We also recognize that the town of Chamberlain has changed because of Carrie's rampage. Now she. She is asked to the prom by Tommy but thinks it is a trick and is confronted again while walking home. 16 Carrie was dragged inside their narrow closet where she was locked in and forced to pray, which she did, after all. Then, when Carrie told her that she was invited to the Prom, Margaret became incensed and threw tea at her. She had auburn hair, a small frame and shared the same characteristics as her counterpart in the novel. Margaret occasionally had wild fits and broke into loud rants and tantrums if she ever caught Carrie doing something that she considered a "sin", which was basically anything that didn't have to with the Bible. Whos laughing now, Mom? She evidently has the presence of mind to "fall" and not hurt herself too much. Carrie mercilessly left the remaining Prom goers trapped inside with the now-dead Tommy to be consumed by the hellish inferno created by her telekinetic abilities and the rest was history. At the age of 15, Carrie unexpectedly had her first period while taking a shower in the girls locker room after gym class. When Prom Night arrived, Margaret and Carrie got into another argument about the Prom. Carrie's pleasure came to an end when a bucket of blood was spilled on her, much to her horror. On the evening of the Prom, Carrie prepared for the night and tried on the elegant and authentic Prom gown she made. She demands that she is going and wants to be normal. A lush dog fur collar was thrown over Carrie's shoulders and Tommy was given a scepter wrapped in aluminum foil. Carrie then told Margaret about Tommy and the Prom, and remarked that he was a good boy. She locks her in the closet and orders her to pray for "forgiveness" when she learns about the shower incident, because she said it was a "curse" for Eve's disobedience offering Adam the fruit and creating the original sin. Throbbing veins are described whenever Carrie manifests her powers. Margaret was very evil and very abusive to her daughter, Carrie. Sue goes on to write a memoir about her involvement with Carrie White. Sue witnesses this from outside. Ralph's accident took place 7 months before Carrie's birth. As she walks home, she unleashes her powers on the town as well, destroying several buildings and killing hundreds of people. Her death causes Carrie to destroy the house with her and her mother in it dying on the way. Margaret dies the same way as the original Margaret, with house-hold objects stabbing her and being crucified. When she gets the call, that Carrie had her period, she slaps Carrie at home and drags her into the closet, where she has to pray because of she is guilty of Eve's Disobedience (women are punished by God for Eve eating from the forbidden tree and then encouraging Adam to do so). Carrie begins walking away, ignoring Tommy's attempts to get her back on stage. Tragically, making a direct and detail-perfect novel-to-film adaptation of anything is impossible.Something will always be left out. Carrie is shocked and stares at Tommy in disbelief. She desperately wants to please her abusive, Bible-thumping mother, but even more badly, she just wants a normal life. Carrie then agreed into dancing with Tommy, On the spur of the moment, Carrie had her first kiss with him. This caused more explosions that destroyed and demolished the town shops and local businesses. Shes so sick with depression and emotionally imbalanced that its presenting as a physical pain. He also was the boyfriend of Sue Snell, who was one of the popular girls and a bully of Carrie. A few days later at school, when the incident had died down, Carrie was unexpectedly approached by Tommy Ross, who asked her to go to the Senior Prom with him. She wanted a new beginning and saw the Senior Prom as a part of that change. She laughs when Erika says if they kill each other, she'll just dance with Carrie. She has blonde hair and very pale skin. So Carrie had to stay in the closet for hours on end until her mother decided to release her. Carrie makes the knife fly off the desk onto the ground, without her mother noticing. class, who all laughed hysterically as they threw tampons, small towels and sanitary napkins at her while loudly chanting "Plug it up! Carrie, still covered in blood, much of it being her own by now, and one of her bare feet was bleeding from stepping on a broken bottle in the streets, had the intention of finally killing her mother who had been waiting for her daughter to return to her. Carrie then brought down the power lines, and when the snapped power wires hit the water and gas-soaked pavement, it ignited several wildfires that burned down the majority of the town's neighborhoods. Patricia Clarkson as Carrie's mother Margaret White in Carrie (2002 remake). Patricia Clarkson portrayed Margaret White in the 2002 film remake. This Margaret is much calmer, but she also tries to kill Carrie for the same reasons, too. In this version, however, she doesn't try to kill Carrie with a knife. It is implied, she has decided to kill her daughter to "free her of Satan". Seconds after, Sue got up to fetch for help, but could feel herself miscarrying, though she initially thought that she was apparently having her period. At the end after Sue's words, Carrie's headstone cracks before exploding, you hear her screams. The 2013 remake of Carrie later teased the possibility that Carrie was not dead, when the ending showed her tombstone cracking apart, indicating that there is possibly still life within her body, assuming she was ever buried. Indeed, Carrie was at the bottom of the social pyramid, but what no one knew, not even her mother, was that Carrie White was no ordinary girl, as she had been blessed or cursed, with hidden telekinetic and telepathic powers that were dormant during her youth, but brought to full force by the time she was in high school after she unexpectedly had her first period in the girl's locker room. Both are shocked. These last thoughts made Carrie suddenly snap. While Carrie is putting on her make-up, Margaret tells her desperately not to go, but Carrie slides her mother across and out of the room and slams the door. Tommy visited Carrie, once again insisting in taking her to the ball. In Carrie (1976) Margaret was shown to be very religious and very creepy. She tells Sue (who didn't know) that she is pregnant with a girl before throwing her out to safety. 47 After that, she left for the Prom, while Margaret loudly prayed in another room. While on stage, Chris drenches Carrie in pig's blood. Updated: May 21, 2021. She then told Carrie, that boys only wanted "sex" from young girls like herself. Angry by her mother's actions, Carrie decided it was time to teach her mother a lesson too. Tommy tells her, he wants at least one dance with her. They also learned from this telepathythat it was Carrie White causing the destruction, regardless of if they knew or not who Carrie even was. She was killed by her mother who immediately got killed by a heart attack via Carrie's telekinesis and brought back to life by her best friend Sue Snell in the second adaptation (2002) and it is hinted that she lives in the 2013 adaptation as well when cracks appear on her gravestone in the closing sequence. Carrie then remembered her mother's ominous words that she would be scorned once again, Miss Collin's kind words of confidence, and the incident in the shower as, in her mind, everyone at the gym laughed at her. Don't worry about her truly hurting herself. Though Margaret had love for her daughter, her illness warped her perspective on reality and prevented her from loving Carrie in a responsible, positive way. Margaret had a serious mental problem that made her devote her life to being a Christian who believed everything was sinful, even sexual intercourse, including within marriage. She holds Carrie's hand in the car on the way home; when she lets Carrie out of the closet, she braids her hair & says "I love you"; when she sees Carrie laying in bed, she tucks her in and says, "I won't let anyone hurt you, little girl, you're safe here with me." Eventually, Carrie made her way through the exit and out the lobby doors, losing both her high-heel shoes as if she were Cinderella fleeing from the Ball. She then bangs her head rapidly and eventually gets out. No one could explain how it happened, but somehow, Margaret knew. During a dramatic sequence interspersed with Lily's (Cathy Ang) piano concert, Mr. Big was seen going hard at his spin class, before keeling over near the shower. She locks Carrie in the closet and scrapes her own arms with her nails until she bleeds. Carrie seemingly keeps her powers a secret from her mother until she talks about the Prom. Carrie later went on to help other teens with their telekinesis in a hidden manner. As Carrie approached her mother, bloody and dirty, Margaret sat before Carrie and then told her about her miscarriage and the true story of how she considered killing herself after having premarital intercourse with Ralph. Died whenever Carrie tries to stop her mom from hurting herself, Carries mom slaps Carrie with her Bible and knocks her over. Sue, who had been following the trail of destruction caused by Carrie in hopes of tracking her down to stop her rampage, finally arrived a short time later only to find Carrie nearly dead on the ground in the burning lot. Carrie's powers then manifested on the loose, bringing the house down over her. The two were married on March 23rd, 1962, shortly after, but on April 2nd, 1962, Margaret was admitted to Westover Doctors Hospital for a suspected miscarriage. WebAn-mei's mother had returned home when her own mother, Popo, lay dying. Updated: May 21, 2021. If you read the book and then compare with this telefilm you will find that. Margaret practically chastised Carrie from right to wrong and began teaching the child that everything that one can think of is a "sin", a result of her abnormal beliefs. The level of Carrie's "un-coolness" and the height of constant and verbal abuse she endured at the hands of her mother and peers and fellow classmates in the novel was far more extreme compared to the versions of the films. Margaret White in Carrie was portrayed by Patricia Clarkson. In a deleted scene, Margaret grabs a knife and most likely washes the blood of her hands. Soon, Miss Desjardin came over to the table at which Carrie sat and told her the story about her own Prom experience. Throughout much of the movie, there were segments where different characters gave their accounts of the Ewen High prom night incident. Carrie's powers were strong even when she was a small child and she was also able to read other people's minds and inner thoughts when they were close enough to her, namely Miss Desjardin, the gym teacher, who secretly felt both disgusted and pity for the young girl. WebThe backstory: Carries dad quit her and her mother when she was 5. Family information Knowing she was responsible for what had happened to Ewen High and downtown Chamberlain, Billy tried to run Carrie down with his car to kill her. She examines such questions such as whether or not she would have chosen and married Doug, who was a sloppy, overweight, blue-collar package deliveryman. Chris and Billy eventually arrived at the school unseen and quietly lurked outside the gym patiently. In the original version there was a sense of self-hatred, but in the latest version that self-hatred is magnified. Carrie then peered into the windows and watched students' faces smashed up against the glass like fish in an aquarium, seeing this made her laugh. It's then, when Carrie first shows her power by slamming a door in front of her. In the end, an entire town was destroyed, taking 440 lives with it. The Black Prom tragedy hits the nation bigger than the J.F.K. Originally Published: Feb. 8, 2018. It also shows that Carrie was not consciously aware of what she was doing, because the prank and the subsequent laughter had put her in a temporary, catatonic state of mind where her inner rage took over and unleashed her secret powers which led to the subconscious activation of her prom rampage and the tragic destruction of the town. Carrie then falls asleep in the closet shortly afterward. Portrayed by The original high school is left abandoned and lies in ruins and has not been rebuilt while its surroundings have also been abandoned. Patricia Clarkson portrayed Margaret White in the 2002 film remake. In sports, Carrie was always missing the ball, even in kickball or clumsily running into the net during volleyball. Also, the "downtown destruction" segment, as portrayed in the novel, which was left out from the 1976 movie because of budget constraints occurred here. She lies down on the bed with her. Carrie reveals her power to her mother by lifting up all the furniture and her mother off the floor. Carrie (2002) Scared, Carrie simply ran away from him. Gender Margaret White was portrayed by Piper Laurie. Margaret believes this is a sin and tried to "cleanse" Carrie by stabbing her, but Carrie instinctively uses her telekinesis to protect herself. In 2013, Hank Hunt's daughter, Kari, was attacked and killed by her estranged husband in a Marshall, Texas hotel room. Ms. Desjardin tries to calm Carrie down and a light fixture breaks by itself. Margaret mentioned that her father was taken by sin, and Carrie remarked that he had fled with another woman, something everybody around them knew. Carrie in this version is more similar to the book, but in modern terms. All the while, Carrie was repeatedly teased and bullied by her classmates at every school she ever attended. Relatives This woman died because her master beat her child out of her. Enraged, Carrie acts strongly similar to, Carrie is not gifted with telepathy in the films. Margaret was very evil and abusive to her daughter, Carrie. One of the best parts of the novel Carrie is Carrie's dramatic inner conflict about whether or not she should go to prom. It breaks Margaret's own heart to feel like she has to treat her daughter this way; compare to the 1976 Margaret especially who seemed to take pleasure in abusing Carrie, even laughing and smiling as she did so. For some reason, both viewed any form of sex, even marital intercourse, as sinful. Both scenes were cut. Despite being the main antagonist, she wasn't revealed to be the true villain until the very end. However, she also entered a comatose state because of the murder attempt of her mother on her. Afraid that her mother would come and caught him at their door, Carrie accepted at last. But they never found any other church in the area that was up to their traditional standards, so they held worship at home instead. She wanted to protect Carrie and not let her go out into the real world. Margaret Brigham-White Margaret was shown to be very religious and very creepy. She stabs Carrie in Now she's ready because "the devil has come home" (2.733). Carrie lived in the very small and peaceful town of Chamberlain, Maine, with her severely mentally unstable mother who had cut her daughter off from all social life due to her religious beliefs. Margaret then started to scratch and punch herself in the face, but Carrie used her power to slide her mother out of the room. The idea that this could be the girl's first period did not occur to Carrie's female classmates. Carrie (2013) Then Billy placed the buckets over the school's stage on a high rafter beam completely hidden out of sight. More of Carrie's telekinetic abilities were demonstrated on that same day. Sue appears shortly afterwards, but is held in the grasp of Carrie. At Prom night, Margaret approached Carrie, stating that she knew Carrie would wear "red", while her dress was actually pink. She also confessed that Carrie was conceived by marital rape and that she was a punishment from God. Whether it was her really miscarrying Tommy's baby or just a period caused by a side-effect from Sue's and Carrie's brief telepathic connection is unknown. At Christian Summer Camp, her comrades played pranks on her such as hiding all her underwear and putting a snake in her shoe or short sheeting her bunk-bed. She uses her powers to push Ms. Desjardin away, shocking and scaring George and Erika. Carrie (2013) However, when she returns home, she regains her consciousness in the bathtub shortly before her mother tried to drown her when she subconsciously took a bath to wash all the pig's blood off of her dress and her entire body. When Carrie saw her mother and vice versa, both were shocked to realize that one wanted to kill the other. It is true that full-blown narcissists are unlikely to change, but the adult child can do his or her own internal work for recovery. She was a strong woman and a Christian fanatic. Heterosexual A seamstress, Carrie made herself a dress for the night. Carrie killed 73 people at the night of the Prom. That same day, she was contacted through a telephone about Carrie's ordeal from school and began to violently beat Carrie when she returned home from work. Carrie was also uncoordinated in her movements and once fell flat on her face during dance class in sophomore year and chipped a tooth. This Margaret is much calmer, but she also tries to kill Carrie for the same reasons, too. Ralph White (Husband)Carrie White (Daughter)John Brigham (Father)Judith Brigham (Mother) Margaret was a heavy-set woman with white hair pulled in a tight bun, she always wore black clothing and sported rimless bifocal glasses. Stephen King Wiki is a FANDOM Books Community. When Carrie developed her telekinesis further she saw Carrie as a witch and, like Abraham, was determined to sacrifice her to god. However, after seeing Tommy die, she runs back to him and mourns his death. and the word echoed in her mind. Finallythe incident also became in time some kind of "Urban Legend" in the town. Carrie manifests her powers in a state of trance (seen only in the 2002 film), while in the novel, she kills her bullies more consciously. Margaret then appeared to seemingly comfort Carrie, telling her daughter that she was conceived after Ralph got drunk and they made love, which Margaret regretted. Carrie is consumed by guilt and pain following her Mother's attack and her self-defence against her which ends in her Mother's death. As Carrie walked home barefoot, she left a path of destruction and death in her wake: she "flexed" her mind as hard as she could and made local gas mains at numerous corner stations explode, and let the broken pumps leak the spilled gasoline into the roads. Since Carrie had no previous knowledge about the concept of menstruation the students rejection of Carrie became even fiercer. who was in Mr. Mortan, assistant principles office and why. Reluctant to vote for themselves, Tommy persuaded her to do so. If they stay here longer, they will be dead. Before she has the chance to do it, however, Carrie sends a group of knifes, pinning her against the doorway and killing her instantly, thus ending her life once and for all. Chris then had her friends rig the ballots for Prom King and Queen to ensure that Carrie and Tommy would win the contest. Carrie says yes and her mother kisses her on the forehead, telling her she loves her. "Red I might have known it would be red". She also kills for being humiliated, while the laughing crowd is a result of her inner fear in, Carrie actually leaves the gym and remembers her "gift" outside, returning and locking her bullies in. Margaret White (Mother)Ralph White (Father)Judith Brigham (Grandmother)John Brigham (Grandfather)Rachel Lang (younger half-sister) After the events of the prom, Carrie visits her grave for the first and last time and before she goes with Sue to Florida. Carrie ignored her mother's crazy actions and even used her powers to physically slide her mother out the door of her bedroom and shut it in order to get ready without being distracted. Miss Desjardin calmed Carrie down and reassured her everything was going to be okay and that she wasn't dying. Meanwhile, Margaret had "snapped" earlier on and hidden a knife under one of the floor boards to stab Carrie with, having fallen to the belief that her daughter was ruled by Satan. While they both recited the Lord's Prayer, Margaret stabbed Carrie and caused her to fall downstairs, backwards. WebCarries mom in the 2013 film is more interested in harming herself than harming Carrie White. The bucket thenkills Tommy and everyone laughs at Carrie. So in return, Carrie used her powers to slow her mother's heart down, painfully and very slowly, until eventually stopping it completely and killing her by giving her a heart attack. The actress herself does the stunt for the infamous nightmare scene, after insisting on it. She warns her readers to never forget about Carrie, or the events that occurred in Chamberlain, or something like it could happen all over again. Carrie also tried on matching high-heel shoes and a lovely corsage to complete the look. Many perish in the fire (except Ms. Desjardin) and Carrie leaves, leaving a massive trail of destruction and flames while she walks home. Carrie then questioned why she was there, and was told that it was because she liked his poem. Meanwhile, in the 2013 movie, during almost every scene, she expresses how much she loves Carrie. She locks her in the closet and orders her to pray for "forgiveness" when she learns about the shower incident, because she said it was a "curse" for Eve's disobedience offering Adam the fruit and creating the original sin. Carrie returns home where she finds that her mother has escaped the closet and has gotten hold of a kitchen knife. She is allegedly the only daughter of Margaret and Ralph White, even though it hints that Ralph may have had other children with different women. This surprised both Tommy and Carrie, who walked away as if nothing had happened. In the 2013 Carrie remake film, Carrie White was portrayed by Chlo Grace Moretz. Margaret lived with her parents John and Judith Brigham in Motton, Maine until 1960, when she moved to Chamberlain with Ralph White. Here, Carrie could feel them, almost taste them with her telepathy. With the water from the firehose, Carrie knocked Norma down and electrified Mr. Fromm and the principal. Carrie reappears in the sequel, but only in flashbacks through a now middle-aged Sue Snell's memories about what happened regarding the events, which later lead to The Black Prom. They were in the palm of her hand. Carrie sews her own dress and buys makeup, and on prom night, her mother tries to convince her that it is a trick and threatens to tell Tommy the truth. Even when 2013 Margaret is about to kill Carrie, she says, "I should've given you to God when you were born, but I loved you so much, and I said, 'God, let me keep my little girl'." As Carrie went, a neighbourhood boy cycled across her yelling "Creepy Carrie", and was telekinetically knocked down by Carrie. 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