I enjoyed Brian Truitt's USA Today article, titled, “Horror films squeeze the life out of proms.”
What King story could have come to Mr.Truitt’s mind as he penned this article? Perhaps. . . CARRIE?!
Truitt cites Scott Weinberg from FEARnet.com as saying that the prom is an ideal backdrop for horror movies, and that it is “surprising that more movies haven't mined the theme.” More movies haven’t mined the theme? Well, Carrie alone has mined the theme! She’s stayed at it with adaptations in the 70's, 80's, 90's and right past Y2K (remember that?) to the present day – she’s still mining the theme!
Carrie gets around. Let’s see, just off the top of my head, Carrie has been:
- A book
- A movie
- A TV movie
- A Broadway musical
- A play
- A teen play about bullying
- now a new movie that promises to be more faithful to the source material.
Truitt compares the theme’s found in Carrie to the new movie The Loved Ones, writing:
The original is a classic, with Sissy Spacek's bullied title character having her one shining prom moment ruined by a bucket of pig blood (though she exracts revenge). The Loved Ones is a similar story of "a girl who never really had a chance because she had such a messed-up socialization," says first-time writer/director Sean Byrne. "It's a candy nightmare."
Truitt goes on to discuss with Weinberg the upcoming Carrie remake, citing Weinberg as saying that he thinks the new crew will "do justice to the original which remains the mother of all prom horror flicks."
Weinberg said:
"That slaughter in the gymnasium is pretty crazy," he says. "De Palma, love him or hate him, lets you know visually they're trapped. They're all going to die. You expect her to get her revenge, but I don't know, man, that's pretty harsh."So, tell me. . . was Carrie's revenge too "harsh"? My vote is no! But I did like the TV remake a lot, which added a hopeful ending and some likable side characters.
The full article is HERE.
Carrie: I really love such kind of horror and scary movies and TV serial my favorite TV serial AYAOTD I have bought seven DVD set that recorded 91 episodes including with seven seasons.
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