I have the original Carrie movie from 1976 on VHS.About two years ago,there was a televised remake of the film.I don't find it to be as scary as the original Sissy spacek version.Which do you prefer?

I've only ever seen the TV version, because it was on and I watched it with my mom.

The 1976 version is far better then the television movie. Still, the TV movie was pretty good.

If the ending of the TV version of Carrie had been changed, it would have been a close to perfect adaptation. I like the original too, but it was annoying how much it had changed from the book (though Sissy Spacek was better as Carrie). Patricia Clarkson is better as Carrie's mother in the new one (Piper Laurie was a bit schizophrenic and theatrical in her role- Clarkson has a more evil air aobut her- especially in Dogville).

I'm not sure which I like better. If the tv-version is on video, I'll buy it and compare both films.

Originally posted by webuster
If the ending of the TV version of Carrie had been changed, it would have been a close to perfect adaptation. I like the original too, but it was annoying how much it had changed from the book (though Sissy Spacek was better as Carrie). Patricia Clarkson is better as Carrie's mother in the new one (Piper Laurie was a bit schizophrenic and theatrical in her role- Clarkson has a more evil air aobut her- especially in Dogville).

I'm not sure which I like better. If the tv-version is on video, I'll buy it and compare both films.

The tv version is not on video, at least I don't think so, but it is out on DVD.

Carrie the movie was much better.

I like the girl who played Carrie in the TV version ecspecially in the shower scen

of course, the movie.

The Movie

I prefer the movie. I'm watching it now.

Originally posted by webuster
If the ending of the TV version of Carrie had been changed, it would have been a close to perfect adaptation. I like the original too, but it was annoying how much it had changed from the book (though Sissy Spacek was better as Carrie). Patricia Clarkson is better as Carrie's mother in the new one (Piper Laurie was a bit schizophrenic and theatrical in her role- Clarkson has a more evil air aobut her- especially in Dogville).

I'm not sure which I like better. If the tv-version is on video, I'll buy it and compare both films.

That's interesting. In my opinion Piper Laurie was way better - she had that character down. Yeah she was psycho, but that was the point. I really don't like Clarkson that much to begin with, and she didn't really do all that she could have with her part. Sissy Spacek was better, but the girl in the new version did do a very good job. I own both movies. I tend to turn the new one off before the ending and try to pretend it's not there. ;)

The new version ends that way because there was a plan at one point to do a tv series about Carrie living in Florida dealing with her psychic abilities. That sounds like a great idea for a show- but they should've left Stephen King's story out of it and just not have made it about Carrie White!!! The ending ruins the tv version. I'd like to see the endinmg as in the book- it's been a while from I've read it but Carrie dies a while after she kills Billy Nolan when he tries to crash into her. She haemorrages in a car park with Sue by her side. In one version the PE teacher doesn't die, in the other she does- can't remember which one it happened in (I think she died in the book).

The original had a very frightening final scene- but I didn't like that Carrie was killed by her house falling on her. Brian De Palma's split screen use for Carrie at the prom ("They're all gonna laugh at you!") was very effective though- I saw De palma use that for 'Phantom of the Paradise'. In terms of more imaginative directing- the original is better.

I just thought Clarkson had more of an air or evil about her. Liza, have you seen Dogville? After seeing Dogville you can't help but be reminded of the wickedness of Clarkson's character in Dogville.

There is one VERY camp line in the new Carrie and a silly attempt to update the film to modern day; Carrie is searching for telekinesis on the internet, and when she tells her Mom about it she says in a really wicked voice "THE INTERNET!"- you can just imaigne Kathy Bates in The Waterboy saying that- "The Internet is the Devil!"

I always thought Kathy Bates would've been great as Carrie's Mom- slightly too old, but she's a great actress.

Do they not have the mom saying "They're all gonna laugh at you in the movie when they do the split screen , when they show the movie on TV or did I just not hear it?

Originally posted by Liza
That's interesting. In my opinion Piper Laurie was way better - she had that character down. Yeah she was psycho, but that was the point. I really don't like Clarkson that much to begin with, and she didn't really do all that she could have with her part. Sissy Spacek was better, but the girl in the new version did do a very good job. I own both movies. I tend to turn the new one off before the ending and try to pretend it's not there. ;)

Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie own those roles, and the Oscar nominations they both recieved for their acting in Carrie proved that. Piper Laurie also brought some dark humor to the role that was missing from the television movie.

Originally posted by webuster
The new version ends that way because there was a plan at one point to do a tv series about Carrie living in Florida dealing with her psychic abilities. That sounds like a great idea for a show- but they should've left Stephen King's story out of it and just not have made it about Carrie White!!! The ending ruins the tv version. I'd like to see the endinmg as in the book- it's been a while from I've read it but Carrie dies a while after she kills Billy Nolan when he tries to crash into her. She haemorrages in a car park with Sue by her side. In one version the PE teacher doesn't die, in the other she does- can't remember which one it happened in (I think she died in the book).

The original had a very frightening final scene- but I didn't like that Carrie was killed by her house falling on her. Brian De Palma's split screen use for Carrie at the prom ("They're all gonna laugh at you!") was very effective though- I saw De palma use that for 'Phantom of the Paradise'. In terms of more imaginative directing- the original is better.

I just thought Clarkson had more of an air or evil about her. Liza, have you seen Dogville? After seeing Dogville you can't help but be reminded of the wickedness of Clarkson's character in Dogville.

There is one VERY camp line in the new Carrie and a silly attempt to update the film to modern day; Carrie is searching for telekinesis on the internet, and when she tells her Mom about it she says in a really wicked voice "THE INTERNET!"- you can just imaigne Kathy Bates in The Waterboy saying that- "The Internet is the Devil!"

I always thought Kathy Bates would've been great as Carrie's Mom- slightly too old, but she's a great actress.

I'm in the middle of the book right now. Well, I was. The nine books I'm reading for school take precedence, but once I graduate in December I'll finish it ;)

Yeah Clarkson did an okay job, I just am a huge Piper Laurie fan. To begin with I believe she's a much better actress than Clarkson. She was Margaret White. Clarkson had a good interpretation, but I just wasn't very impressed by her. She should have pushed further.

I agree that the idea of a TV series with a girl with telekinesis could have been an interesting show - if they'd left Carrie alone. I've been reading about how Stephen King wrote the original novel, (two girls he knew in highschool that both died young). I dare anybody to read that and then tell me that Carrie White should have lived happily ever after. It's totally missing the point.

I'm gonna re-read Carrie sometime soon- it was a great book. When I was reading it before, I actually wanted Carrie to live- but the whole livign happily ever after would have been too much- considering she killed practically everyone- even people who may never have even seen her before.

Have you seen The Rage: Carrie 2? It's a sequel to the original movie- not the book (in the book Carrie's dad dies, in the movie he runs away- in The Rage, it turns out Carrie has a half-sister). It's an OK film- some of it I didn't like though-the girl in The Rage wasn't treated anywhere near as badly as Carrie was and still killed loads of people- plus she killed Sue (Amy Irving) from the original film- Sue was great!

I did see Carrie 2, for Amy Irving alone. She did a fantastic job reprising her role, but it was so stupid to have her die like that. Her character deserved a better ending.

I'd like to see a Carrie 3- they've already blemished the whole Carrie story by making a Carrie 2 and a godawful ending to the TV-remake, so a 3rd sequel could be tried to see if anything can be done. Then again, without original cast members- a third film would just be using characters names and the name of a popular film to get publicity.

wtf is with the ending? It wasn't scary at all. Oh and it's a shame that P.J Soles got hurt from the pig's blood scene. :(

The ending scared the hell out of me the first time I watched it- when Carries arm shoots up from the grave and Sue wakes up screaming- it was really unexpected the first time I watched it.

well, the original Carrie is scarier, but I do like the "happy ending" in the second, where Carrie lives, and Sue Snell and her patch things up and in the end, Sue's a good character too.

what about the godawful Carrie 2 that came out a few years back that had nothing to do with the original except for Amy Irving?

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
well, the original Carrie is scarier, but I do like the "happy ending" in the second, where Carrie lives, and Sue Snell and her patch things up and in the end, Sue's a good character too.

No way. The original has the untimate ending. The nightmare sequence in which Carrie's hand comes out of the grave and grabs Sue's arm is classic Brian De Palma. He also did a terrific nightmare sequence in Dressed to Kill four years later.

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
what about the godawful Carrie 2 that came out a few years back that had nothing to do with the original except for Amy Irving?

That was pretty bad.:barf:

Does Carrie's mom live in the book? And how exactly did the TV movie end?

Carrie's mom also dies in the book- Carrie uses telekinesis to stop her heart- and the scene is great int he tv version. However, the death in the original looked better- the knived flying into her.

The TV movie has Carrie surviving, and the last scenes are her and Sue (I think they're in a car) saying goodbye, as Carrie heads to Miami to start a new life as a cast member on The Golden Girls (just kidding- she just leaves for Miami, the end).