The story of misfit high-school girl, Carrie White, who gradually discovers that she has telekinetic powers. Repressed by a domineering, ultra-religious mother and tormented by her peers at school, her efforts to fit in lead to a dramatic confrontation during the senior prom. ([source])
Adaptations (5)
Carrie has been adapted 5 times, across film, television film, and miniseries, from 1976 to 2013.
Carrie1976 · film · 98 min · dir. Brian De Palma · IMDb ↗Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from her classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers, things take a dark and violent turn.
The Rage: Carrie 21999 · film · 104 min · dir. Katt Shea, Robert Mandel · IMDb ↗IMDb4.842MetacriticA horrible massacre strikes up after an outcast teenage girl is taunted by a group of high school jocks, all of them unaware of her cutthroat telekinetic powers.
Carrie2002 · television film · 132 min · dir. David Carson · IMDb ↗IMDb5.420%An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl's lonely life is dominated by relentless bullying at school and an oppressive religious fanatic mother at home. When her tormentors pull a humiliating prank at the senior prom, she unleashes a horrifying chaos on everyone, leaving nothing but destruction in her wake.
Carrie2013 · film · 100 min · dir. Kimberly Peirce · IMDb ↗An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl is the object of relentless bullying at school and an oppressively religious mother at home.
Carrie? · miniseries · IMDb ↗Misfit high-schooler Carrie White has spent her life in seclusion with her domineering mother. After her father's sudden death, Carrie finds herself contending with the challenges of attending public high school, a bullying scandal, and the emergence of mysterious telekinetic powers.
