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'''''Carrie''''' is a 2013 American supernatural horror film. It is the third film adaptation of Stephen King's ], though MGM and Screen Gems, who are producing the film, employed a script that is reportedly more faithful to King's original novel. The film stars ] as the titular ], and ] as Carrie's mother, ]. '''''Carrie''''' is a 2013 American ] directed by ]. It is the third film adaptation and a remake of the ] of ]'s ] and the fourth film in the ]. The film was produced by ], with a screenplay by ] and ]. The film stars ] as the titular character ], alongside ] as ]. The cast also features ], ], ], ] and ]. The film is a modern ] of King's novel about a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother, who uses her telekinetic powers with devastating effect after falling victim to a cruel prank at her senior prom.

Following the initial announcement of March 15, 2013 as the release date, the film's public launch was later postponed to October 18, 2013.
The film held its world premiere at the ] in Los Angeles on October 7, 2013, and was released in the United States by ] and ] on October 18. The film received mixed reviews, with critics calling it "unnecessary" and criticizing the lack of originality and scares, though they praised the modern updates and cast.<ref name="Reviews">{{cite web|last1=Gilman|first1=Greg|title=What the Critics Think of 'Carrie': Super Scary - or Unnecessary|url=https://www.thewrap.com/critics-think-carrie-super-scary-unnecessary-remake/|website=]|access-date=April 27, 2018|date=October 18, 2013}}</ref> It grossed $84 million worldwide at the box office.


==Plot== ==Plot==
] is a shy, unpopular girl from Ewen High School in ]. While showering after gym class, Carrie unexpectedly experiences her ]. Believing she is bleeding to death, she runs out yelling for help, but the other girls ridicule her by throwing ] and ] at her. Bully Christine "Chris" Hargensen records everything on her cell phone and uploads it to ].
] (]) is a girl in her last three months of her senior year at Ewen High School in ]. One day, while showering after gym class, Carrie has her ]. Knowing nothing of menstruation, she thinks she's bleeding to death. The other girls laugh at Carrie and tease her by throwing ]s and ]s at her. One of the girls, Chris Hargensen (]), who has long bullied Carrie, records the event on her smartphone and later uploads it to ]. The gym teacher, ] (]), comforts Carrie and takes her to the office, where Principal Morton (]) gives her a dismissal. But when Principal Morton tells Carrie that he'll have to inform her mother of the event, Carrie becomes frightened and causes the water cooler to suddenly explode. Carrie's deeply religious mother, ] (]), is called and picks Carrie up from school early. While sitting in the car, a young neighbor boy named Tommy Erbter (Tyler Rushton) begins taunting Carrie, chanting "crazy Carrie". Tommy is suddenly pushed off of his bike and runs away in fear. Believing Carrie's period to be a "sin", Margaret abuses Carrie and locks her into a closet. As Carrie screams to be let out, she makes a crack on the door. Both Margaret and Carrie are surprised at this, and Carrie realizes she has ] powers.


The school's physical education teacher, Miss ], comforts Carrie and sends her home with her disturbed, religious fanatic mother ], who believes menstruation is a sin. Margaret demands that Carrie abstain from showering with the others. When Carrie refuses, Margaret hits her in the forehead with a Bible and locks her in her "prayer closet". As Carrie screams to be let out, a crack appears on the door, and the ] in the closet begins to bleed. Carrie begins to experience more ] and researches her abilities, learning to harness them.
The next day, Miss Desjardin informs the girls who teased Carrie during class that they will sprint for a very long time as punishment for the bullying. When Chris protests, Miss Desjardin informs her that anyone who doesn't do this will be suspended for three days and banned from the prom. Chris, feeling that she did nothing wrong, stops sprinting and tries to encourage her friends to stop as well, and when all her friends refuse, Chris vows revenge. When Chris' father, who is a lawyer, threatens to sue the school unless Chris' suspension is rescinded, Miss Desjardin reveals that someone uploaded a video of the shower incident to ], most likely Chris. Chris' lawyer father, John urges his daughter to hand over her phone to prove her innocence, but Chris storms out of the office.


Carrie researches telekinesis and learns how to harness her abilities. Sue Snell (]), one of the popular girls that took part in teasing Carrie in the shower room, feels bad about what she did and tries to find a way to make it up to her. Sue asks her athlete boyfriend Tommy Ross (]) to take Carrie to the prom and show her a good time. When Tommy asks Carrie, she is at first suspicious, but then accepts Tommy's invitation. Carrie informs her mother that she has been invited to the prom, but Margaret refuses to permit Carrie to attend. In pleading her mother for permission, Carrie manifests her telekinesis, which Margaret believes come from the ]. Carrie explains she is not the only one who harbors telekinetic abilities, but Margaret is unmoved, believing that Carrie has been corrupted by sin. Miss Desjardin gives the girls who harassed Carrie an ultimatum: either endure detention for their behavior or be suspended from school, prohibiting them from attending prom; Chris is the only one who refuses to take part in detention and is suspended. ] regrets her part in the incident. To make amends, she asks her boyfriend, Tommy Ross, to take Carrie to the prom. Carrie accepts Tommy's invitation and makes a prom dress at home. Carrie asks her mother to let her go to prom, and Carrie manifests her telekinesis. Margaret believes this power comes from the ] and is proof that Carrie has been corrupted by sin.


Chris, her boyfriend Billy Nolan (]), and his friends, Jackie Talbott (]) and Kenny Garson (Kyle Mac) slip onto a nearby farm, where they kill a pig and drain its blood into a bucket. Chris and Billy then break into the gym and hoist the bucket to the ceiling. On the night of the prom, Margaret tries to prevent Carrie from going to the prom, but Carrie telekinetically locks her mother in the prayer closet. When she arrives at the prom, Carrie seems to enjoy herself. To the surprise of everyone, Carrie and Tommy are named prom queen and king. This is revealed to be the result of Chris' best friend Tina Blake (Zoë Belkin) slipping fake ballots into the ballot box as part of Chris and Billy's plan. Meanwhile, Sue, who is at home, receives a text from Chris taunting her about her plan of revenge on Carrie. Sue drives to the prom, arriving just as Carrie and Tommy are about to be crowned. Sue sees that everything is fine, but once she spots the bucket of pig blood dangling over the gym, she tries to warn everyone. Miss Desjardin spots Sue and hustles her out, suspecting that Sue is planning to humiliate Carrie. On prom night, Margaret tries to prevent Carrie from going, but Carrie uses her powers to lock her mother in the closet. At prom, as part of Chris and her boyfriend Billy's plan, Chris's friend, Tina Blake, discreetly slips fake ballots into the voting box, which names Carrie and Tommy as prom queen and king. At home, Sue receives a text from Chris, taunting her about her scheme to humiliate Carrie. Sue drives to the prom, arriving just as Carrie and Tommy are about to be crowned. Sue sees the bucket of blood dangling above Carrie and attempts to warn someone, but Desjardin locks her out of the gym, suspecting that Sue plans to hurt Carrie.


Chris dumps the blood onto Carrie and Tommy, and Nicki plays the "shower video" of Carrie on the large screens, inciting laughter from the audience. Carrie pushes Miss Desjardin with her powers when Desjardin attempts to help her. The bucket falls onto Tommy's head, killing him. Enraged, Carrie uses her telekinesis to kill every student and staff but spares Desjardin. An electrical wire merges with leaking water, and a fire breaks out. As the school burns to the ground, Carrie walks away. Chris and Billy attempt to drive away, but Carrie crashes the car, killing Billy. Chris attempts to run Carrie over, but Carrie lifts the car and throws it at a gas station, killing her.
Chris dumps the bucket of pig's blood onto Carrie and Tommy, drenching them. Carrie is shocked and devastated that the biggest moment of her life has been ruined once more. As Chris' idea of a double-dump, Tina and her boyfriend, Jackie set up the video of Carrie having her period in the locker room on the projection screens. Carrie attempts to walk off the stage, but suddenly remembers her power and decides to use it. Miss Desjardin attempts to comfort Carrie, but Carrie telekinetically pushes her to the floor, shocking everyone in the gym. Carrie then goes to see Tommy, but bursts into tears when she realizes he is dead. Carrie looks up at the stage and sees Billy's glasses and lights, realizing the prank was intentional. As Chris and Billy attempt to drive away, Carrie, who is now completely insane causes the blood to float around her. Tina, Jackie, Heather and her date attempt to flee, but Carrie unleashes her power by sending a shockwave out to the gym, and sends everyone flying across the room at full force. Heather, who is closest to the fire door tries to get out, but Carrie spots her and throws her against the door, which Sue witnesses in terror. Carrie then locks all of the doors so no one can escape. Sue tries to call the police on her cell, but it is too late. Principal Morton tries to get everyone under control, but to no avail. Jackie and Kenny attempt to move the bleachers to get out through the windows, but Carrie knocks Kenny down and crushes Jackie between the bleachers, cutting him in half. Tommy's friend, Freddy Holt (]) records Carrie on his camera, and Carrie sends a table smashing into his face. Carrie then turns on the sprinklers and spots the Wilson sisters, Nicki and Lizzy (Karissa and Katie Strain) running to the exit, and sends them both down on the floor. They try to stand, but Carrie holds them down long enough for the other panicking prom-goers to trample the twins, killing them. Wires on the ceiling fall down and start a fire to spread around the gym. Carrie's English teacher, Mr. Ulmann (Jefferson Brown) tries to help Tina get away, but Carrie sends a burning metal moon flying between them, forcing them to separate. Carrie then proceeds to send the electrical cords flying at Tina, whipping her until she stumbles into the fire. Carrie then proceeds to pick up Miss Desjardin and holds her in the air, as she sends gasoline and wires on the floor, and safely places Miss Desjardin on the stage.


Carrie arrives home and takes a bath. Carrie tearfully tells Margaret about the prank, and Margaret recounts Carrie's conception, revealing that Carrie's father raped her, and Carrie's birth made her believe that Carrie is a sin she must pay for. Margaret stabs Carrie with a knife, believing that she must kill Carrie in order to prevent the Devil from possessing her again, and attacks Carrie, but Carrie kills her with many sharp tools. She becomes hysterical and makes stones rain from the sky to crush the house. When Sue arrives, a furious Carrie lifts her with her powers but senses that Sue is pregnant. Carrie protects Sue and throws her out of the house to safety as the house collapses and sinks, apparently killing Carrie as well.
As the school burns to the ground, Carrie flies away from the gym covered in blood, leaving a trail of fire and mass destruction in her wake. When Chris and Billy attempt to flee in Billy's car, Carrie causes the road in front of them to cave in, forcing them to turn around. Seeing Carrie before them, Chris urges Billy to run Carrie over, but Carrie smashes his grill, causing Billy to break his nose on the wheel, killing him. Chris survives and is shocked to see Billy dead. As Chris attempts to flee, Carrie locks the door. Chris moves into the front seat and tries to start the car, but Carrie levitates it into mid air. Chris stubbornly continues to try and run Carrie over, and Carrie drops the car and sends it crashing into a gasoline pump, smashing Chris' face through the windshield. Carrie walks over to witness her head tormentor suffer, before she finally dies. As Carrie walks away from the scene, the car finally explodes with Chris still in it.


After giving her testimony in court regarding the prom incident, Sue visits Carrie and Margaret's graves and places white roses by the headstone. As she leaves, the gravestone begins to break, and an enraged scream is heard, alluding that Carrie may have somehow survived.
When Carrie gets home, and sees that the closet in which she locked her mother has been torn open. After Carrie washes off the blood, she sees Margaret and they embrace. Margaret tells Carrie about the night of her conception, relating that after having shared a bed platonically for some time, they felt temptation one night, and after praying for strength, Carrie's father "took" Margaret, who found that she enjoyed the experience. Margaret pulls out a knife and stabs Carrie in the back. Carrie crawls away in pain as Margaret explains how a devil must be put to death. And after Margaret slashes her several more times, Carrie uses her telekinetic powers to stop the knife and levitates a large number of kitchen utensils, impaling Margaret repeatedly, and pinning her against a wall. Carrie then releases her mother and cradles her as she dies in her arms. Realizing what she has done, Carrie becomes hysterical and makes stones start to rain from the sky to crush the house, until Sue shows up. A furious Carrie chokes Sue with her powers, even as she tries to apologize. Carrie decides to let go of Sue and continues to let the stones fall into her house. Sue offers to help Carrie, but Carrie senses that Sue is pregnant, and tells her that she will have a girl. Sue, who had no idea that she was pregnant, is shocked and happy to hear this. Realizing this, Carrie forgives Sue and throws her out of the house, and safely onto the outside lawn, while Carrie continues to hold Margaret. Sue watches as the rain of stones destroy the home and kill Carrie in the process.


===Alternate ending===
During a voice-over of her testimony in court regarding in the incident at the prom, in which most of her friends, including Tommy, were killed, Sue visits Carrie's grave and places a single white rose by the headstone, which has been vandalized with the words "Carrie White Burns In Hell". A series of cracks then splinter the gravestone's surface.
After placing the roses on Carrie's grave, Sue suddenly feels pain from her pregnancy and begins to go into labor. As Sue struggles to give birth at the hospital, Carrie's bloody hand suddenly emerges and grabs Sue's arm. Sue screams loudly as she wakes up in her own bedroom with her mother comforting her and telling her that her nightmare is over.


==Cast== ==Cast==
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* ] as ] * ] as ]
* ] as ] * ] as ]
* ] as ] * ] as ]
* ] as ] * ] as ]
* ] as ] * ] as Chris Hargensen
* ] as Billy Nolan
* ] as ]
* ] as ] * ] as Tommy Ross
* ] as Principal Morton * ] as Principal Henry Morton
*Zoe Belkin as Tina Blake * Zoë Belkin as Tina Blake
* ] as Jackie Talbott * ] as Nicki Watson
* ] as Lizzy Watson
*Samantha Weinstein as Heather Shyres
* ] as Heather Mason
*Kyle Mac as Kenny Garson
* ] as George Dawson * ] as George Dawson
* ] as Erika Langton
*Karissa Strain as Nicki Wilson
* ] as John Hargensen (uncredited)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/2013/10/19/carrie-ellis-die-hard-hart-bochner-cameo/|title='Carrie' remake includes great 'Die Hard' cameo|first=Darren |last=Franich |date=2013-10-19 |website=EW.com|access-date=April 4, 2022}}</ref>
*Katie Strain as Lizzy Wilson
}}
*Mouna Traore as Erika Gogan
* ] as Freddy Holt
{{div col end}} {{div col end}}


==Production history== ==Production==
=== Development and writing ===
In May 2011, representatives from MGM and Screen Gems announced that the two companies were producing a film remake of ''Carrie''. The two studios hired '']'' playwright ] to write a screenplay that delivers "a more faithful adaption" of King's novel—Aguirre-Sacasa previously adapted King’s work ''The Stand'' into a comic book in 2008.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/mgm-screen-gems-team-carrie-190369| work = ] | first = Borys | last = Kit| title = MGM, Screen Gems Team for 'Carrie' Remake|date=May 19, 2011}}</ref>
In May 2011, representatives from MGM and Screen Gems announced they were producing a film remake of ''Carrie''. Upon hearing of the new adaptation, King remarked, "The real question is why, when the original was so good?" He suggested ] for the main role and stated that "it would certainly be fun to cast".<ref>{{cite news |last=Labrecque |first=Jeff |date=May 20, 2011 |title=Stephen King sounds off on new 'Carrie' remake -- EXCLUSIVE |newspaper=] |url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/05/20/stephen-king-carrie-remake/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522095357/http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/05/20/stephen-king-carrie-remake/ |archive-date=May 22, 2011}}</ref> Actress ], who ], expressed approval on the choice of Lohan for the character of Carrie White, stating, 'Oh my God, she's really a beautiful girl' and so I was very flattered that they were casting someone to look like me instead of the real Carrie described in the book. It's gonna be real interesting".<ref>{{cite news |date=July 12, 2011 |title=LiLo in 'Carrie' remake? Sissy Spacek can see it |work=] |url=http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/12/lilo-in-carrie-remake-sissy-spacek-can-see-it/ |url-status=dead |access-date=August 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728072817/https://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/12/lilo-in-carrie-remake-sissy-spacek-can-see-it/ |archive-date=July 28, 2021}}</ref> ], president of MGM's film division, said two reasons to do the remake were the advances in special effects since the 1976 film, as well as the prevalence of ] as a national crisis.<ref name="Schilling">{{cite news |last1=Schilling |first1=Mary Kaye |title='Carrie' Is Back. So Is Kimberly Peirce. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/29/magazine/carrie-is-back-so-is-kimberly-peirce.html |access-date=8 November 2023 |work=] |date=2013-09-26}}</ref>


The studios committed to making an ] film at the outset.<ref name=Misher/><ref name="25Things">{{cite web |title=Collider Goes to Prom on the Set of CARRIE; 25 Things to Know About the New Adaptation |url=https://collider.com/carrie-remake-set-visit/ |website=Collider |access-date=8 November 2023 |date=July 16, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Peirce">{{cite web |title=Kimberly Peirce Talks Telling a Mother/Daughter Story, Modernizing an Iconic Property, the Level of Violence and Sex, Bullying, and More on the Set of CARRIE |url=https://collider.com/kimberly-peirce-carrie-interview/ |website=Collider |access-date=8 November 2023 |date=July 16, 2013}}</ref> They hired ], who previously adapted King's work '']'' into a comic book, to write a screenplay that delivers "a more faithful adaption" of King's novel than the 1976 film.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/mgm-screen-gems-team-carrie-190369 | work = ] | first = Borys | last = Kit | title = MGM, Screen Gems Team for 'Carrie' Remake | date=May 19, 2011}}</ref> However, Aguirre-Sacasa ultimately shares a screenwriting credit with ], who wrote the 1976 film.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.fangoria.com/original/review-carrie-2013/ |title = Review: CARRIE (2013)|last = Ginhold|first = Michael|date = October 17, 2013|magazine = ]|accessdate = October 21, 2023}}</ref>
Upon hearing of the new adaptation, King remarked, "The real question is why, when the original was so good?" He also suggested ] for the main role and stated that "it would certainly be fun to cast".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/05/20/stephen-king-carrie-remake/|title=Stephen King sounds off on new 'Carrie' remake -- EXCLUSIVE|last=Labrecque|first=Jeff|date=May 20, 2011|newspaper=]}}</ref> Actress ], who played Carrie in de Palma's adaptation, expressed an opinion on the choice of Lohan for the character of Carrie White, stating that she "was like, 'Oh my God, she's really a beautiful girl' and so I was very flattered that they were casting someone to look like me instead of the real Carrie described in the book. It's gonna be real interesting."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/12/lilo-in-carrie-remake-sissy-spacek-can-see-it/|publisher=CNN|title=LiLo in 'Carrie' remake? Sissy Spacek can see it|date=July 12, 2011}}</ref> In March 2012, the role of ] was offered to ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/mgm-formally-offers-lead-remake-of-stephen-kings-carrie-to-chloe-moretz/|title=MGM Formally Offers Lead Remake Of Stephen King’s 'Carrie' To Chloe Moretz|last=Fleming|first=Mike|date=March 27, 2012|publisher=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> who accepted the role.<ref name=ABC2>. ]-].</ref>


In January 2012, ] was announced as the director.<ref>{{cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike |date=January 4, 2012 |title=MGM/Screen Gems Eye Kimberly Peirce to Direct Remake of Stephen King's 'Carrie' |url=https://deadline.com/2012/01/mgmscreen-gems-eye-kimberly-peirce-to-direct-remake-of-stephen-kings-carrie-209860/ |access-date=March 29, 2012 |website=]}}</ref> Peirce, a fan of King's novel and an admirer of De Palma's film, agreed to direct when she received De Palma's blessing.<ref name=MTV/> Said Peirce of her interest in the material: "Oh, these are all my issues: I deal with misfits, with what power does to people, with humiliation and anger and violence. Like ], Carrie has gone through life getting beaten up by everyone. She's got no safe place. And then she finds telekinesis — her talent, her skill — and it becomes her refuge."<ref name="Schilling" /> Peirce and producer ] sought to make the film more faithful to the book, as opposed to a retread of De Palma's ''Carrie''.<ref name=25Things/><ref name=Misher/> Among the changes the filmmakers added was a focus on the mother-daughter relationship as the heart of the film,<ref name="Schilling" /><ref name=Hart>{{Cite news |last=Hart |first=Hugh |date=October 18, 2013 |title=Director Kimberly Peirce on Creating Blood Bath 2.0 in ''Carrie'' |work=] |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3019558/director-kimberly-peirce-on-creating-blood-bath-20-in-carrie |url-status=live |access-date=2023-11-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021052135/http://www.fastcocreate.com/3019558/director-kimberly-peirce-on-creating-blood-bath-20-in-carrie |archive-date=2013-10-21}}</ref> more character development of Sue and Chris,<ref name="25Things" /> a plot line involving ] to modernize the story,<ref name="Hart" /><ref name=Misher>{{Cite news |last=Chitwood |first=Adam |date=July 16, 2013 |title=Producer Kevin Misher Talks Finding the Right Cast, Keeping a Well-Known Story Suspenseful, Committing to an R Rating, and More on the Set of CARRIE |work=] |url=https://collider.com/kevin-misher-carrie-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-11-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719114118/https://collider.com/kevin-misher-carrie-interview/ |archive-date=2013-07-19}}</ref> and giving Carrie more control of her powers.<ref name="STL" /> Peirce conceived of her adaptation as a ] ], saying, "I wanted to look at when got her powers and give her a chance to explore those powers. I make it clear she doesn’t have the mastery yet. But then she has the control — and loses control."<ref name="STL">{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Kevin C.|title=Carrie Director likens 'Carrie' to a superhero origin story |url=https://www.stltoday.com/life-entertainment/local/movies-tv/director-likens-carrie-to-a-superhero-origin-story/article_98b433ed-0468-5745-b4c9-ee27d5a291bf.html |access-date=8 November 2023 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=October 17, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028015625/https://www.stltoday.com/life-entertainment/local/movies-tv/director-likens-carrie-to-a-superhero-origin-story/article_98b433ed-0468-5745-b4c9-ee27d5a291bf.html |archive-date=2023-10-28}}</ref>
] directed the film,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.deadline.com/2012/01/mgmscreen-gems-eye-kimberly-peirce-to-direct-remake-of-stephen-kings-carrie/| title = MGM/Screen Gems Eye Kimberly Peirce to Direct Remake of Stephen King’s ‘Carrie’ | last = Fleming | first = Mike | date = January 4, 2012 | publisher =]| accessdate = March 29, 2012}}</ref> while Moore starred as ] and ] played ].<ref name=DailyMail>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2166843/Judy-Greer-Portia-Doubleday-row-telekinetic-Carrie-filming-continues-horror-film-remake.html |title=Julianne Moore And Gabriella Wilde Board Carrie Remake |publisher=CinemaBlend.com |date=2012-05-14}}</ref> ], who appeared in the film '']'', and ] actor ], are also members of the main cast,<ref name=UpAndComers>{{cite web|author=Ge, Linda|url=http://upandcomers.net/2012/05/15/chronicle-star-alex-russell-and-broadway-actor-ansel-elgort-join-carrie-remake-opposite-chloe-moretz/ |title='Chronicle' star Alex Russell and Broadway actor Ansel Elgort join “Carrie” remake opposite Chloe Moretz |publisher=Up and Comers |date=May 15, 2012}}</ref> and ] played the gym teacher ].<ref name=CinemaBlend>{{cite web|author=Rich, Katey|url=http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Judy-Greer-Signs-Carrie-Remake-Gym-Teacher-31122.html |title = UPDATE: Judy Greer HAS NOT Signed On To The Carrie Remake As The Gym Teacher|publisher = CinemaBlend.com|date = May 25, 2012}}</ref>

=== Casting ===
In March 2012, the role of ] was offered to ],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2012/03/mgm-formally-offers-lead-remake-of-stephen-kings-carrie-to-chloe-moretz-249540/|title=MGM Formally Offers Lead Remake Of Stephen King's 'Carrie' To Chloe Moretz|last=Fleming|first=Mike|date=March 27, 2012|website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> who accepted the role.<ref name="ABC2">{{Cite news |date=2013-02-08 |title=Chloe Grace Moretz celebrates 16th birthday with star-studded bash |work=] |url=http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/entertainment/celebrity/Chloe-Grace-Moretz-celebrates-16th-birthday-with-starstudded-bash_99943891 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002172250/http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/entertainment/celebrity/Chloe-Grace-Moretz-celebrates-16th-birthday-with-starstudded-bash_99943891 |archive-date=2013-10-02}}</ref> In May, ],<ref name="UpAndComers" /> ],<ref name="UpAndComers">{{cite web |author=Ge, Linda |date=May 15, 2012 |title='Chronicle' star Alex Russell and Broadway actor Ansel Elgort join "Carrie" remake opposite Chloe Moretz |url=http://upandcomers.net/2012/05/15/chronicle-star-alex-russell-and-broadway-actor-ansel-elgort-join-carrie-remake-opposite-chloe-moretz/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404095745/http://upandcomers.net/2012/05/15/chronicle-star-alex-russell-and-broadway-actor-ansel-elgort-join-carrie-remake-opposite-chloe-moretz/ |archive-date=April 4, 2015 |access-date=August 19, 2012 |website=Up and Comers}}</ref> and ] were cast in leading roles.<ref name="CinemaBlend">{{cite web |author=Rich |first=Katey |date=May 25, 2012 |title=Judy Greer Signs On To The Carrie Remake As The Gym Teacher |url=https://cinemablend.com/new/Judy-Greer-Signs-Carrie-Remake-Gym-Teacher-31122.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527055551/https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Judy-Greer-Signs-Carrie-Remake-Gym-Teacher-31122.html |archive-date=May 27, 2012 |website=]}}</ref>

=== Filming ===
] took place in the summer of 2012 in the ], with locations including ] and ].<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.blogto.com/film/2021/10/horror-movies-filmed-toronto-locations/|title = 15 horror movies filmed in Toronto and the locations you can still visit|work = ]|date = October 17, 2021|last = Bramble|first = Timothy|accessdate = October 21, 2023}}</ref>

The film was shot on an ] camera.<ref name="MTV">{{cite web |last1=Patches |first1=Matt |title=Director's Cut: Kimberly Peirce ('Carrie') |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/7rrgx1/kimberly-peirce-interview-carrie |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108214821/https://www.mtv.com/news/7rrgx1/kimberly-peirce-interview-carrie |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 8, 2023 |website=] |access-date=8 November 2023 |date=January 14, 2014}}</ref>
As a reference for the prom scene when Carrie unleashes her powers, Peirce and her visual effects team used ] footage from the 1950s and 1960s to model the energy waves that radiate from Carrie.<ref name=Hart/>


==Release== ==Release==
The initial release date was March 15, 2013,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifc.com/fix/2012/04/carrie-remake-spring-2013-release-date|title='Carrie' remake gets Spring 2013 release date | last = Sitterson | first = Aubrey | date = April 13, 2012 | publisher = ] | accessdate = July 30, 2012}}</ref> but in early January 2013 the release date was moved to October 18, 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3211195/carrie-has-been-shifted-all-the-way-to-october/ | title = 'Carrie' Has Been Shifted All The Way To October | publisher=]| date = January 2, 2013|accessdate = January 4, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/01/03/carrie-remake-release-date-move/|date= January 3, 2013|newspaper=Entertainment Weekly|title = 'Carrie' remake gets pushed back to October|first =Keith | last = Staskiewicz | accessdate = January 4, 2013}}</ref> The original release date was March 15, 2013,<ref>{{cite web |last=Sitterson |first=Aubrey |date=April 13, 2012 |title='Carrie' remake gets Spring 2013 release date |url=http://www.ifc.com/fix/2012/04/carrie-remake-spring-2013-release-date |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823041537/http://www.ifc.com/fix/2012/04/carrie-remake-spring-2013-release-date |archive-date=August 23, 2014 |access-date=July 30, 2012 |website=]}}</ref> and a ] was released on October 15, 2012.<ref name="Vary" /> However, in January 2013, the release date was moved to October 18, 2013,<ref>{{cite web |last=Miska |first=Brad |date=January 2, 2013 |title='Carrie' Has Been Shifted All The Way To October |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3211195/carrie-has-been-shifted-all-the-way-to-october/ |access-date=January 4, 2013 |website=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Staskiewicz |first=Keith |date=January 3, 2013 |title='Carrie' remake gets pushed back to October |newspaper=Entertainment Weekly |url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/01/03/carrie-remake-release-date-move/ |url-status=dead |access-date=January 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023203819/http://www.ew.com/article/2013/01/03/carrie-remake-release-date-move |archive-date=2015-10-23}}</ref> with ] cited by the studio as the reason for the delay.<ref name="Moretz" /> Some journalists speculated the delay was not only to presumably capitalize on the box office potential of ] season, but was also a result of studios not wanting to release content concerning ] so soon after the 2012 ].<ref name="Setoodeh">{{cite news |last1=Setoodeh |first1=Ramin |title='Carrie' Cuts Too Close to Real-Life School Violence |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/carrie-cuts-too-close-to-real-life-school-violence-opinion-1200738074/ |access-date=8 November 2023 |work=Variety |date=2013-10-18}}</ref><ref name="Out">{{cite magazine |last1=Krochmal |first1=Shana Naomi |title=Kimberly Peirce: 'Why Are We Growing Domestic Terrorists?' |url=http://www.out.com/entertainment/movies/2013/01/07/kimberly-peirce-carrie-adaptation-terrorists |magazine=] |access-date=8 November 2023 |date=January 7, 2013}}</ref>


Moretz told '']'' at the time: "We did some reshoots and added three extra scenes with Julianne and I to make the movie even deeper and darker. We prolonged a couple of scenes that needed to have an extra moment or an extra beat just to make it even deeper. It wasn't about cutting anything out or trying to edit around things; it was about adding more to make the movie scarier and more intense."<ref name="Moretz">{{cite news |title=Exclusive: Chloë Grace Moretz talks "CARRIE" reshoots |url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/exclusive-chloe-grace-moretz-talks-carrie-reshoots/ |access-date=27 October 2023 |work=Fangoria |date=August 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903064058/http://www.fangoria.com/new/exclusive-chloe-grace-moretz-talks-carrie-reshoots/ |archive-date=2013-09-03}}</ref>
Sony held a "First Look" event at the ] on October 13, 2013 that allowed attendees to view the film prior to the release date. The event was followed by a panel session with several members of the cast and crew.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sony to Debut First Looks at Carrie and Evil Dead at NYCC|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/nycomicconnews.php?id=94953|work=comingsoon.net|publisher=CraveOnline Media, LLC, an Evolve Media, LLC company|accessdate=18 April 2013|date=19|month=September|year=2012}}</ref>


Sony held a "First Look" event at the ] on October 13, 2013, that allowed attendees to view the film prior to the release date. The event was followed by a panel session with several members of the cast and crew.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sony to Debut First Looks at Carrie and Evil Dead at NYCC|url=https://comingsoon.net/news/nycomicconnews.php?id=94953|work=comingsoon.net|publisher=CraveOnline Media, LLC, an Evolve Media, LLC company|access-date=April 18, 2013|date=September 19, 2012|archive-date=December 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203002751/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/nycomicconnews.php?id=94953|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Trailers for the film included a phone number that offered promotions to the caller, as well as a recording of a simulated encounter with characters from the film.<ref>Barton, Steve (October 15, 2012). ]. Retrieved April 6, 2013.</ref>

Trailers for the film included a phone number that offered promotions to the caller, as well as a recording of a simulated encounter with characters from the film.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barton |first=Steve |date=2012-10-15 |title=Carrie Called. Messages Left. Listen Now. |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/38490/carrie-called-messages-left-listen-now/ |access-date=April 6, 2013 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref>

Two weeks prior to ''Carrie''{{'}}s release, the studio reportedly held ]s in which they showed viewers four different alternate endings and asked them to pick which one they liked best.<ref name="4Endings">{{cite web |last1=Gallagher |first1=Brian |title=Four Possible Endings for Carrie Revealed! |url=https://movieweb.com/four-possible-endings-for-carrie-revealed/ |website=] |access-date=8 November 2023 |date=October 4, 2013}}</ref>

===Home media===
The film was released on DVD and ] on January 14, 2014.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hickman |first1=Luke |title=Carrie (2013) |url=https://bluray.highdefdigest.com/10424/carrie_2013.html |website=High-Def Digest |access-date=27 October 2023 |date=January 15, 2014}}</ref> The Blu-ray features an alternative opening and ending and nine deleted scenes.<ref name=Moreno>{{cite web |last1=Moreno |first1=Brandon |title=This Failed Horror Remake Would've Been Good if It Weren't for This |url=https://collider.com/carrie-2013-remake-deleted-scenes/ |website=Collider |access-date=27 October 2023 |date=July 14, 2023}}</ref>

In the alternative opening, a young Carrie has a discussion with her teenage neighbor, who is sun-bathing, over the fact that Margaret believes that women with breasts are sinful. Margaret catches them in the conversation and believes that the neighbor is offending Carrie, not before the neighbor's mother disagrees with her. Suddenly, stones begin to rain only on the White household. Margaret, believing it is a sign from God, takes shelter inside her home with a distressed Carrie.<ref name="Moreno" />

On March 19, 2024, ] released an ] of the film, offering only the theatrical cut.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carrie 4K Blu-ray |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Carrie-4K-Blu-ray/352380/ |website=Blu-ray.com |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref>


==Reception== ==Reception==
===Critical reception===
Carrie received mostly mixed reviews. {{rots|1939659|all_in_one_plus_consensus}} On ], it scored a 52 out of 100 based on 31 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews."<ref>. ]. Retrieved October 19, 2013.</ref>
The review aggregator website ] reported a 50% approval rating with an average rating of 5.49/10 based on 187 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads: "It boasts a talented cast, but Kimberly Peirce's 'reimagining' of Brian De Palma's horror classic finds little new in the Stephen King novel -- and feels woefully unnecessary".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rottentomatoes.com/m/carrie/|title=Carrie (2013)|work=]|date=October 18, 2013 |publisher=]|access-date=December 13, 2021}}</ref> On ], it scored a 53 out of 100 based on 34 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web |title=Carrie |url=https://metacritic.com/movie/carrie |access-date=October 19, 2013 |work=] |publisher=]}}</ref> Audiences polled by ] gave the film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kaufman|first=Amy|date=October 20, 2013|title='Carrie' fails to scare off unstoppable 'Gravity' at the box office|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-box-office-carrie-gravity-20131020-story.html|url-status=live|access-date=February 13, 2022|website=]|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508224746/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-box-office-carrie-gravity-20131020-story.html |archive-date=May 8, 2014}}</ref>

Kevin C. Johnson of the '']'' gave the film a favorable review: "Long before the blood starts spilling, it's clear the new team has mostly nailed it. The ] is as good a ''Carrie'' remake as possible, though it's not truly a scary movie; the film takes its time living up to its R rating".<ref name="STLreview">{{cite news|url= https://www.stltoday.com/life-entertainment/local/movies-tv/carrie-remake-is-a-bloody-good-time/article_38b701bd-a8c9-5731-bcc9-ac789a9cb902.html |title='Carrie' remake is a bloody good time|newspaper=] |date=October 17, 2013|last=Johnson |first=Kevin C.|access-date=October 27, 2023}}</ref> ] of the '']'' also gave the film a favorable review: "In a way, the new Carrie is almost too easy to enjoy. Everything discordant and all the nagging weirdness and strange feelings surrounding the original have been smoothed down, and what we're left with is a well-made, highly satisfying and not particularly deep high school revenge movie".<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Carrie-review-less-searing-than-the-original-4904680.php |title='Carrie' review: less searing than the original|work=]|first=Mick|last=LaSalle |author-link=Mick LaSalle|date=October 17, 2013 |access-date=October 19, 2013}}</ref> ] of the '']'' wrote, "The acting's strong; in addition to Moretz and Moore, Judy Greer is a welcome presence in the ] role of the sympathetic gym instructor. But something's missing from this well-made venture. What's there is more than respectable, while staying this side of surprising".<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.chicagotribune.com/site/chi-carrie-review-1018-20131017%2C0%2C5282899.column |title=Big, bloody footprints to fill for 'Carrie' ★★ 1/2 |work=]|date=October 17, 2013|last=Phillips |first= Michael |author-link=Michael Phillips (critic) |access-date=October 19, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131019023729/http://www.chicagotribune.com/site/chi-carrie-review-1018-20131017,0,5282899.column |archive-date=October 19, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Joe Neumaier of the '']'' gave it three out of five stars: "With the exception of some appearances by social media, ''Carrie'' doesn't try to hip up King's basic, often slow story. And while De Palma's version is fondly recalled as a high-blood-mark of the 1970s, this new take seems to linger a bit more on the bugaboos of overparenting and bullying while underplaying Mama's fanaticism. Peirce only glancingly lets her heroine have a mild discovery-of-powers moment that feels ']'-ish".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/carrie-movie-review-article-1.1488761 |title='Carrie': movie review|first=Joe|last=Neumaier |date=October 17, 2013|newspaper=]|access-date=October 19, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131017184108/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/carrie-movie-review-article-1.1488761 |archive-date=2013-10-17}}</ref> In a positive review on ]'s website, ] awarded the film three out of four stars, praising the portrayal of Carrie and Margaret's relationship and the feelings of sympathy Carrie manages to evoke, although he criticizes the representation of Chris as "exaggeratedly evil". Seitz ultimately concludes by stating: "The first ''Carrie'' was horror. This is tragedy".<ref>{{cite web |author=Seitz |first=Matt Zoller |author-link=Matt Zoller Seitz |date=October 18, 2013 |title=Carrie |url=https://rogerebert.com/reviews/carrie-2013 |access-date=October 21, 2013 |work=RogerEbert.com |publisher=Ebert Digital LLC}}</ref>


A. A. Dowd of '']'' gave the film a C− rating, criticizing Moretz's Carrie as "too adjusted, coming across less like the 'very peculiar girl' King described in his novel and more like the stealth babe of some nottie-to-hottie teen romance". Dowd lamented on the film as a whole: "It's a strange thing to say about a movie so obsessed with the red stuff, but this Carrie is bloodless".<ref>{{cite web |author=Dowd |first=A.A. |date=October 17, 2013 |title=Carrie |url=https://avclub.com/review/carrie-104381 |access-date=March 5, 2014 |website=]}}</ref> In '']'', ] wrote, " movies include '']'' and '']'', and you can feel her caught in the awkward position of wanting to challenge the material, to open it up further rather than furnishing the film with as much vaginal imagery as she does. You can also sense her not wanting to alienate the audience or the studio."<ref name="Morris">{{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Wesley |title=Trials and Fire: The Unnecessary and Extremely Interesting Carrie Remake, and Jason Osder's MOVE Documentary |url=http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/the-totally-unnecessary-extremely-interesting-carrie-remake/ |access-date=8 November 2023 |work=] |date=October 18, 2013}}</ref>
Kevin C. Johnson of the '']'' gave the film a favorable review with a rating of 88/100 saying, "Long before the blood starts spilling, it’s clear the new team has mostly nailed it. The reboot is as good a Carrie remake as possible, though it’s not truly a scary movie; the film takes its time living up to its R rating."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fandango.com/carrie2013_155542/criticreviews |title='Carrie' remake is a bloody good time|newspaper=] |date=October 17, 2013|author=Johnson, Kevin C.|accessdate=October 19, 2013}}</ref> Mick LaSalle of The '']'' also gave the film a favorable review with a rating of 75/100: "In a way, the new Carrie is almost too easy to enjoy. Everything discordant and all the nagging weirdness and strange feelings surrounding the original have been smoothed down, and what we're left with is a well-made, highly satisfying and not particularly deep high school revenge movie."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fandango.com/carrie2013_155542/criticreviews |title='Carrie' review: less searing than the original||publisher=]|author=Mick LaSalle |date=October 17, 2013 |accessdate=October 19, 2013}}</ref> Michael Phillips of the '']'' gave the film a positive review, with a rating of 63/100, stating: "The acting's strong; in addition to Moretz and Moore, Judy Greer is a welcome presence in the Betty Buckley role of the sympathetic gym instructor. But something's missing from this well-made venture. What's there is more than respectable, while staying this side of surprising."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fandango.com/carrie2013_155542/criticreviews |title='Carrie' remake is a bloody good time|publisher=Fandango|date=October 17, 2013|author=Phillips, Michael |accessdate=October 19, 2013}}</ref> Joe Neumaier of the New York '']'' gave it three out of five stars, saying, "With the exception of some appearances by social media, 'Carrie' doesn’t try to hip up King’s basic, often slow story. And while De Palma’s version is fondly recalled as a high-blood-mark of the 1970s, this new take seems to linger a bit more on the bugaboos of overparenting and bullying while underplaying Mama’s fanaticism. Peirce only glancingly lets her heroine have a mild discovery-of-powers moment that feels 'X-Men'-ish."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/carrie-movie-review-article-1.1488761 |title='Carrie': movie review|author=Joe Neumaier |date=October 17, 2013|newspaper=]|accessdate=October 19, 2013}}</ref> In a positive review on ] website, ] awarded the film three out of four stars, praising the portrayal of Carrie and Margaret's relationship and the feelings of sympathy Carrie manages to evoke; although, he criticizes the representation of Chris as "exaggeratedly evil." Seitz ultimately concludes by stating: "The first ''Carrie'' was horror. This is tragedy."<ref>{{cite web|title=CARRIE|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/carrie-2013|work=RogerEbert.com|publisher=Ebert Digital LLC|accessdate=21 October 2013|author=Matt Zoller Seitz|date=18 October 2013}}</ref>


===Box office=== ===Box office===
Sony estimated the revenue for the opening weekend of ''Carrie'' as between $16 million and $18 million, while others estimated a bigger margin of $24 million to $28 million due to the Halloween season. However, the final takings totaled $16,101,552 and the film was ranked at number 3 behind '']'' and '']'', both of which were in their second and third weeks, respectively. By the end of the week, the film managed to gross $20,121,355.<ref>{{cite web|title=Carrie (2013)|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=carrie2013.htm|work=Box Office Mojo|publisher=MDb.com, Inc|accessdate=4 November 2013|date=3 November 2013}}</ref> In week two, the film slipped 62.8% to sixth place with $5,900,000 and 43.2% to ninth place in its third week with $3,400,000.<ref>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-28/u-s-movie-box-office-grosses-for-oct-25-oct-27.html</ref><ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/</ref><ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=2013&wknd=43&p=.htm</ref> Sony estimated the revenue for the opening weekend of ''Carrie'' as between $16 million and $18 million, while others estimated a bigger margin of $24 million to $28 million due to the Halloween season. However, the final takings totaled $16.1 million and the film came in at number 3 behind ] and ], both of which were in their second and third weeks, respectively. By the end of the week, the film managed to gross $20.1 million.<ref name="BoxOfficeMojo" /> In week two, the film slipped 62.8% to sixth place with $5.9 million and 43.2% to ninth place in its third week with $3.4 million.<ref>{{cite news |last=Golum |first=Rob |date=October 28, 2013 |title=U.S. Movie Box Office Grosses for Oct. 25 - Oct. 27 |work=Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-28/u-s-movie-box-office-grosses-for-oct-25-oct-27.html |access-date=January 23, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Weekend Box Office Results for January 17-19, 2014 |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/ |access-date=January 23, 2014 |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Weekend Box Office Results for October 25-27, 2013 |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=2013&wknd=43&p=.htm |access-date=January 23, 2014 |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>


As of November 7, 2013, the film has grossed $32,765,617 in North America and $5,566,365 in other countries for a worldwide gross of $38,331,982. It is the 90th "Highest-Grossing Movie of 2013 in the United States" and the 14th highest-grossing Stephen King movie of all time, garnering $1 million less than the original version in the North American market; however, as of October 2013, the remake surpassed the original by $4 million in worldwide terms.<ref>{{cite web|title=Carrie (2013) (2013)|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=carrie2013.htm|work=Boxofficemojo.com|publisher=Ebert Digital LLC|accessdate=21 October 2013|author=Matt Zoller Seitz|date=18 October 2013}}</ref> At the end of its run, the film grossed $35.3 million in North America and $49.5 million in other countries for a worldwide gross of $84.8 million. It was the 85th highest-grossing film of 2013 in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=Domestic Box Office For 2013|url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/2013/ |access-date=October 27, 2023 |work=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>

===Accolades===
{{Anchor|Awards|Accolades}}
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Recipient(s)
! Result
|-
|rowspan=4| 2013
| ]<ref>{{Cite web |title=2013 EDA Award Winners |url=https://awfj.org/eda-awards-2/2013-eda-award-winners/?doing_wp_cron=1698376757.6000421047210693359375 |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=Alliance of Women Film Journalists}}</ref>
| Sequel or Remake That Shouldn't Have Been Made
| ''Carrie'' (tied with '']'')
| {{won}}
|-
|rowspan=2| Fright Meter Awards<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 21, 2013 |title=The 2013 Fright Meter Awards Nominations Are In |url=http://www.slasherstudios.com/2013/12/21/2013-fright-meter-awards-nominations/ |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=Slasher Studios}}</ref>
| Best Supporting Actress
| ]
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Special Effects
| ''Carrie''
| {{nom}}
|-
| ]<ref name=WFCC>{{Cite web |title=Women Film Critics Circle Awards 2013 |url=https://wfcc.wordpress.com/women-film-critics-circle-awards-2013-2/ |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=Women Film Critics Circle|date=January 20, 2016 }}</ref>
| Hall of Shame{{efn|Category is "Why is it that when actresses and even screen goddesses hit a certain age, they’re all cast as nags, loons and shrews".<ref name=WFCC/>}}
| ''Carrie''
| {{won}}
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|rowspan=8| 2014
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==Alternate scenes==
The alternate ending of Sue giving birth, Carrie's arm grabbing her, and Sue realizing she was having a nightmare was the preferred ending of Peirce and Moretz, but was overruled by the studio.<ref name="Alter">{{cite web |last1=Alter |first1=Ethan |title=Chloë Grace Moretz remembers getting 'blood all over my homework' while shooting 'Carrie' |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/chloe-grace-moretz-carrie-kimberly-peirce-brian-depalma-stephen-king-193424222.html |website=] |access-date=8 November 2023 |date=2023-10-16}}</ref><ref name="Salon">{{cite news |last1=D'Addario |first1=Daniel |title=Kimberly Peirce on "Carrie": "You do the best you can" |url=https://www.salon.com/2014/01/13/kimberly_peirce_carrie/ |access-date=8 November 2023 |work=] |date=January 13, 2014}}</ref><ref name="UChi">{{cite web |last1=Monaghan |first1=Amy |title=Channeling ''Carrie'' |url=https://mag.uchicago.edu/arts-humanities/channeling-carrie |website=UChicago Magazine |access-date=8 November 2023 |date=2013}}</ref> In a 2014 interview, Peirce said, "I had in the back of mind that this ] was important. I thought we needed something shocking, something that kept with the story, and something that was fun. It's like going up to bat. Are we going to compete with De Palma? No. But it's fun. Why it's not in the movie… well, ask the people who have the power".<ref name="MTV" /> Critics expressed that this ending would have been better than the theatrical version, making for a scarier finale and also functioning as a direct reference to the ending of De Palma's 1976 film.<ref name="Keogan">{{cite news |last1=Keogan |first1=Natalia |title=The Carrie Alternate Ending Makes For A Very Different Movie |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/862219/the-carrie-alternate-ending-makes-for-a-very-different-movie/ |access-date=8 November 2023 |work=] |date=May 13, 2022}}</ref>

Reports of further material excised from the theatrical cut and not included in the Blu-ray release led fans to create a petition for MGM/UA to release a ] of the film.<ref>{{cite web |title=Petition To Get Bloody Director's Cut Of Carrie (2013) Released |url=https://www.screamhorrormag.com/petition-to-get-the-bloody-directors-cut-of-carrie-2013-released/ |website=Scream Horror Mag |access-date=8 November 2023 |date=May 9, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Moreno" /> The film's teaser trailer, which was first released on October 15, 2012, suggested a more faithful adaptation of King's novel, with voiceovers that recalled the White Committee used as a framing device in the book, and the camera zooming out on a destroyed, burning town.<ref name="Teaser">{{cite web |title=CARRIE - Teaser Trailer - At Cinemas November 29 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RmF5krH3-s |website=Sony Pictures Releasing UK |access-date=8 November 2023 |date=February 18, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Vary">{{cite news |last1=Vary |first1=Adam B. |title='Carrie' teaser trailer: 'She wasn't some monster. She was just a girl.' -- VIDEO |url=https://ew.com/article/2012/10/15/carrie-teaser-trailer/ |access-date=8 November 2023 |work=] |date=2012-10-15}}</ref>

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Latest revision as of 18:56, 21 December 2024

2013 film by Kimberly Peirce

Carrie
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKimberly Peirce
Screenplay by
Based onCarrie
by Stephen King
Produced byKevin Misher
Starring
CinematographySteve Yedlin
Edited byLee Percy
Music byMarco Beltrami
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • October 7, 2013 (2013-10-07) (Arclight Hollywood)
  • October 18, 2013 (2013-10-18) (United States)
Running time99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30 million
Box office$84.8 million

Carrie is a 2013 American supernatural horror film directed by Kimberly Peirce. It is the third film adaptation and a remake of the 1976 adaptation of Stephen King's 1974 novel of the same name and the fourth film in the Carrie franchise. The film was produced by Kevin Misher, with a screenplay by Lawrence D. Cohen and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. The film stars Chloë Grace Moretz as the titular character Carrie White, alongside Julianne Moore as Margaret White. The cast also features Judy Greer, Portia Doubleday, Gabriella Wilde, Ansel Elgort and Alex Russell. The film is a modern re-imagining of King's novel about a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother, who uses her telekinetic powers with devastating effect after falling victim to a cruel prank at her senior prom.

The film held its world premiere at the Arclight Hollywood in Los Angeles on October 7, 2013, and was released in the United States by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Screen Gems on October 18. The film received mixed reviews, with critics calling it "unnecessary" and criticizing the lack of originality and scares, though they praised the modern updates and cast. It grossed $84 million worldwide at the box office.

Plot

Carrie White is a shy, unpopular girl from Ewen High School in Maine. While showering after gym class, Carrie unexpectedly experiences her first menstrual period. Believing she is bleeding to death, she runs out yelling for help, but the other girls ridicule her by throwing tampons and pads at her. Bully Christine "Chris" Hargensen records everything on her cell phone and uploads it to YouTube.

The school's physical education teacher, Miss Rita Desjardin, comforts Carrie and sends her home with her disturbed, religious fanatic mother Margaret White, who believes menstruation is a sin. Margaret demands that Carrie abstain from showering with the others. When Carrie refuses, Margaret hits her in the forehead with a Bible and locks her in her "prayer closet". As Carrie screams to be let out, a crack appears on the door, and the crucifix in the closet begins to bleed. Carrie begins to experience more telekinetic abilities and researches her abilities, learning to harness them.

Miss Desjardin gives the girls who harassed Carrie an ultimatum: either endure detention for their behavior or be suspended from school, prohibiting them from attending prom; Chris is the only one who refuses to take part in detention and is suspended. Sue Snell regrets her part in the incident. To make amends, she asks her boyfriend, Tommy Ross, to take Carrie to the prom. Carrie accepts Tommy's invitation and makes a prom dress at home. Carrie asks her mother to let her go to prom, and Carrie manifests her telekinesis. Margaret believes this power comes from the Devil and is proof that Carrie has been corrupted by sin.

On prom night, Margaret tries to prevent Carrie from going, but Carrie uses her powers to lock her mother in the closet. At prom, as part of Chris and her boyfriend Billy's plan, Chris's friend, Tina Blake, discreetly slips fake ballots into the voting box, which names Carrie and Tommy as prom queen and king. At home, Sue receives a text from Chris, taunting her about her scheme to humiliate Carrie. Sue drives to the prom, arriving just as Carrie and Tommy are about to be crowned. Sue sees the bucket of blood dangling above Carrie and attempts to warn someone, but Desjardin locks her out of the gym, suspecting that Sue plans to hurt Carrie.

Chris dumps the blood onto Carrie and Tommy, and Nicki plays the "shower video" of Carrie on the large screens, inciting laughter from the audience. Carrie pushes Miss Desjardin with her powers when Desjardin attempts to help her. The bucket falls onto Tommy's head, killing him. Enraged, Carrie uses her telekinesis to kill every student and staff but spares Desjardin. An electrical wire merges with leaking water, and a fire breaks out. As the school burns to the ground, Carrie walks away. Chris and Billy attempt to drive away, but Carrie crashes the car, killing Billy. Chris attempts to run Carrie over, but Carrie lifts the car and throws it at a gas station, killing her.

Carrie arrives home and takes a bath. Carrie tearfully tells Margaret about the prank, and Margaret recounts Carrie's conception, revealing that Carrie's father raped her, and Carrie's birth made her believe that Carrie is a sin she must pay for. Margaret stabs Carrie with a knife, believing that she must kill Carrie in order to prevent the Devil from possessing her again, and attacks Carrie, but Carrie kills her with many sharp tools. She becomes hysterical and makes stones rain from the sky to crush the house. When Sue arrives, a furious Carrie lifts her with her powers but senses that Sue is pregnant. Carrie protects Sue and throws her out of the house to safety as the house collapses and sinks, apparently killing Carrie as well.

After giving her testimony in court regarding the prom incident, Sue visits Carrie and Margaret's graves and places white roses by the headstone. As she leaves, the gravestone begins to break, and an enraged scream is heard, alluding that Carrie may have somehow survived.

Alternate ending

After placing the roses on Carrie's grave, Sue suddenly feels pain from her pregnancy and begins to go into labor. As Sue struggles to give birth at the hospital, Carrie's bloody hand suddenly emerges and grabs Sue's arm. Sue screams loudly as she wakes up in her own bedroom with her mother comforting her and telling her that her nightmare is over.

Cast

Production

Development and writing

In May 2011, representatives from MGM and Screen Gems announced they were producing a film remake of Carrie. Upon hearing of the new adaptation, King remarked, "The real question is why, when the original was so good?" He suggested Lindsay Lohan for the main role and stated that "it would certainly be fun to cast". Actress Sissy Spacek, who played Carrie in the 1976 adaptation, expressed approval on the choice of Lohan for the character of Carrie White, stating, 'Oh my God, she's really a beautiful girl' and so I was very flattered that they were casting someone to look like me instead of the real Carrie described in the book. It's gonna be real interesting". Jonathan Glickman, president of MGM's film division, said two reasons to do the remake were the advances in special effects since the 1976 film, as well as the prevalence of bullying as a national crisis.

The studios committed to making an R-rated film at the outset. They hired Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who previously adapted King's work The Stand into a comic book, to write a screenplay that delivers "a more faithful adaption" of King's novel than the 1976 film. However, Aguirre-Sacasa ultimately shares a screenwriting credit with Lawrence D. Cohen, who wrote the 1976 film.

In January 2012, Kimberly Peirce was announced as the director. Peirce, a fan of King's novel and an admirer of De Palma's film, agreed to direct when she received De Palma's blessing. Said Peirce of her interest in the material: "Oh, these are all my issues: I deal with misfits, with what power does to people, with humiliation and anger and violence. Like Brandon, Carrie has gone through life getting beaten up by everyone. She's got no safe place. And then she finds telekinesis — her talent, her skill — and it becomes her refuge." Peirce and producer Kevin Misher sought to make the film more faithful to the book, as opposed to a retread of De Palma's Carrie. Among the changes the filmmakers added was a focus on the mother-daughter relationship as the heart of the film, more character development of Sue and Chris, a plot line involving cyberbullying to modernize the story, and giving Carrie more control of her powers. Peirce conceived of her adaptation as a superhero origin story, saying, "I wanted to look at when got her powers and give her a chance to explore those powers. I make it clear she doesn’t have the mastery yet. But then she has the control — and loses control."

Casting

In March 2012, the role of Carrie White was offered to Chloë Grace Moretz, who accepted the role. In May, Ansel Elgort, Alex Russell, and Judy Greer were cast in leading roles.

Filming

Principal photography took place in the summer of 2012 in the Greater Toronto Area, with locations including Mississauga and Etobicoke.

The film was shot on an Alexa camera. As a reference for the prom scene when Carrie unleashes her powers, Peirce and her visual effects team used atomic bomb footage from the 1950s and 1960s to model the energy waves that radiate from Carrie.

Release

The original release date was March 15, 2013, and a teaser trailer was released on October 15, 2012. However, in January 2013, the release date was moved to October 18, 2013, with reshoots cited by the studio as the reason for the delay. Some journalists speculated the delay was not only to presumably capitalize on the box office potential of Halloween season, but was also a result of studios not wanting to release content concerning violence in schools so soon after the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

Moretz told Fangoria at the time: "We did some reshoots and added three extra scenes with Julianne and I to make the movie even deeper and darker. We prolonged a couple of scenes that needed to have an extra moment or an extra beat just to make it even deeper. It wasn't about cutting anything out or trying to edit around things; it was about adding more to make the movie scarier and more intense."

Sony held a "First Look" event at the New York Comic Con on October 13, 2013, that allowed attendees to view the film prior to the release date. The event was followed by a panel session with several members of the cast and crew.

Trailers for the film included a phone number that offered promotions to the caller, as well as a recording of a simulated encounter with characters from the film.

Two weeks prior to Carrie's release, the studio reportedly held test screenings in which they showed viewers four different alternate endings and asked them to pick which one they liked best.

Home media

The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on January 14, 2014. The Blu-ray features an alternative opening and ending and nine deleted scenes.

In the alternative opening, a young Carrie has a discussion with her teenage neighbor, who is sun-bathing, over the fact that Margaret believes that women with breasts are sinful. Margaret catches them in the conversation and believes that the neighbor is offending Carrie, not before the neighbor's mother disagrees with her. Suddenly, stones begin to rain only on the White household. Margaret, believing it is a sign from God, takes shelter inside her home with a distressed Carrie.

On March 19, 2024, Shout! Factory released an Ultra HD Blu-ray of the film, offering only the theatrical cut.

Reception

Critical reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 50% approval rating with an average rating of 5.49/10 based on 187 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads: "It boasts a talented cast, but Kimberly Peirce's 'reimagining' of Brian De Palma's horror classic finds little new in the Stephen King novel -- and feels woefully unnecessary". On Metacritic, it scored a 53 out of 100 based on 34 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.

Kevin C. Johnson of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch gave the film a favorable review: "Long before the blood starts spilling, it's clear the new team has mostly nailed it. The reboot is as good a Carrie remake as possible, though it's not truly a scary movie; the film takes its time living up to its R rating". Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle also gave the film a favorable review: "In a way, the new Carrie is almost too easy to enjoy. Everything discordant and all the nagging weirdness and strange feelings surrounding the original have been smoothed down, and what we're left with is a well-made, highly satisfying and not particularly deep high school revenge movie". Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune wrote, "The acting's strong; in addition to Moretz and Moore, Judy Greer is a welcome presence in the Betty Buckley role of the sympathetic gym instructor. But something's missing from this well-made venture. What's there is more than respectable, while staying this side of surprising".

Joe Neumaier of the New York Daily News gave it three out of five stars: "With the exception of some appearances by social media, Carrie doesn't try to hip up King's basic, often slow story. And while De Palma's version is fondly recalled as a high-blood-mark of the 1970s, this new take seems to linger a bit more on the bugaboos of overparenting and bullying while underplaying Mama's fanaticism. Peirce only glancingly lets her heroine have a mild discovery-of-powers moment that feels 'X-Men'-ish". In a positive review on Roger Ebert's website, Matt Zoller Seitz awarded the film three out of four stars, praising the portrayal of Carrie and Margaret's relationship and the feelings of sympathy Carrie manages to evoke, although he criticizes the representation of Chris as "exaggeratedly evil". Seitz ultimately concludes by stating: "The first Carrie was horror. This is tragedy".

A. A. Dowd of The A.V. Club gave the film a C− rating, criticizing Moretz's Carrie as "too adjusted, coming across less like the 'very peculiar girl' King described in his novel and more like the stealth babe of some nottie-to-hottie teen romance". Dowd lamented on the film as a whole: "It's a strange thing to say about a movie so obsessed with the red stuff, but this Carrie is bloodless". In Grantland, Wesley Morris wrote, " movies include Boys Don't Cry and Stop-Loss, and you can feel her caught in the awkward position of wanting to challenge the material, to open it up further rather than furnishing the film with as much vaginal imagery as she does. You can also sense her not wanting to alienate the audience or the studio."

Box office

Sony estimated the revenue for the opening weekend of Carrie as between $16 million and $18 million, while others estimated a bigger margin of $24 million to $28 million due to the Halloween season. However, the final takings totaled $16.1 million and the film came in at number 3 behind Gravity and Captain Philips, both of which were in their second and third weeks, respectively. By the end of the week, the film managed to gross $20.1 million. In week two, the film slipped 62.8% to sixth place with $5.9 million and 43.2% to ninth place in its third week with $3.4 million.

At the end of its run, the film grossed $35.3 million in North America and $49.5 million in other countries for a worldwide gross of $84.8 million. It was the 85th highest-grossing film of 2013 in the United States.

Accolades

Year Award Category Recipient(s) Result
2013 Alliance of Women Film Journalists Sequel or Remake That Shouldn't Have Been Made Carrie (tied with Oz the Great and Powerful) Won
Fright Meter Awards Best Supporting Actress Julianne Moore Nominated
Best Special Effects Carrie Nominated
Women Film Critics Circle Awards Hall of Shame Carrie Won
2014 People's Choice Awards Favorite Horror Movie Carrie Won
Saturn Awards Best Horror Film Carrie Nominated
Best Young Actor/Actress Chloë Grace Moretz Won
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Best Supporting Actress Julianne Moore 3rd place
Dorian Awards Campy Flick of the Year Carrie Nominated
Jupiter Awards Best International Actress Chloë Grace Moretz Nominated
Joey Awards International (Non-Canadian) Actress Feature Film/Made for Television or Straight to Video Feature that was filmed in Canada Chloë Grace Moretz Won
World Soundtrack Awards Film Composer of the Year Marco Beltrami Nominated

Alternate scenes

The alternate ending of Sue giving birth, Carrie's arm grabbing her, and Sue realizing she was having a nightmare was the preferred ending of Peirce and Moretz, but was overruled by the studio. In a 2014 interview, Peirce said, "I had in the back of mind that this coda was important. I thought we needed something shocking, something that kept with the story, and something that was fun. It's like going up to bat. Are we going to compete with De Palma? No. But it's fun. Why it's not in the movie… well, ask the people who have the power". Critics expressed that this ending would have been better than the theatrical version, making for a scarier finale and also functioning as a direct reference to the ending of De Palma's 1976 film.

Reports of further material excised from the theatrical cut and not included in the Blu-ray release led fans to create a petition for MGM/UA to release a director's cut of the film. The film's teaser trailer, which was first released on October 15, 2012, suggested a more faithful adaptation of King's novel, with voiceovers that recalled the White Committee used as a framing device in the book, and the camera zooming out on a destroyed, burning town.

Notes

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