Carrie (1976) Part 2: Life Is For the Wicked, Not So Heaven-Sent

SPOILER ALERT: This episode has spoilers for and discussion of Mike Flanagan's Carrie series.

In Part 2 of Morally Offensive’s two-part episode on Carrie (1976), Bill and Jess are joined by Morally Offensive co-founder Cisco Scartozzi to dig into Brian De Palma’s classic Stephen King adaptation, from the infamous prom night massacre to the behind-the-scenes stories, cinematography, special effects challenges, and production mishaps that brought Carrie White’s telekinetic revenge to life. Has the film’s opening slow-motion tracking shot through the girls’ locker room aged poorly, or were Catholic reviewers overreacting? And why is a supposedly fundamentalist Protestant household decorated with so much Catholic kitsch? The discussion gets into the performances, the film’s religious imagery, Brian De Palma's mastery of the motivated moving camera, and footage that didn’t make the final cut, including additional scenes of Carrie practicing her telekinetic powers and the infamous "rain of stones".

The conversation also compares De Palma’s 1976 horror classic with Mike Flanagan’s new Carrie series, with major spoilers for the series. What changes when Stephen King’s story is reimagined for a new generation, and what do both adaptations have to say about religious fanaticism, bullying, repression, and the horrors of adolescence? Plus, one of the hosts REALLY had to rub it in that he got to see Haute and Freddy play a small venue before Flanagan recruited them to basically score his verion of Carrie.

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