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[[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|This goes about as well as one would expect it to.]]

 

 

* A [[Screen to Stage Adaptation|Broadway adaptation]] was put together in [[The Eighties]], written by Lawrence D. Cohen (the writer of the 1976 movie). After a limited run at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in England (which received mixed reviews), it debuted on Broadway on May 12, 1988. There, it was met with scathing reviews, and the $7+ million production quickly became one of the biggest flops in Broadway history, closing after only sixteen previews and five shows. It was infamous enough that a book written about Broadway's worst was titled ''Not Since Carrie''. A number of people, however, saw a lot of [[What Could Have Been|potential]] beneath the poor production and feel that it could've been done much better it had been given some polish. A heavily overhauled, off-Broadway revival is [https://web.archive.org/web/20110605025753/http://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/carrie-finds-its-leads-no-not-the-movie-the-broadway-revival- in the works].

* ''[[The Rage: Carrie 2]]'' was a sequel made in 1999. It has [[The Rage: Carrie 2|its own page]].

* A [[Made for TV Movie|made-for-TV]] [[Remake]] was made in 2002, written by [[Bryan Fuller]] ([[Heroes (TV series)|yes]], ''[[Pushing Daisies|that]]'' [[Dead Like Me|Bryan]] [[Wonderfalls|Fuller]]) and starring [[Angela Bettis]] in the title role. It stayed closer to King's novel than the 1976 film did -- with the exception of the ending, which was [[Pilot Movie|meant to lead into an NBC series]] that never came about. Mirroring the novel's [[Scrapbook Story|use of after-the-fact articles]] to tell its story, most of the film takes place in flashbacks, with the survivors of Carrie's rampage being interviewed by the police. It is notable for [[Retroactive Recognition|an early appearance]] by [[Lost|Emilie]] [[Roswell|de]] [[The Hills Have Eyes|Ravin]], who plays Chris. Despite its obvious low budget, [[Conspicuous CG]], and radically altered ending, this film has its share of fans, and it's not unheard of to find people (particularly younger fans and those who have read the book) who prefer it over the 1976 film.

 

Not to be confused with [[Carrie Underwood|the country singer]], though her video for "Before He Cheats" is an [[Homage]] to the film. Or [[Carrie (1952 film)|the 1952 film of the same name]] starring [[Laurence Olivier]] and directed by [[William Wyler]]. Or with [[Sex and the City|that Carrie]]. Or [[The King of Queens|that one]].

** Lampshaded in the parody ''Scarrie!'':

{{quote|'''Chris:''' "The Carrie Whites of the world aren't meant to go out with the Tommy Rosses of the world! For if God had wanted that, he would have given her a kick-ass bod, and long hair, that ''layers easily'' and '''DANCES IN THE WIND!!'''"}}

* [[Asshole Victim]]: Let's face it, {{spoiler|Billy and Chris}} kind of had it coming.

* [[Ballroom Blitz]]

** In the book, there is a flashback from Margaret, involving her own grandmother (Carrie's great-grandmother). The woman would display her telekinesis and cackle madly. She'd also gone completely senile at an early age before dying of a heart attack. It's shown that she was a pretty frightening figure for Margaret to grow up with, which is probably why she ended up being a crazy religious fanatic. It's subtle but gives her a very slight [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] view.

* [[Buried Alive]]: {{spoiler|Carrie in Sue's nightmare at the end of the original film.}}

* [[Censor Steam]]: The television edit put in a ''ton'' of CGI steam to hide all the nudity in the opening five minutes.

* [[Christianity Is Catholic]]: In the original film, most of the religious iconography that shows up in Margaret's house is explicitly Catholic.

 

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