Carrie (1976)
the entire movie is to see her haunting walk down from the stage with the curtains burning in the background. this movie is superior to its remake. it is unpleasant to watch. it incorporates the bright, 70s film aesthetic, but the feel is plastic not fun. it is trying for the mix of daylight and smiley life scenes to give contrast to its horror. it's starch, plot-forwarding scenes leading into successfully dark but in result uncomfortable horror scenes. her freaking out in the shower is successful horror, but i'm never gonna watch that again. the weekend cruising scene with travolta must be the inspiration for Dazed and Confused's. or maybe that was a thing in 70s film. so, the movie is uncomfortable in a way that i think a lot of horror fans like. i don't. sissy spacek is beautiful and disturbing. as said, her almost floating off stage makes the movie. oh, sue approaching the grave in her white dress is cool as well. reminds me of Phenomena. there is a bit of argento-esque lighting throughout the film.
Carrie (2013)
in this one carrie actually does float off stage. spacek's carrie is haunting. chloë is cute. doesn't work as well. it makes the movie much more watchable. it's not disturbing. it's nothing. part of what makes carrie's exit so great in the '76 version is that she leaves everyone to burn. and they do. chloë lets them out; that's not horror. julianne moore does make me uncomfortable as the mother, but she's out of place and working in too weak a setting.
i had blinders on while watching the '76 version first and was just waiting for the big scene, so it took me a while to catch on that the two popular girls are working independently of each other and sue actually is trying to do something good. the 2013 version really beats this point. this film is pg-13, kid-targeted high school scenes leading into weak, cg horror that earn its R rating only through staying reasonably true to the original. chloë doesn't make a fool of herself or anything. she's just miscast. she can play a female horror role; it has to be doll-like. she looks great in her pretty dress with the blood running down through her eye. carrie is spectral. sissy is. chloë isn't.
No one laugh at me, I was getting in touch again with my childhood (saw it with my mother)! I LOVED the muppets as a child!!
