent teenager. Another great reaction. Thank you.

the fact that Carrie is abused in such horrible ways by everyone from the bullies at the school to her mother to a freaking random kid on a bike makes you realize how cruel people actually can be to others. its a tragic story that shows how repulsive entitled people can be (Chris's unprovoked hatred), how disturbing someone can be when they take their beliefs too far (no offence intended), and how seemingly "innocent pranks" can have unimaginable consequences. even though this isn't a "fun" movie, it's my favorite from Stephen King because of the truths it rings and the warnings it gives.

You know how traumatizing it is for a young girl that isn’t taught about the menstrual cycle? My mom thought she was dying and hid her underwear so she wouldn’t upset her parents of her upcoming doom. How sad is that?! Thank goodness one of her older sisters found them and explained everything to her. Her sisters were older and married and I guess everyone forgot to tell her about it. Sex education is so important.

Gotta love that scene when the gym teacher slapped the taste right out of that psychopath Chris’s mouth.

You might also be interested to see THE GRASS HARP (1995). The actors who played 'Carrie' and her mother, Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie, play sisters in it! It's a wholesome departure from CARRIE. I got to see it in a film festival.

This movie was made in a very different time, so prepare to be surprised or even a little shocked certain differences to this day we live in now. The bullying you see the girl doing to Carrie is not unrealistic. In the current environment we live in, people are very aware and vigilant against bullying...but back then bullying went unchecked on a regular basis and no one really stepped in. Also back then it was common when someone was getting hysterical to slap the person to snap them out of it...where as if you did that today, you'd be in for a lawsuit and having people after you to "Cancel" you. I've watched several reactions by young people lately and most seem to have a hard time watching this because of the treatment of Carrie because it too much for their sensitivities...but that's the point. It's supposed to make you uncomfortable...you are supposed to hate the mother...that's the point to show how this treatment and the terrible environment Carrie is in turns this innocent girl with these powers into a destructive force. This movie is meant to be a tragedy. Carrie doesn't start out as the villain, but by the time the movie ends...she's been turned into one through her actions. I also think it's funny how everyone always immediately is so sure that Sue and Tommy are bad guys, when they are the only two other than the Gym Teacher that actually care about her. In the book it's made more clear that Tommy actually starts to fall for her as the story progresses and when the blood is dumped on her and the bucket falls and hits Tommy in the head, it actually kills him, which is what actually sets Carrie off and pushes her over the edge. In the book she burns everyone in the Gym, and then walks through the town destroying much of it...telepathically making sure of the people there know it was her that caused all of the destruction.

@irenemichelleanne

Жыл бұрын

LOL, Am I the only one who was confused about Ollie being so convinced that Tommy and Sue were in on the prank? They were pretty clear in the book that they had nothing to do with it and he said he had read the book.

Carrie 1976 is and will always be #1 every actor in this film went on to have great Careers R.I.P. Piper Laurie .

Every school bully should watch this movie and think about its sense.

If you read the book, why would you not know Tommy and Sue weren't in on the prank? It's obvious they are not. This isn't a twist at all. I have never understood how anyone could be confused about this point, even without having read the book.

@sexysadie2901

Жыл бұрын

Lots of reactors don't get it, and I can't understand why.

Margaret’s reaction to her own demise… holy smokes. She’s literally “dying and loving it”

This movie scarred me for many years when I was a kid in the 80s. The image of Carrie covered in dried up blood, bugged out eyes, crazy maw...murdering everyone in the gym....anytime I knew or even thought it was playing on tv, I literally ran to another room. Btw, Nancy Allen looking DAMN GOOD in this movie lol

@baronvg

Жыл бұрын

@@Mike-rk8px Dressed to Kill was another one that I remember watching on tv a lot as a kid but I probably haven’t watched it in well over 30 years now. I was too young to be titillated by any of the sex and nudity but have been meaning to watch it again with adult eyes lol

Man oh man, this is one of my favorite reactions you've ever done. First off, in the early part of the movie you were firing off one-liners that had me in stitches! You were in rare form! I could not stop laughing! Then, as the movie went on, you were so mesmerized at times you stopped commentating! Which is a high compliment....to the movie! Such a one-of-a-kind horror movie; as you say, the horror is her situation more than it is the conventional scares. But they do throw in that iconic jump scare at the end, highly imitated (end of "Friday The 13th" comes to mind!). Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie (and William Katt!) were so great in this movie. Both actresses got nominated. Rosemary's Baby got two actress nominations (and won one), The Exorcist had two actress nominations and Carrie did. Those are the only horror movies I can think of that got Oscar nods until Kathy Bates in "Misery", and Rick Baker's makeup for "American Werewolf In London". THANKS!!!! Enjoyed the HECK out of this reaction!

@Serai3

Жыл бұрын

DePalma pulled that jump scare out of "Deliverance". :)

@TTM9691

Жыл бұрын

@@Serai3 Yup. But it wasn't Deliverance that started the horror movies doing it, it was Carrie. And it's not really a jump scare in "Deliverance". But absolutely. And if he did "Deliverance", I'd be the first to point it out. De Palma is basically a hack and a rip-off and virtually everything he ever did was taken from someone else (Mr. "Homage"). "Carrie" is great though, despite the obvious borrowings.

Love your Keith Haring shirt! Nice to know younger people still appreciate him. Sissy Spacek is one of my favorite actors. To my knowledge she's never appeared in a bad movie. If you haven't seen her Oscar-winning performance in Coal Miner's Daughter, I highly recommend it. I also love her performance in The Long Walk Home with Whoopi Goldberg, about the Montgomery AL bus boycott in the 1950s.

Great review, Ollie. Carrie seemed to me a lot like an Alfred Hitchcock movie in terms of intrigue and suspense. It also seemed like a movie that anyone who attended high school can relate to. By the way, Sissy's last name Spacek rhymes with basic.

This movie was directed by Brian De Palma. He also directed Dressed to Kill (Michael Caine), Scarface (Al Pacino), The Untouchables (Kevin Costner and Sean Connery) and Mission Impossible (Tom Cruise).

PJ Soles, (who played bully Norma with the red hat), was well liked by director Brian DePalma. She was initially only signed on for one or two quick scenes and no speaking part. She had showed up to her audition wearing her red hat. Brian requested she use it for the character. During the volley ball scene, she was only supposed to yell at Carrie like the other girls. Instead, she spontaneously took off her hat and whacked Sissy Spacek (Carrie) over the head with it. Some of the pins in the hat got stuck in Sissy’s hair, and she yanked it away ruthlessly anyway. Some clumps of hair ended up in her hat. She felt horrible afterwards and apologized to Sissy. But Brian was so impressed, he signed her on for the rest of the movie and gave her more screen time and dialogue!

Yep, the dream sequence at the end is just Sue's nightmare, not setting up a sequel. Though she had nothing to do with the plot to humiliate Carrie at the prom, she is the reason she and Tommy are there... There is a "sequel", THE RAGE: CARRIE 2, which has nothing to do with this same story (but IS actually a pretty good movie!), and Carrie's name shouldn't even be in the title. Rachel, the main character in THE RAGE is some relation of Carrie's. Amy Irving does appear in the movie as Sue Snell in her later years. Anyway you did a great job with this reaction. It's my favorite movie.

The sequel to Carrie is called The Rage and it's actually pretty good, too. Amy Irving who played Sue is in it as the school counselor. I loved the movie Cujo, even more than the book altho they do change the ending... This is a good thing.

I think Ollie was overthinking the last scene. It was just added to make people leave the cinema even more shaken than they already were. It was filmed with Amy Irving walking backwards, then played the film backwards, which made it look like she was going forwards. That's why you can see a car going backwards in the background. Instead of using a stunt double, Sissy Spacek insisted on being buried underneath all those rocks.

As I recall, Stephen King was a middle or high school English teacher and incorporated some of the bullying and "mean girl" actions you see in the film, adding the fictionalized telekinesis to ramp up the scare factor. William Katt would go on to star in the short lived but semi popular TV series The Greatest American Hero, and this was an early film role for John Travolta. The 2013 remake...had a couple good moments, if only because Julianne Moore was creepy as the mom. I listened to an audio book version of Carrie not long ago--read by Sissy Spacek.

The *Psycho* music is intentional, since Brian DePalma wanted to capture Bernard Herman’s essence. Composer Pino Donaggio was basically hired as Herman’s proverbial replacement goldfish

Hey Ollie now you need to watch Blow Out,another Brian dePalma film from 1981,starring John Travolta and Nancy Allen who were a couple in this film,fantastic film.

@johnmoreland6089

Жыл бұрын

Yes! HIGHLY recommend Blow Out. Travolta and Allen are both terrific in it. One of De Palma’s absolute best.

I just watched this the other night, it still holds up. Carrie 2 is good in my opinion, has the gal from the original, who survived, it's worth a watch has some cool moments

The girl that plays Chris (Nancy Allen) is in another movie with John named blowout. Think you would really like it

@andreadeamon6419

Жыл бұрын

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The last few minutes of Billy and Chris’ car argument crack me up, somewhat. How could she be so coherent, while her mouth is, shall we say, occupied?

Your observations on the filmmaking are great. De Palma was pretty close to Scorsese in terms of quality during the 70s into the 80s (after 1990, it's Scorsese by a mile). His camera work in this, Blow Out and Scarface are incredible.

Tommy doesn’t know about the prank, but Sue did. The poor girl tried to barge in and warn Carrie. Miss Collins, of course, be like, “No date? No entry!” I can appreciate the book’s ending, in which Carrie and Sue have a telepathic convo. The former forgives the latter, before succumbing to her fatal wounds from Mommie Dearest

“There is one moment in this movie that is iconic, because you don’t have to have seen the movie to know how famous it is.” THANK YOU for using the I-word correctly on the Internet. It’s in endangered status at the moment, of falling into the same limited-teen-vocabulary pit that ultimately claimed “Literally”. (Thanks loads, Oxford Dictionary….)

Miss Collins slapped Carrie because back then, slapping a hysterical person was considered the standard treatment. It wasn't meant as cruelty or punishmend - it was thought that the slap would "snap them out of it". Of course, it _can_ get a hysterical person to stop, but mainly out of fear they'll be hit again, so... not a great technique. The closet is Margaret's ignorant interpretation of the biblical admonition that prayer should be conducted "in your closet" and not in public. Problem is, "closet" was the Elizabethan term for "bedroom" or "private room", NOT a wardrobe! (Thus we see the fallacy of "literal" readings of scripture - the words you use now might not have meant the same things back then. It's easy to think Sue and Tommy were in on the plot, but they weren't. The book makes it much clearer, as it goes into Sue's mind in the parts that are ostensibly from her autobiography, where she explains that it was her clumsy, inexperienced attempt to do something nice after being so awful to Carrie. She had repented and wanted to atone. (Chris, on the other hand, was a raging, hateful ball of entitlement who thought everyone else was beneath her, and had an almost sexual obsession with humiliating Carrie.) Keep in mind that, as awful as that pig-killing scene is, it's also basically the way that pig was always going to die. He just got offed a bit earlier than scheduled. (And didn't end up as pork chops.) It is the Psycho music. DePalma has always been a huge Hitchcock fan, and he used the violin screech as a tribute. For me, Tommy was always one of the saddest parts of the book. He was a kind, decent kid who wanted to please Sue, and who ended up falling just a little bit in love with Carrie, who suddenly became beautiful when happiness found a place in her face. He wasn't part of any plan, and he was the first casualty of Chris's hate. I keep hoping someday someone will make a film of Carrie with an actress who actually _looks_ like Carrie. She was not a pretty girl, mostly from neglect and sadness and depression. She was overweight, had bad skin, walked hunched over, and had the aura of the perpetual victim. She only blossomed at the prom. But there is no place in films for girls who aren't pretty, sadly. And lastly, I was surprised when I heard that King tends to downplay this book because he says he knew nothing about women at the time he wrote it. I'm not sure what he means, because he certainly caught the psychology of the kids I knew in the 70's when this came out. I think he was under that cultural impression that boys and girls are "so different" and it was impossible for him to get in a girl's head, but it wasn't. He caught the flavor of those uncertain, adolescent thoughts beautifully. It's one of the best debut novels I've ever read - it was obvious we were reading a new major voice in fiction. :) P.S. LOL, an answer to something you asked: the ending of the hand coming out of the ground is DePalma's tribute to another great film. The reason for it (other than a really good shock fright) is that the book also has a second ending after all the destruction, and although it's very good, it's not connected to the plot of the main story. It also wouldn't have struck the note that DePalma wanted. So he replaced it with this ending.

The ending was on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments!

The prom sequence took two weeks to film. Carrie's revenge was originally to have been done totally in split-screen, but director Brian De Palma took most of it out during post-production, claiming it was "too gimmicky." With all due respect to Mr. De Palma, I wish he would have left it in.

Still need to checkout: - Airborne - Short Circuit 1 and 2 - Time Bandits

you were spot on, that is literally the sound effect from psycho

I believe the final scene is the first "jump scare" in film.

Great reaction. I have been enjoying your reactions to films since I caught your Star Trek Wrath of Kahn reaction. Since then I have caught up with all Star Trek, Hitchcock, Superman, Batman and other play lists. I am enjoying how you not only look at the acting and story, but as well as the technical aspects; including camera, score, cinematography and sound. I have noticed that a in your channel you have at now seen at least 2 Roman Polanski films (Chinatown & Carrie) with Rosemary's Baby coming up next week. I would also suggest other Polanski films that have a Hitchcockian feel to them: Dress to Kill (w/Michael Cain & Nancy Allen) and Blow Out (John Travolta & Nancy Allen). Keep up the great work. :)

Thanks for another great reaction video. Definitely one of my all time favorite genre films. Also came out the same year I was "hatched", lol. Fun facts: George Lucas was casting the original Star Wars at the same time and William Katt who played Tommy Ross also auditioned for Luke Skywalker. The actress who played Sue Snell's (Amy Irving) mom was played by her real life mom.

At no point are we supposed to think that Sue and Tommy are complicit in the prank. There is no "twist", the film makes it clear from the outset that they are "nicer" than the gang of bullies who are out to get Carrie. Sue feels guilty for taking part in the initial shower room incident and tries to make amends by persuading her boyfriend to take Carrie to the Prom. He goes along with it to keep his girlfriend happy but quickly sees Carrie as the nice and potentially attractive girl she is. He has no idea about the horrific prank, nor does Sue. They do all this with the best intentions, unaware of how badly wrong it will go for Carrie and all concerned. The shock ending which turns out to be a terrifying nightmare by the traumatised Sue (who is no doubt suffering survivor's guilt) is just that: a shock ending, not a set-up for a sequel. De Palma does this again in several of his later films, and other horror films imitated it too, notably the original 'Friday the 13th'. The split diopter is a visual trademark of the director, Brian De Palma, not unique to this film. He uses it in virtually all his films, which you would enjoy I think.

@ckobo84

Жыл бұрын

Then why does Tommy turn his head towards Carrie in the classroom and say: "You Suck" after she likes his poem?

@MattST69

Жыл бұрын

@@ckobo84 He doesn't turn his head and his muttered comment "you suck" is directed at the teacher, not Carrie. Tommy is annoyed with the teacher for humiliating Carrie. You completely misunderstood the scene.

@babs3241

Жыл бұрын

@@ckobo84 He's looking at Carrie because she complimented his poem, and because he's angry at the teacher for making fun of her.

@MattST69

Жыл бұрын

@@babs3241 actually he doesn't even look at her, he keeps facing forwards

The soundtrack is also very underrated.

I thought you read the book. The book makes it clear that Sue and Tommy were not in on the prank.

First, I love the Keith Haring shirt!!! Nice! Second, I enjoyed your reaction but more so, I enjoy your in depth and informed analysis of the film and the film making in all of your reactions. These are elements most people, including myself, pay little conscious attention to because, as designed, we aren't supposed to explicitly notice those things individually; we're meant to enjoy the overall combined effect in the movie. Most of us focus on the actual story and not how the sound, cinematography, music, etc subconsciously enhance the story. But, the way you break them down into their component parts really helps me to appreciate these elements and to understand how these elements all work together.

I really hope you check out The Rage: Carrie 2 by the way. I won't spoil it but it does have Sue returning.

Congrats with reaching 10k subs 👏👏👏 Good reaction to a great horror tragedy. At the prom not everybody was laughing. Her mother got it into her head that everybody was laughing at her, so in her mind everybody was laughing at her.

Stephen King is particularly adept at blending supernatural horror with the mundane horror found in everyday life. The slo-mo and music leading up to the climactic moment are beautifully excruciating.

you liked John Cassavetes in Rosemary's Baby. he's an excellent villain in The Fury. it's kind of a sequel to Carrie, same director, with similar themes and some of the same actors. keep on rockin

Though it wasn't a blockbuster i always loved the movie "sleepwalkers" by Stephen King.

I absolutely adore this film. Up there with psycho for suspense and horror. And totally on carries side. Thanks for sharing

I didn't take a date to my prom and I couldn't care less, I went with 2 of my closest friends. Not alot of people were fussed about dates actually, they mostly went with their friends and the ones who did have dates they were already in relationships with them

This was an AMAZING, reverent, appreciative reaction, as I expected from you! BUT, I'm also so disappointed: of all the KZreadrs who've reacted to this movie I was SO confident that you'd understand early on that Sue and Tommy aren't part of the prank. It's really interesting: when this movie first came out, 1970s audiences generally understood that, but it seems modern audiences are more cynical or just don't pay attention as much! There are so many moments that indicate Sue and Tommy are genuine: Tommy sticking up for Carrie against the English teacher, their scene with Miss Collins, Tommy's kindness to Carrie, Sue's admission that she feels she owes it to Carrie, Sue's general antagonism towards Chris (the actual villain - if she was in on it, why would she be so hostile to her?). I just can't understand how anyone can watch this movie and think Sue and Tommy are "in" on it.

I remember renting this movie with a friend when I was thirteen and that opening locker room scene really tripped us out. We were just expecting a typical horror movie, but this was something completely different. I always thought that the religious fanaticism aspect was a bit over the top (it's a common trope in Stephen King's work and he's rarely subtle about it) but this is definitely one of the greatest and most unconventional horror films of all time and the way it deals with the themes of bullying and social ostracization is still very poignant and relevant. Great reaction, keep up the good work.

@Serai3

Жыл бұрын

I would not say it's over the top. There are people just like Margaret White in this country. Sadly, that kind of religious mania is not considered mental illness anymore, though it used to be.

@silversnail1413

Жыл бұрын

@@Serai3 Perhaps, but I still feel like the portrayal is goofy and lapses into unintentional comedy at times. There are better and more realistic ways to depict the horror of organized religion (such as their disturbing habit of covering up atrocities and protecting abusers) than just straight up cartoonish villainy. Stephen King was still a young writer when he did Carrie so I won't hold it against him, but when the same tired tropes are popping up in his later novels like Under the Dome it becomes tiresome.

@Serai3

Жыл бұрын

@@silversnail1413 Oh, sure, it can certainly be taken that way. In fact, Piper Laurie has always said that when she first read the script, she thought it was supposed to be a comedy. She just couldn't believe they wanted her to play this woman straight. But she definitely did a good job. I'm going to hazard a guess that you had a good mom who never screamed at you, right? Because although my mom wasn't a lunatic, she _did_ scream at me and was abusive at times, and Margaret did not strike me as goofy, but terrifying. Not as terrifying as in the book (Laurie did get a bit operatic with her voice), but still she was not funny to me because I knew what Carrie felt in those awful scenes.

@Serai3

Жыл бұрын

@@silversnail1413 Also, I have the suspicion that it isn't a trope, but something out of his personal history. He's never talked about it directly that I can recall, but that woman who keeps showing up (at least in his early work) over and over doesn't feel like a stereotype to me but rather an attempt to exorcise someone from his past. Whoever it was, she certainly scared the krap out of him!

Unfortunately Carrie's Oscar-nominated mother, Piper Laurie, just died the other day in her 90s. She certainly left a strong impression on this film.

They werent laughing at her, she was hallucinating

Part of what makes Piper Laurie’s acting so mesmerizing is she thought that her role was supposed to be comedic. Hence the truly unhinged portrayal of a fundamentalist Christian

Welcome to the 70s. I was little - but i remember a lot of it

How about just don't bully people and they won't kill you with their telekinetic powers?

The voice of the little boy on the bike was dubbed by the gym teacher!… Trivia

This is my fav Stephen King movie

The 2002 tv movie of Carrie actually ended differently if you want to check it out

You should check out Brian De Palma's Blow Out 1981 with John Travolta...excellent very little seen flick.

Hi i love your videos, besides this one i saw the Muppet Movie, Muppet Caper and Muppets take Manhattan reactions, very nice

Awesome reaction! Good job. 😃

You need to check out the rest of DePalma's filmography from this thru Mission:Impossible. All them are winners.

LOVE the Keith Haring Tee shirt! The LGBT Center in NYC used to have some his art before the remodel. Check out other DePalma horror classics: Sisters, The Fury(Amy Irving too), and Dressed to Kill(with future wife "Chris" Nancy Allen). Blow Out is mindbending too with John Travolta. Sissy Space-ek(pronounced) An early favorite of hers is Badlands with Martin Sheen. In the book, people from the prom survive including the gym teacher but she destroys some of the town too because her powers are let loose and kills more people and devastates the area which is why the govt establishes a White Commission to investigate what happened.

Кэрри ...😢😢😢😢😢😢если б я умела так глазами 😮

I love you. Stay amazing. I love that you showed such love for when she was picked on.

Nice reaction vlog and commentary! Will be subscribing.

People are BULLIES & CRUEL & that will never end no matter what you do to try to stop it. People are People.

24:38 Apology accepted 😌😂

SLAP COUNT SO FAR: 😫💥✋ 😫💥✋ 😫💥✋

Of course it's hard to watch. It IS graphic. It IS a horror what her mother and the students do to her. It's the very definition of the word. Another stellar and insightful reaction. Thanks.

Carrie is a true Greek Tragedy, even the people trying to do the right thing just propel it to it's unfortunate end.

"I pray you find Jesus." I didn't know He was missing. It's a setup but not Tommy and Sue's doing. Tommy doesn't even know anything about it.

you are just NOW watching this? wow i saw it in the theater in 76

Thanks, Oliver! This is the best. Pino Donaggio's score is exquisite. 🩸 I hope you'll do DRESSED TO KILL (1980) someday. #RolyPolyOllie #BrianDePalma #Carrie #Carrie1976

Something to think about - after the blood is dropped - did Carrie vision everyone laughing at her or did it happen at all? Momma does have carries brain scattered! Just something I've wondered for over 30 years

Do you react to the 2002 version(tv) and the 2013 version? My favorite is the one from 2002 and in history it is the most faithful to the book

"They're all gonna laugh at you!" Fun Fact: The prom scene took over two weeks to shoot and required a total of 35 takes. Christian Iconography Fact: In Carrie's house, the statue of a religious figure shot with arrows represents St. Sebastian. It is not a crucifix and does not represent Jesus Christ. Buried Alive Fact: Ever the stickler for authenticity, Sissy Spacek insisted that she - not a double - be the one whose hand shoots up out of Carrie's grave during Sue Snell's nightmare sequence, so she was positioned under the rocks and gravel. Director De Palma had her husband bury her, because he didn't want anyone else to do it. Sissy Spacek would randomly ask "Are We Ready Yet?" while waiting for them to set up the shot between takes. Black Comedy Fact: Nancy Allen claims she never realized her character was going to be so evil until she saw the finished film. She thought she and John Travolta were playing such self-centered, bickering morons that they were there for comic relief. According to Piper Laurie, she honestly thought her character was too over the top fanatical to be taken seriously. Brian De Palma had to take her to the side and personally tell her it was a horror film and not a "black comedy" as she thought it was. Even so, she would constantly burst out into laughter between takes because not only was her characterization and wardrobe laughable in her eyes, but the dialogue itself was humorous for her. To this day, she still refers to and maintains the movie as a black comedy.

wish I didn't know what ha[[ens at the Prom she's so happy

@ThePinkDragon

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hate that the teacher died

@ThePinkDragon

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happen

I do not understand why younger people watching this think Sue and Tommy are in on the plot. They never discuss it, Sue broke up with Chris as a friend. It's so weird to me that young reactors ALWAYS seem to think Sue and Tommy are in on it.

@sexysadie2901

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So much this!!!!!

I remember watching this as a child and thinking the mom was a literal evil witch

"Starring Sissy Spa-kek" 🤣 Great reaction as always, Ollie, but really. The mispronunciations kill me.

The Moral: " Be nice to people or they might develop psychic powers and burn down the gym with everyone in it...."

Another day, another reaction channel not understanding that Tommy and Sue had NOTHING to do with the pig blood attack. They thought they were doing a nice thing for Carrie by giving her a nice prom experience! Every single reaction channel I find misses on the fact that those two are innocent. JUSTICE FOR TOMMY AND SUE!

Stephen King novel adaptations are some of my favorite films. One of the most underrated films of all time is the Stephen King adaptation of Dolores Claiborne starring the great Kathy Bates. It truly is Stephen King's lost gem. kzread.info/dash/bejne/i6eu1cpxe9Dbqc4.html

Plssssss watch 2013 Carrie it might be cheesy but it’s so gooddddd

To be honest, when I first watched it I thought the film was a porno. The shower sequence at the start of the film gives that impression.

sad heartbreaking