TG Daily: Behind The Carrie Remake

David Konow at TG Daily has an article titled, "Behind The Carrie Remake."  He admits to not being much of a fan of the many horror remakes that are making the rounds (he says, "glutting the world.").  He calls a lot of King's stories, "Revenge of the nerds."  I hadn't thought of it that way, but that is certainly the theme of Carrie, Christine, IT, and Stand By Me.  Note that all of these are older works.

Konow notes that DePalma did a "masterful" job with the original movie.  This only heightens the expectations on anything else that might come along -- and it makes fans wonder, "Why?"  Why is this one necessary?  Could we maybe put the Carrie movie on the shelf and donate it's budget toward the Dark Tower movie?


He points out that DePalma saved the best, biggest, scare for last. "George Lucas told Premiere he thought that was a genius move, because people waiting outside the theater would hear the audience screaming, then a minute later the theater would let out, leaving everyone on line wondering what they should brace themselves for at the end."

And then Konow points out the blood problem.  There is a blood problem with Carrie, ya know?  Here's how he explains it: "Also, good luck making the bucket of blood segment as suspenseful, if not more, than the original. (This was DePalma using the Hitchcock suspense theory of the bomb under the table brilliantly, except here the bomb was up in the rafters)."

Konow full artilce is HERE

So, are y'all looking forward to a Carrie remake?  I, for one, am indifferent.  I would rather see something new.  Buick 8 would be cool.  How about Cell.  Or the four stories in Full Dark No Stars.  To me, remaking Carrie is like remaking The Green Mile -- it's just unnecessary.  It can't outdo itself.