She spoke to her mother, saying that she would give her darkness and send her to "whatever God lives there". By this point, the entire heart of Chamberlain was up in flames, taking literally hundreds of lives with it. Born This Margaret is much calmer, but she also tries to kill Carrie for the same reasons, too. It also shows that Carrie was not consciously aware of what she was doing, because the prank and the subsequent laughter had put her in a temporary, catatonic state of mind where her inner rage took over and unleashed her secret powers which led to the subconscious activation of her prom rampage and the tragic destruction of the town. He lived with his mother and sisters, and his father wasnt present instead, his mother, Deborah (Sheri Moon Zombie), had a boyfriend named Ronnie White (William Forsythe), who was abusive. Margaret had hit an artery, causing Carrie much pain as she began to bleed heavily. Chris and Billy eventually arrived at the school unseen and quietly lurked outside the gym patiently. These last thoughts made Carrie suddenly snap. But regardless of the iteration, Carrie has been vilified by the surviving residents of Chamberlain, Maine only because she chose to fight back against the constant, collective tormenting and bullying in a way that most people cannot understand or comprehend. Meanwhile, the authorities and skeptics are investigating and trying to figure out what exactly happened in Chamberlain, Maine, that caused 440 people to die. This is an adaptation of Stephen King's novel. Deceased She uses her powers to push Ms. Desjardin away, shocking and scaring George and Erika. Carrie makes the knife fly off the desk onto the ground, without her mother noticing. Seconds after, Sue got up to fetch for help, but could feel herself miscarrying, though she initially thought that she was apparently having her period. People all over the world are also scared that another telekinetic child could be born. One of the best parts of the novel Carrie is Carrie's dramatic inner conflict about whether or not she should go to prom. At home, Carrie's life was just as awful. She told Carrie that the boys always come after the blood and that all boys want from girls is "sex" how they all like to take virgins into their cars to do dirty, ungodly and blasphemous things with them. Carrie then agreed into dancing with Tommy, On the spur of the moment, Carrie had her first kiss with him. Her memory about what happened will haunt her for the rest of her life. assassination. Carrie (along with George, Erika, and Ms. Desjardin) is saddened by this. This surprised both Tommy and Carrie, who walked away as if nothing had happened. Carrie retaliates by pinning Mom to the wall telekinetically with a bunch of butcher knives. Margaret White was portrayed by Piper Laurie. Margaret liked and loathed the event. In appearance, Carrie is slightly overweight with pimples on her neck, back, and buttocks. She mortally did wound Carrie, but Carrie, using her telekinesis to stop her heart killing her. Margaret stabs Carrie in the back, but they fly in opposite directions. It seemed as if Margaret punished Carrie for her own personal sins and took her own inner pain and frustration out on her own daughter. She survived her post-prom ordeal with the help of Sue, hid in the ruins of the school and later escaped to Florida with Sues help, who drove her there. Her mother tells her of the night she was raped and therefore conceived her. Carrie makes a red dress for the Prom instead of pink, as depicted in the films. Margaret White is played by Julianne Moore in the 2013 adaptation. She had even tried to take part in the other camp's activities, but the jokes never stopped playing on "old praying, fart face Carrie", until she had come home on the bus a week early, her eyes, red and socket from weeping. Carrie's name on the Prom King and Queen ballot. Before she could reach her, Carrie looked at Miss Desjardin's direction and she flew backward as if she was being pushed by an unseen force. Sue places a white rose on Carrie's grave in the remake, this is possibly hinting to Sue thinking that Carrie was truly innocent and that if the period incident never happened, Carrie wouldn't have the thought to kill them all. Being that she has just killed In the novel, Carrie White is described as being slightly unattractive, she is a "frog among swans". In one iteration of her story, Carrie died as a result of her injuries. Carrie mercilessly eliminated and killed anybody who had ever hurt, neglected or underestimated her before returning home after leaving a path of destruction in her wake to ultimately confront and finally kill her crazy, homicidal mother before dying on that very same night that ended up making national history. The welcome turned out to be temporary anyhow. Tommy invited Carrie for a dance, which she initially declined. Carrie killed 73 people at the night of the Prom. Margaret still did not want Carrie to go and began slapping her. She was killed by her mother who immediately got killed by a heart attack via Carrie's telekinesis and brought back to life by her best friend Sue Snell in the second adaptation (2002) and it is hinted that she lives in the 2013 adaptation as well when cracks appear on her gravestone in the closing sequence. WebCarrie instantly feels she has been wronged, and begins to question whether her life would have been different should she have had a college education. The bucket thenkills Tommy and everyone laughs at Carrie. At the gym, Carrie was well received by Frieda Jason, who complimented her dress, while Norma and Freddy DeLois mocked her and the others noticed how different she looked. Many perish in the fire (except Ms. Desjardin) and Carrie leaves, leaving a massive trail of destruction and flames while she walks home. This portrayal of Margaret closely resembles to that of Piper Laurie's in the 1976 adaptation. Carrie stood her ground and refused. She last wrote to her mother on August 19th, 1962 and later, became pregnant on December of 1962, though she was convinced that she was afflicted with "cancer of the womanly parts". One night, they had premarital sex and Margaret became pregnant. She was born in 1966, according to grave marker at the end of the film. Updated: May 21, 2021. Margaret then appeared to seemingly comfort Carrie, telling her daughter that she was conceived after Ralph got drunk and they made love, which Margaret regretted. In the first section of the story, Carrie had a greasy face with blackheads and wore stockings that were always running or about to run and she was always showing sweat stains under the arms of her blouses. Carrie set about locking all the Prom goers inside the gym, teachers and students alike by telekinetically sealing the gymnasium doors, slamming them shut all at once. The mother hurts herself (example: She stabs herself with sewing needles). Stephen King Wiki is a FANDOM Books Community. Rocks start falling through the house, Carrie looks up and then back at Sue. Next, she looked up and turned on the sprinkler system to wet everyone and ruin their expensive tuxedos and gowns, the only regret she had was it was raining water and not blood. Compare to the 1976 Margaret who was laughing and smiling as she tried to kill Carrie. More of Carrie's telekinetic abilities were demonstrated on that same day. Carrie is also the granddaughter of John and Judith Brigham, the step-granddaughter of Harold Allison and the great-granddaughter of Sadie Cochran. Here, Carrie could feel them, almost taste them with her telepathy. However after Chris's video of her having her period appears on screen, Carrie realizes she has been made a fool of and reaches her final breaking point. Carrie was also uncoordinated in her movements and once fell flat on her face during dance class in sophomore year and chipped a tooth. Carrie's father Ralph, had another daughter named Rachel Lang, who was also a carrier of telekinesis. The 2013 remake of Carrie later teased the possibility that Carrie was not dead, when the ending showed her tombstone cracking apart, indicating that there is possibly still life within her body, assuming she was ever buried. Mostly due to limited budget, several aspects from the original script were changed, such as: In the original ending, Carrie is visited by Sue after she kills her mother and confronts her. Tommy was hit on the head by the bucket above them and fell unconscious. Chris then had her friends rig the ballots for Prom King and Queen to ensure that Carrie and Tommy would win the contest. Once the classmates found a love letter from Carrie to a boy named, One year, Carrie was given the cruel nickname "pudding pop" by everyone and the next year she became known by the cruel nickname "pizza face" by everyone. Miss Collins was forced to slap her on the face and apologized, comforting her. Her mother lets her out and asks Carrie if she finished praying. Sue witnesses this from outside. Chris alsofilms Carrie with her phone while the other girls throw tampons and sanitary napkins at Carrie. When Ralph passed away, her mother survived off the money from the insurance and by working at the local laundry. Not only is the movie gory and vulgar, it also contains a sex scene. She was ready to face more hours locked in that dark, lonely closet praying endlessly for the rest of her life as she had always done before. Since 1st grade, Carrie had been the school's scapegoat and outcast. As Carrie fell on her knees, Margaret stabbed her child in the shoulder with the knife/dagger. Heterosexual Suddenly, one of the band musicians on stage was severely electrocuted by the large amp that had gotten soaked from the water. Behind closed doors, Carrie was beaten by her mother into submission on a daily basis and regularly slapped Carrie in the face and grabbed, dragged, violently shoved and locked into a "prayer" closet by her mother. Margaret then tormented, slapped, pushed, pulled and threw Carrie into the closet and Carrie became vulgar with her mother. She was picked up by her mother at the station and sent to the closet to pray for hours. During a dramatic sequence interspersed with Lily's (Cathy Ang) piano concert, Mr. Big was seen going hard at his spin class, before keeling over near the shower. Kevin sighs that home just feels like another stop in his travels to Philadelphia, New York, Boston, and Maine. At school, Carrie suspects that she has telekinesis. This tragic event later lead to The Black Party. Sue drops to for no reason] [Sue gets back up. After Carrie took a shower, she was taken by Miss Collins to the principal's office and the incident spread around, some kids mocking her as she waited to be called in. In the sudden, brief silence, she heard something within her turn over. She clumsily attempted to flee the blood-splattered thrones while struggling to keep her balance. A source tells RadarOnline.com that Carrie relapsed around Thanksgiving last year. When Carrie is talking to her mother about how the stuff she says isn't in the Bible, Margaret slams the bible in her face, causing her to fall. Margaret Whites self-harm in the original version seemed like a ploy to increase the fear of her daughter. 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