Carrie is a 2002
horror television film based on the novel
Carrie by
Stephen King, originally intended as a
pilot for a TV series in which Carrie moves to
Florida to help others with
telekinetic problems, which never materialized.
NBC executives were hoping the series idea would follow the success of an earlier similar effort,
The Dead Zone, but due to poor ratings, NBC soon dropped the idea of the
Carrie TV Series. Therefore, the movie stands today on its own as a "modern" version of the original story.
This version of
Carrie has only been released on
Region 1 DVD.
Plot
The film begins in a police station. A high school senior named Sue Snell is being interviewed by a detective about what has become known as "The Black Prom," and the disappearance of her classmate,
Carrie White.
The film then flashes back to one week before the prom, particularly to the students at Ewen High School and finally Carrie White. The popular girls at school constantly harass Carrie, with Chris Hargensen being especially vicious. After another routine humiliation by her peers during gym class, Carrie has her first
period in the shower room and panics. Tina, Chris' best friend and flunky, sees it flow down the drain, and notifies all the other girls, who proceed to torment Carrie. Hearing the commotion about this, the gym teacher, Ms. Desjardin (
Rena Sofer), comes into the shower, and finds Carrie lying by the drain in a
fetal position as the other girls hound her. As she...
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