Despite having psychic powers, Carrie White can be classified as a non-genetic class Metahuman/Superhuman/Superpowered Human/Homo Superior. She Constantly Puts You Down. Ms. Desjardin tries to calm Carrie down and a light fixture breaks by itself. All the while, Carrie was repeatedly teased and bullied by her classmates at every school she ever attended. Originally Published: Feb. 8, 2018. Carrie ignored her mother's crazy actions and even used her powers to physically slide her mother out the door of her bedroom and shut it in order to get ready without being distracted. While this happens, she always shows this smile. She uses her powers to push Ms. Desjardin away, shocking and scaring George and Erika. Tommy was hit on the head by the bucket above them and fell unconscious. Carrie begins walking away, ignoring Tommy's attempts to get her back on stage. Since 1st grade, Carrie had been the school's scapegoat and outcast. Margaret first discovers Carrie's telekinetic powers, when she slams all the windows shut trapping her in and Carrie tells her she is going to the Prom. The new Bates High School is now instead in another part of thetown that has grown since Carrie's demise and there Rachel Lang, Carries half-sister, who is also a telekinetic, is an attending student along with her best friend who commits suicide after a cruel and degrading sexual prank is played on her. She had auburn hair, a small frame and shared the same characteristics as her counterpart in the novel. With Margaret dead, Carrie then left her home as the whole neighborhood street was on fire, consuming all the houses on the block one after the other. When she swam in the camp's lake, they ducked her head underwater. This is traumatizing. 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. This version of Margaret is portrayed by Piper Laurie in the 1976 film. Carrie then questioned why she was there, and was told that it was because she liked his poem. On August 17th, 1966, her house was deluged with stones from the sky, which were brought on by Carrie's telekinetic power after she punished her particularly hard. Patricia Clarkson as Carrie's mother Margaret White in Carrie (2002 remake). Patricia Clarkson portrayed Margaret White in the 2002 film remake. This Margaret is much calmer, but she also tries to kill Carrie for the same reasons, too. In this version, however, she doesn't try to kill Carrie with a knife. She has an affair with Big while he's married to Natasha and she's seriously dating Aidan, and somehow winds up feeling the most sorry for herself. But Carries hurt pretty badly herself. She then burns the lock, so Margaret can't escape and disturb the evening. 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. She then bangs her head rapidly and eventually gets out. Suddenly, one of the band musicians on stage was severely electrocuted by the large amp that had gotten soaked from the water. Margaret then started to scratch and punch herself in the face, but Carrie used her power to slide her mother out of the room. Carrie arrived just in time to catch Chris and Billy fleeing the establishment after making love inside. WebIn that same vein, I think Carrie's mother is someone who allowed herself to still be "controlled" by men even though she no longer allowed men in her own life. Carrie has a slender figure in the films while in the novel, she is described as an overweight girl. Sue, who had been following the trail of destruction caused by Carrie in hopes of tracking her down to stop her rampage, finally arrived a short time later only to find Carrie nearly dead on the ground in the burning lot. Margaret was very evil and abusive to her daughter, Carrie. As Norma, Freddy, and Kenny Garson left, Carrie forced the door they opened, suffocating Freddy and Kenny as Norma screamed for help. Margaret was very evil and very abusive to her daughter, Carrie. She then dropped them upon the wet ground below. Her telekinesis would give her the ability to make her tormentors pay for what they had done. Carrie is especially unattractive because of her mother's control over her. She is asked to the prom by Tommy but thinks it is a trick and is confronted again while walking home. Margaret liked and loathed the event. Some ways to approach this: 1. She then told Carrie, that boys only wanted "sex" from young girls like herself. Margaret had hit an artery, causing Carrie much pain as she began to bleed heavily. Once outside and alone, Carrie began to weep upon the grass on the front lawn of the school's campus. Carrie, in pain and slowly dying from her injuries, blamed Sue for the prank. Margaret practically chastised Carrie from right to wrong and began teaching the child that everything that one can think of is a "sin", a result of her abnormal beliefs. Carrie returned the attack by using her powers to slow her mother's heart to a crawl. Hearing this, many people inside panicked and that started a stampede. Angered, Carrie caused his ashtray to fall down and be knocked out by Carrie, after the principal kept calling her "Cassie". One day after P.E. Finallythe incident also became in time some kind of "Urban Legend" in the town. 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. Why? Chris was immediately thrown face-first into the dashboard, busting the glass windshield. While Moore's Margaret is just as abusive towards Carrie, she also displays genuine love towards her. And sure enough, the wildfire eventually reached the Whites' bungalow and nearly burned it completely down as well. #1: She always has to be right. Margaret, after letting out creepy, painful smiling screams, dies. She locks her in the closet and orders her to pray for "forgiveness" when she learns about the shower incident, because she said it was a "curse" for Eve's disobedience offering Adam the fruit and creating the original sin. She manages to slash Carrie's arm and then right as she is about to stab Carrie in the face, Carrie lifts her up. In the third iteration it is unclear if Carrie survived or not and is it left to the imagination. At school, Carrie was made fun of by her peers and classmates into submission on a daily basis. Now there are instanceswhere Carrie's special abilities manifested all by itself without her even trying. WebAn-mei's mother had returned home when her own mother, Popo, lay dying. Carrie lived in the very small and peaceful town of Chamberlain, Maine, with her severely mentally unstable mother who had cut her daughter off from all social life due to her religious beliefs. Carrie told her mother that she wanted to live her own life and that things were going to change and be different and that she was going to the Prom with or without Margaret's permission and that no one would stop her, this was the ultimate blasphemy for her. Carrie then reveals her powers to Margaret picking her up and lifting house-hold objects into the air. A boy named. We also recognize that the town of Chamberlain has changed because of Carrie's rampage. She was picked up by her mother at the station and sent to the closet to pray for hours. 17 Surprising Signs Your Mom Is Toxic. Carrie mercilessly left the remaining Prom goers trapped inside with the now-dead Tommy to be consumed by the hellish inferno created by her telekinetic abilities and the rest was history. She tells Sue (who didn't know) that she is pregnant with a girl before throwing her out to safety. She has blood all over her arms from forcing it onto the door. She spoke to her mother, saying that she would give her darkness and send her to "whatever God lives there". But not one of her calls ever went through. 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. In the second section of the story, Carrie attempts to fix herself up on the night of the Prom and makes an effort in enchanting her appearance, she is described as actually looking pretty, for the first time in her entire life. These last thoughts made Carrie suddenly snap. This Margaret is much calmer, but she also tries to kill Carrie for the same reasons, too. Carrie makes the knife fly off the desk onto the ground, without her mother noticing. Margaret suggested that Carrie should burn her prom dress and pray for forgiveness with her, but Carrie refused. She had the "POWER!!!" Carrie seemingly keeps her powers a secret from her mother until she talks about the Prom. WebAt this point in the novel, we also strongly suspect, because of evidence that Dana herself has provided, that Rufus poses a sexual threat to her. by Carolyn Steber. Soon after that, while she walked home, a 5-year-old boy named Tommy Erbterverbally harassed Carrie while riding past her on his bicycle. Later Carrie was constantly picked on and mistreated by her classmates because of her differences. This version of the character in general was more similar to the novel than Sissy Spacek's portrayal. Once, Tommy had even been approached by the Boston Red Sox team, who wanted to recruit him after he graduated. Margaret White (Mother)Ralph White (Father)Judith Brigham (Grandmother)John Brigham (Grandfather)Rachel Lang (younger half-sister) Died Heterosexual Carrie then left the house afterwards. A source tells RadarOnline.com that Carrie relapsed around Thanksgiving last year. Carrie attempts to walk off the stage. Here are a few characteristics of the narcissistic mother. After Ralph came back hours later, after heavy drinking at a roadhouse in Chamberlain, Ralph forced himself on Margaret and both engaged in intercourse in an "unearthly" form of marital rape. Margaret gave birth to Carrie while in her house without medical assistance, causing Margaret to lose some blood. Her relationship with her daughter was extremely abusive from the time Carrie was a baby. When Carrie reveals that she has been asked to go to the Prom and that she said yes, Margaret tells her not to go, which forces Carrie to throw her on to the bed. When he was 10-years-old, Michael killed a school bully, Judith, her boyfriend, and Ronnie. Sue drops to for no reason] [Sue gets back up. A seamstress, Carrie made herself a dress for the night. But when Carrie told her mother about the Prom offer, Margaret threw tea onto Carrie's face and ranted. (We probably didnt need to hear Ron Rifkin give a speech on daddy issues, but this was a backstory we could get behind Carrie did this in self-defense for stabbing her with a butcher knife, hitting an artery. Sissy Spacek (1976 movie)Angela Bettis (2002 TV movie)Chlo Grace Moretz (2013 movie)Linzi Hateley (1988 musical)Molly Ranson (2012 musical revival). WebHowever, Carrie realized that she did not care about where her power came from as she found it to be a special thing about herself. Her mother manages to slash her arm in the process. Carrie manifests her powers in a state of trance (seen only in the 2002 film), while in the novel, she kills her bullies more consciously. Carrie reappears in the sequel, but only in flashbacks through a now middle-aged Sue Snell's memories about what happened regarding the events, which later lead to The Black Prom. 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. Female The survivors got out just in time before being electrocuted and burned to death with everyone else still inside. Two students on the platform were also immediately electrocuted, the lead band member, Josie Vreck, who was one of the loudest ones to laughed at Carrie, began to convulse uncontrollably when he touched the microphone and volts of electricity violently shot through his body. Margaret then gasps air-less, while Carrie frees her from this position and later dies in Carrie's arms. 16 Compare to the 1976 Margaret who was laughing and smiling as she tried to kill Carrie. Instead, she tries to drown Carrie in the bathtub of her home after Carrie returns from the prom ordeal, forcing Carrie to use her telekinesis to cause Margaret's heart to stop to save her life, where Sue later finds her with Carrie in the bathtub on the brink of death. Shock. WebDana comments on the poor medical care for pregnant women in the past, but Kevin corrects her. Margaret then told Carrie about how she considered on killing herself after having intercourse for the first time, her miscarriage and how Carrie was conceived due to marital rape. As Carrie fell on her knees, Margaret stabbed her child in the shoulder with the knife/dagger. After crying out for her mother, Carrie died in Sue's arms and as her body began to shut down, Sue also felt Carrie dying and experienced her death as well due to their psychic connection minutes prior. Meanwhile, Margaret had "snapped" earlier on and hidden a knife under one of the floor boards to stab Carrie with, having fallen to the belief that her daughter was ruled by Satan. While they both recited the Lord's Prayer, Margaret stabbed Carrie and caused her to fall downstairs, backwards. She then says, she thought that Carrie was a cancer when she was being born, Carrie reacts in pain and says it's awful acting a little aggressive on Margaret on the way. The bucket thenkills Tommy and everyone laughs at Carrie. A while later, her daughter, Carrie was conceived and Ralph was killed in a construction accident. While many people have narcissistic traits, only a few are true narcissists. Margaret White in Carrie was portrayed by Julianne Moore. Eventually, the gym exploded a half-hour later, demolishing the entire school. He also was the boyfriend of Sue Snell, who was one of the popular girls and a bully of Carrie. Status Tommy visited Carrie, once again insisting in taking her to the ball. Margaret still did not want Carrie to go and began slapping her. With the water from the firehose, Carrie knocked Norma down and electrified Mr. Fromm and the principal. Carrie rolled downstairs, unable to stand up and run, as her insane mother approached her, ready to kill "the demon". In a cold rage, Carrie's mind finally snapped and she returned to the school barefooted and with a sadistic vengeance and a thirst for bloody revenge. Carrie (1976) Margaret calls her a witch, but relents. Carrie looked at the boy with rage and he went flying off the bicycle as if an unseen force had pushed him, as he landed, he seriously got hurt. Her mother, Popo, told her that she could no longer be a child. When she gets the call, that Carrie had her period, she slaps Carrie at home and drags her into the closet, where she has to pray because of she is guilty of Eve's Disobedience (women are punished by God for Eve eating from the forbidden tree and then encouraging Adam to do so). Carrie, however, refused and, as her powers caused their windows to beat, was called a "witch" by a horrified Margaret. Afraid that her mother would come and caught him at their door, Carrie accepted at last. WebThe backstory: Carries dad quit her and her mother when she was 5. Perhaps only her soul. She faced the two who she needed to finally kill most of all before the night was over, before she was completely finished with her rampage of revenge. The mother hurts herself (example: She stabs herself with sewing needles). Born So as for revenge, Chris had her abusive and greaser boyfriend, Billy Nolan, who was the leader of a dangerous gang in Chamberlain and a few of their friends, partake in the plot against Carrie to embarrass her in front of the entire school. They rushed to the exits and tried to bang on the doors, hammering them, pounding on them to open them, but Carrie's powers were far too strong, they were trapped! Carrie, still covered in blood, much of it being her own by now, and one of her bare feet was bleeding from stepping on a broken bottle in the streets, had the intention of finally killing her mother who had been waiting for her daughter to return to her. This made Carrie laugh again and she used her mind to break the backstage high-voltage power cables by picturing them in her head and threw them crackling on the wet stage, causing purple sparks to fly into the air. Carrie is not killed in the second adaptation in 2002. 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. To Chris's delight, the prank was followed by a rain of cruel laughter in mass hysteria, by everyone in the Prom including the teachers and chaperones. Margaret believes this is a sin and tried to "cleanse" Carrie by stabbing her, but Carrie instinctively uses her telekinesis to protect herself. A girl named Rhonda Simard busted out in a crazed puppet dance when she accidentally stepped on one of the cables, causing her Prom gown to catch fire and burst into flames, setting her entirely ablaze. Kari's nine-year-old daughter was in the room and tried calling 911 on the hotel phone. Winter 1979 Carrie then telekinetically used the cables like slithering snakes and flung them back and forth into the air, painfully whipping people, shocking them and breaking their skin. It is not an official remake of Brian De Palma's 1976 horror movie. Scared, Carrie simply ran away from him. It was usually triggered by her own inner frustration and private misery and would flare whenever she lost her temper. Carrie's pleasure came to an end when a bucket of blood was spilled on her, much to her horror. She serves as the main antagonist of Stephen King's novel Carrie and its three film adaptations, and the posthumous overarching antagonist of The Rage: Carrie 2. Her memory about what happened will haunt her for the rest of her life. She took out her knife and told Carrie that she tried to kill her twice before during the first few years of her life, but didn't because she was "weak". Died So Carrie had to stay in the closet for hours on end until her mother decided to release her. Even when 2013 Margaret is about to kill Carrie, she says, "I should've given you to God when you were born, but I loved you so much, and I said, 'God, let me keep my little girl'." Carrie retaliates by pinning Mom to the wall telekinetically with a bunch of butcher knives. An autopsy is performed on Carrie's body. She also is very mad. Margaret occasionally had wild fits and broke into loud rants and tantrums if she ever caught Carrie doing something that she considered a "sin", which was basically anything that didn't have to with the Bible. Carrie later went on to help other teens with their telekinesis in a hidden manner. We know that he is willing to resort The 1976 film of Carrie starred Sissy Spacek. This is an adaptation of Stephen King's novel. Carrie went to the library to search about "miracles" and was led to better understandingof her gift. It is implied, she has decided to kill her daughter to "free her of Satan". She has blonde hair and very pale skin. It then blows up. 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. Margaret's constant scolding continued from Carrie's childhood to her teenage years. The school was rebuilt elsewhere in Chamberlain and the ruins of the former school are still there. As Carrie walked home barefoot, she left a path of destruction and death in her wake: she "flexed" her mind as hard as she could and made local gas mains at numerous corner stations explode, and let the broken pumps leak the spilled gasoline into the roads. At Prom night, Margaret approached Carrie, stating that she knew Carrie would wear "red", while her dress was actually pink. She desperately wants to please her abusive, Bible-thumping mother, but even more badly, she just wants a normal life. Overweight girl is implied, she is asked to the novel she spoke to daughter. 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