Adaptations of Carrie

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Carrie
Created by	Stephen King
Original work	Carrie (1974)
Owner	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Years	1974–present
Print publications
Novel(s)	Carrie
Films and television
Film(s)	Carrie (1976) The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) Carrie (2002) Carrie (2013)
Television special(s)	Riverdale: A Night to Remember (2018)
Theatrical presentations
Musical(s)	Carrie: The Musical (1988) Scarrie! The Musical (1998) Carrie 2: The Rage (An Unauthorized Musical Parody)
Audio
Soundtrack(s)	Carrie (1976) The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) Carrie (2002) Carrie: Music from the Motion Picture (2013) Carrie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2013) Riverdale – Carrie: The Musical (2018)

Carrie is an American horror media franchise, based on the 1974 novel of the same name by author Stephen King. The series consists of four films, a Broadway musical and a television special.

Novel[]

In the novel, a slightly overweight, shy, and bullied girl named Carietta White is being raised by Margaret, an unstable religious fanatic who locks Carrie in a closet whenever she does something that may be considered sinful. When Carrie gets her first period in the shower, she panics as Margaret never taught her to prepare for having a period. Christine Hargensen and Susan Snell ringlead the other girls to chant “period” and stare at Carrie. A few of the girls even throw tampons, further confusing Carrie, who believes she is dying. The gym teacher, Rita Desjardin, punishes the girls with a week of detention and suspends Chris when she refuses to comply. Desjardin also sends Carrie home with Margaret, believing Carrie should confront her mother about it. Margaret locks Carrie in the ‘praying closet’, as Margaret believes that periods are a symbol of a sexual sin on Carrie’s part. Carrie bangs on the closet door, which does not budge; Carrie accidentally breaks the door with her mind. Carrie and Margaret are shocked, and after researching and practicing her new talent, Carrie discovers that she has telekinesis. Meanwhile, Chris feels as if she should not be suspended and decides to have revenge on Carrie. Sue, however, feels bad about her part in the incident and wants to apologize, but is too nervous to do so. Sue tells her boyfriend Tommy Ross to ask Carrie to prom, noting that Carrie has a crush on Tommy. Carrie originally thinks that the invitation was a means of tricking her, but Tommy pleads, and Carrie realizes that his invitation is genuine and accepts; she then sews herself a beautiful white dress for prom. Meanwhile, Chris and her boyfriend Billy Nolan collect pigs’ blood in a bucket and hang it over the auditorium stage. Chris employs her friend Tina Blake to make fake Prom Queen ballots with Carrie’s name on them so that the blood will dump on Carrie and humiliate her. On prom night, Margaret initially forbids Carrie to attend prom, claiming that Tommy and the others will laugh at her, but Carrie is tired of her mother controlling her life and shoves her mother into the ‘praying closet’ with her powers. At prom, the blood is dumped on Carrie, but in the process the bucket holding the blood hits Tommy on the head, causing him to die of blood loss. Carrie flees, but then remembers her powers and locks the prom doors with them. She causes a fire and thwarts any attempt to put out her fire, killing multiple students and teachers. Carrie returns home, where Margaret tells Carrie how she was conceived: through a bizarre form of marital rape. Margaret then comes to the conclusion that Carrie’s powers come from Satan and stabs her with a knife. Carrie telekinetically stops Margaret’s heart in an attempt to save herself, but is immediately regretful. Carrie attempts to flee, but she is bleeding so heavily from the stab wound that she can barely walk. Sue finds Carrie, and after a brief telepathic conversation, Carrie forgives Sue. Then Carrie dies crying out to her mother. Sue visits Carrie's grave, which has been vandalized to read "Carrie White burns in hell". Sue pays her respects, but then hears Carrie's enraged scream. Sue, terrified, then wakes up to her mother hugging her and telling her that everything will be okay. Sue realizes that the graveyard scene was a dream, and hopes Carrie is at peace.

Films[]

Film	U.S. release date	Director(s)	Screenwriter(s)	Producer(s)
Carrie (1976)	November 3, 1976 (1976-11-03)	Brian De Palma	Lawrence D. Cohen	Paul Monash
The Rage: Carrie 2	March 12, 1999 (1999-03-12)	Katt Shea	Rafael Moreu
Carrie (2002)	November 4, 2002 (2002-11-04)	David Carson	Bryan Fuller	David Carson and Stephen Geaghan
Carrie (2013)	October 18, 2013 (2013-10-18)	Kimberly Peirce	Lawrence D. Cohen and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa	Kevin Misher

Television miniseries[]

In December 2019, Collider reported that a new adaptation, a miniseries, is in development at FX and MGM Television.^[1]

Television special[]

Television	U.S. release date	Director	Screenwriter(s)	Producer(s)
Riverdale: A Night to Remember	April 18, 2018 (2018-04-18)	Jason Stone	Arabella Anderson and Tessa Williams	Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Greg Berlanti, Jon Goldwater and Sarah Schechter

A television special of The CW series Riverdale, based on Carrie: The Musical, from the series second season episode titled "Chapter Thirty-One: A Night to Remember". The series' cast to portray the characters from the musical, also with their respective characters of Archie Comics from the series.^[2] "A Night to Remember" also made references to the 1976 film.^[3]

Cast[]

Key

• A ^Y indicates the actor portrayed the role of a younger version of the character.
• An ^A indicates an appearance through archival footage.
• A dark gray cell indicates the character was not in the film.

Characters	Films				Television special
	Carrie	The Rage: Carrie 2	Carrie	Carrie	Riverdale: A Night to Remember
	1976	1999	2002	2013	2018
The Cast
Carrie White	Sissy Spacek	Sissy SpacekA	Angela Bettis Jodelle FerlandY	Chloë Grace Moretz Skyler WexlerY	Madelaine Petsch (as Cheryl Blossom)[2] Emilija Baranac (as Midge Klump)[2]
Margaret White	Piper Laurie	Piper LaurieA (voice only)	Patricia Clarkson	Julianne Moore	Mädchen Amick (as Alice Cooper)[2]
Sue Snell	Amy Irving		Kandyse McClure	Gabriella Wilde	Lili Reinhart (as Betty Cooper)[2]
Rita Desjardin	Betty Buckley (as Miss Collins)		Rena Sofer (as Miss Desjarden)	Judy Greer	Ashleigh Murray (as Josie McCoy and Miss Gardner)[2]
Tommy Ross	William Katt	William KattA	Tobias Mehler	Ansel Elgort	KJ Apa (as Archie Andrews)[2]
Chris Hargensen	Nancy Allen		Emilie de Ravin	Portia Doubleday	Camila Mendes (as Veronica Lodge)[2]
Billy Nolan	John Travolta		Jesse Cadotte	Alex Russell	Jordan Calloway (as Chuck Clayton)[3]
Norma Watson	P. J. Soles	P. J. SolesA	Meghan Black		Vanessa Morgan (as Toni Topaz and Norma)[3]
Helen Shyres	Edie McClurg		Chelan Simmons	Mentioned	Shannon Purser (as Ethel Muggs and Helen)[3]
Rachel Lang		Emily Bergl Kayla CampbellY
Barbara Lang	Mentioned	J. Smith-Cameron
Jesse Ryan		Jason London
Mark Bing		Dylan Bruno
Eric Stark		Zachery Ty Bryan
Monica Jones		Rachel Blanchard
Tracy Campbell		Charlotte Ayanna
Brad Winters		Justin Urich
Supporting characters
Principal Morton	Stefan Gierasch	Stefan GieraschA	Laurie Murdoch	Barry Shabaka Henley
Mrs. Snell	Priscilla Pointer	Priscilla PointerA	Mentioned	Cynthia Preston (as Eleanor Snell)
Mr. Fromm	Sydney Lassick	Sydney LassickA
Freddy DeLois	Michael Talbott
George	Harry Gold	Harry GoldA		Demetrius Joyette
The Beak	Doug Cox (as Frank Green)			Connor Price (as Freddy Holt)	Cole Sprouse (as Jughead Jones)[2]
Cora Wilson	Cindy Daly
Rhonda Wilson	Deirdre Berthrong
Frieda Jason	Noelle North	Noelle NorthA		Mentioned
Kenny Garson	Rory Stevens		Miles Meadows	Kyle Mac
Tommy Erbter	Cameron De Palma (as Boy on Bicycle) Betty Buckley (voice only)		Andrew Robb (as Danny Erbter)	Tyler Rushton (as Neighborhood Kid)
Jackie Talbot			Malcolm Scott	Max Topplin
Lisa Parker		Mena Suvari
Chuck Potter		Eli Craig
Arnold		Eddie Kaye Thomas
Boyd		John Doe
Emilyn		Kate Skinner
Detective John Mulcahey			David Keith
Tina Blake			Katharine Isabelle	Zoë Belkin
John Hargensen			Michael Kopsa	Hart Bochner
Nicki Watson				Karissa Strain
Lizzy Watson				Katie Strain
Heather				Samantha Weinstein
Erika				Mouna Traoré
Mr. Ulmann				Jefferson Brown
Kevin Keller					Casey Cott
Fred Andrews					Luke Perry
Penelope Blossom					Nathalie Boltt
Hiram Lodge					Mark Consuelos
Hal Cooper					Lochlyn Munro

Additional crew and production details[]

Role	Films				Television special
	Carrie	The Rage: Carrie 2	Carrie	Carrie	Riverdale: A Night to Remember
	1976	1999	2002	2013	2018
Composer(s)	Pino Donaggio	Danny B. Harvey	Laura Karpman	Marco Beltrami	Blake Neely Sherri Chung
Cinematography	Mario Tosi	Donald M. Morgan	Victor Goss	Steve Yedlin	Brendan Uegama
Editor(s)	Paul Hirsch	Richard Nord	Jeremy Presner	Lee Percy	Gaston Jaren Lopez
Production companies	Red Bank Films	United Artists Red Bank Films	Trilogy Entertainment Group MGM Television MGM Home Entertainment	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Screen Gems Misher Films	Berlanti Productions Archie Comics CBS Television Studios Warner Bros. Television
Distributor	United Artists	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	NBC	Sony Pictures Releasing	The CW
Running time	98 minutes	105 minutes	132 minutes	99 minutes	42 minutes

Reception[]

Box office performance[]

Film	Release date	Box office gross			Budget	Ref.
		North America	Other territories	Worldwide
Carrie (1976)	November 3, 1976	$33,800,000	N/A	$33,800,000	$1.8 million	[4]
The Rage: Carrie 2	March 12, 1999	$17,762,705	N/A	$17,762,705	$21 million	[5]
Carrie (2013)	October 18, 2013	$35,266,619	$49,524,059	$84,790,678	$30 million	[6]
Total		$86,829,324	$49,524,059	$136,353,383	$52.8 million

Critical and public response[]

Title	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic	CinemaScore
Film series
Carrie (1976)	93% (67 reviews)[7]	85 (14 reviews)[8]	N/A
The Rage: Carrie 2	19% (36 reviews)[9]	42 (21 reviews)[10]	C+[11]
Carrie (2002)	20% (10 reviews)[12]	N/A	N/A
Carrie (2013)	50% (183 reviews)[13]	53 (34 reviews)[14]	B-[11]
Title	Rotten Tomatoes
Television special
Riverdale: A Night to Remember	100% (14 reviews)[15]	N/A	N/A

Music[]

Musical[]

In 1988, a musical theatre adaptation of Carrie was produced to scathing reviews. It closed after 16 previews and 5 performances.

Soundtracks[]

Title	U.S. release date	Length	Performed by	Label
Carrie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	1976	36:02	Pino Donaggio	United Artists Records
The Rage: Carrie 2 – Music from and Inspired by United Artists Motion Picture	March 23, 1999	55:14	Various artists	Edel Records
Carrie: Music from the NBC Movie Event	2002	N/A		N/A
Carrie: Music from the Motion Picture	October 11, 2013	50:27		Columbia Records
Carrie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	October 15, 2013	48:57	Marco Beltrami	Sony Classical
Riverdale: Special Episode – Carrie: The Musical (Original Television Soundtrack)	April 19, 2018	26:38	Riverdale Cast	WaterTower Music

Cancelled projects[]

Television series[]

A television series which served as a follow up to the 2002 film, but NBC cancelled the series due to the 2002 film's low ratings.

References[]