So, another favourite of mine this week! We're on a roll! Carrie is a movie I saw many years ago when I was about 10 or 11, thanks again to my dads Stephen King collection. It was released a year after I was born, so by the time I saw it, the 70's vibe was a bit dated, but I was too young to worry about such things. Had I watched it from my late teens onwards, I'd have loved the whole look and feel of it anyway :). I suppose what I'm trying to say is, for me, this movie can't date as I have a soft spot for the whole era.
Carrie is a movie which I would imagine absolutely everyone has seen. They even did a remake in 2013 which I watched and reviewed here. I wouldn't envy anyone who tried to get near to the original. In this case, it is most definately, the best.
Carrie follows the story of Carrie white, a 17 year old schoolgirl and daughter of a superstitious and deeply religious mother. Carrie doesn't fit in at school. She has no friends and has no idea how to relate to her peers as everything that is of importance to a teenager is forbidden to Carrie. In one upsetting scene (the opening scene in fact) Carrie is shown having her period for the first time. Unfortunately due to her upbringing, she has no idea what is happening to her and thinks she is dying. She runs towards the other girls, arms outstretched and hands covered in blood, screaming. Of course the other girls know what is happening and are repulsed. They all end up laughing, chanting at her and throwing tampons and sanitary pads at her as she lies sobbing in the showers. The scene is harsh and upsetting, but is a perfect introduction to Carrie and the feel of the movie. Even though this scene is shot in a girls shower room and all the women are naked, there is nothing gratuitous or sexual about it, which seems impossible, but is absolutely the case.
