Has anyone seen the film ''Carrie''?

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A lot of people say it's really creepy, but I didn't think it was as creepy as what some people said it was. I found it more depressing, and I sat and cried nearly the whole time. The end wasn't very nice though, but I'd still say it was sad.

I could relate to the main character so well, (that is, except I haven't got a psycho mother). But otherwise, the way she was, I could relate to well. For those who have seen it, how did you feel? Could you relate to her in some ways? Did you find the film sad, or scary?

I've never seen it. Sadness aside, would you recommend watching it?

I have, and while I enjoyed it, I did find it a little scary, especially towards the end. You are referring to the original 1976 film, yes? Or the 2002 remake with Angela Bettis (which I haven't seen)?

I'd say anyone who has experienced organised bullying is likely to be able to relate to the film and it's sad for this reason.

Good movie....I can see why some people would find it 'creepy' but I just see it as an exploration of human cruelty and how it can effect someone. I mean everyone treated the main character like dirt, and finally she started trusting them only so they could play a terrible prank so she ended up causing a lot of death and destruction.

It is a horror movie so obviously its rather exaggerated so it can be 'scary' but to me its not very scary just a story of someone reacting to cruelty in a cruel manner. Then one has to ask them self do I feel sorry for any of the characters who were killed...or did their cruelty make them deserving of it. It is Stephen King and he seems to like exploring disturbing truths about humans, and then turning it into pretty creative horror stories...In fact I kinda want to read the book as it might be even better than the movie.

Oh, I've absolutely seen "Carrie." And yes, I culd sort of relate to her, too....I mean, she's quiet, she doesn't really stand up for herself when people are cruel to her, and I can definitely relate to that.

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The part of the movie where that horrible prank gets played on her when she's being elected prom queen and she imagines everyone laughing at her and she basically just kills them all/burns them alive really stood out to me. I may not have the same psychic abilities she had, but I get sort of like that when I'm really, really angry....I go into what I've termed my "everything/one must go" mode....like she did when she even killed the gym teacher who had been so nice to her.

I also found it kind of weird that Sue Snell's doctor told her mother that "she was young enough so that she would forget all about it." Um, Sue was (I think) a senior in high school (so, not terribly young) and what happened on prom night is exactly the kind of thing that traumatizes someone for life, so I really don't see how a doctor could be so unprofessional as to offer such a prognosis. In fact, I read somewhere that when Stephen King went to a premiere of the movie, someone seated behind him yelled, "That girl's never gonna be right!" after the ending scene.

I read the book when it first was released in paperback a zillion years ago, and saw the movie when it first came out in theatres. It's a powerful story, and forgetting the paranormal aspect of it for a moment, it's about an unloved, tormented, abused girl with an unusual gift. She's tortured and shamed at home by a mentally ill, religiously delusional mother, friendless and socially isolated, and very naive, being unaware of what is happening with her maturing teenage body, both hormonally and paranormally. The bullying she endures is astonishingly cruel, and the way she finds the inner strength to stand up to her mother, her malicious schoolmates, and the school where hardly anyone showed any kindness or empathy to her is both horrifying and beautiful, and very tragic. I identified greatly with her character, and rooted for her. There are times that I wished I had a frightening mutant power I could wield in my defence when I was younger, both in my family and out in the world with my peers.

Yes, I've seen it several times...all three versions of it (1976, 1998, and 2002). I watch it for the sheer joy of seeing Carrie killing all of her tormentors at school.

Yer but the PE teacher was nice to her, shame she killed her too.

Same here, I actually used to think about that a lot when I was a kid 'if only I could 'insert weilding of some frighting mutant power' then they would back off.'

True, but when it got to the point it did, I am not sure she could have controlled it.....its like she chose to unleash it but couldn't control it necessarily. But I always did kind of wonder if that's what it was or if it was her intention to kill the PE teacher as well.

After the pig's blood dropped on Carrie's head, everyone started to laugh at her including the PE teacher. That's why she killed her, too.

I thought that dark-ish girl (I think she's Sue) was about to stop the pigs blood from dropping on Carrie then the PE teacher thought she was going to do something bad so that was why she chucked her out of the hall.

Piper Laurie's portrayal of Margaret White (Carrie's mom) was very unnerving to me when I saw the movie for the first time in 1976. It reminded me of my own mother at her worst-- my mom had a nasty, mean side to her and was hospitalized several times when I was growing up for suicide attempts (way back in the 1960s). She might have had borderline personality disorder. And IMHO, Sissy Spacek totally deserved the accolades she got for her performance as Carrie, although she was much more attractive than the homely girl Stephen King described in his novel.

I could relate to her in a lot of ways sans the psycho super religious mother. I didn't really feel that sad though, when I was younger I felt scared like I did with most horror movies. I feel intrigued when Carrie walks back into the house with all of the candles burning. Sometimes when i watch it I think to myself, "Oh yeah that person made a stupid move" and so on. I'm not scared when I watch it now but the hand at the very end always gets me every time, haha. I do really enjoy that movie to this day though.

I've only seen it once, but I definitely identified with Carrie. I think what was most upsetting was how guilty her mother tried to make her feel for having her period. There's nothing worse than when someone makes you feel shame for something perfectly natural to you. And, of course, there have been many times I wished I could do what she did at the prom.