In Carrie (1976) Margaret was shown to be very religious and very creepy. DeceasedAlive (2002 TV movie only) Carrie arrived home and found the rooms filled with lighted candles and, washing the blood away, burst in tears. Afraid that her mother would come and caught him at their door, Carrie accepted at last. The welcome turned out to be temporary anyhow. WebCarrie White : [Sue is shocked and upset. Clocks, dishes, plates, pictures, and other religious objects where tossed and thrown into the air, breaking and shattering as they fell to the floor. As Margaret tried to hit Carrie again, Carrie stood up to her mother and stopped Margaret's hand in mid-air with her telekinesis, preventing the hand from reaching her face. More of Carrie's telekinetic abilities were demonstrated on that same day. Miss Collins later found Carrie alone and talked to her. Carrie is so controlled by her mother she is even forced to wear unbecoming and outdated clothes and forbidden to wear the color red, as Margaret believed that red was "the Devil's color". 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 feels amazing, as if her whole life has led to this moment. assassination. Plus, she always hated her parents for their sinful ways. She kills her mother by impaling her with the household objects. Unaware of this, Carrie believed she was bleeding to death and asked for help from the other girls. Carrie is shocked and stares at Tommy in disbelief. She demands that she is going and wants to be normal. In the novel, people around her telepathically know she is the one wrecking everywhere in vengeance. "She literally spent her life caring after Carrie," Todd Fisher (Carrie's brother) told Good Morning America. Carrie yelled that it was not her name and his ashtray fell off his desk as if it moved by itself. But Carries hurt pretty badly herself. 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. As Carrie approached her mother, bloody and dirty, Margaret sat before Carrie and then told her about her miscarriage and the true story of how she considered killing herself after having premarital intercourse with Ralph. Despite being the main antagonist, she wasn't revealed to be the true villain until the very end. On prom night, Carrie kills many of her classmates by willing their bodies into walls, and sparking electrocutions and fires with her brain. She told Carrie that she had tried to kill her twice before during the first few years of Carrie's life, but she "backslid". A loved child, but a child nonetheless. Status Carrie in this version is more similar to the book, but in modern terms. She then screams in pain and agony as Carrie crucifies her, so that she won't recover from her attack and continue to try to kill her. Portrayed by Carrie revealed she was asked to the prom by Tommy, and her suspicions that "they" were planning to humiliate her once again. 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. 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. Angry by her mother's actions, Carrie decided it was time to teach her mother a lesson too. The school was rebuilt elsewhere in Chamberlain and the ruins of the former school are still there. 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. lovable mort. 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. Sue goes on to write a memoir about her involvement with Carrie White. Carrie attempts to walk off the stage. Tragically, when a so-called "prank" at her Senior Prom involving, pigs blood pushed her to her breaking point and beyond her limits, Carrie finally snapped, lost her sanity and used the wild talents she possessed to seek her hostile revenge to make her bullies and enemies pay and suffer for their cruel actions. Margaret insisted for Carrie to stay and they could burn their dress, because her classmates would laugh at her. When Prom Night arrived, Margaret and Carrie got into another argument about the Prom. Carrie was born on September 21st, 1963 at 10:04 AM in Chamberlain, Maine. Margaret then deduced that "Satan" had began his work on Carrie, but the girl made it clear that it was her power and not Satan. "Mom, I don't think this is a safe place for you anymore. Ralph's accident took place 7 months before Carrie's birth. Once when Carrie was at the school picnic, she bent down to pray and the seam of her skirt ripped so loudly that the crack of her butt was being shown, causing everyone to laugh at her. Carrie then questioned why she was there, and was told that it was because she liked his poem. She then stalked the frightened child Carrie is consumed by guilt and pain following her Mother's attack and her self-defence against her which ends in her Mother's death. She then made plans to move to Florida and start her life with the help of Sue Snell who felt sorry for her. Born When Margaret first saw her daughter dressed up in the red gown and revealing her "dirtypillows", she immediately ordered her to take off the gown and burn it, and then she demanded that they do penance together and pray afterward. Soon, Miss Desjardin came over to the table at which Carrie sat and told her the story about her own Prom experience. She, along with Chris Hargensen and Billy Nolan, serves as the main antagonist. Carrie did this in self-defense for stabbing her with a butcher knife, hitting an artery. The car exploded, killing both Chris and Billy instantly and also destroying the building, starting yet another major fire that burned all through the parking lot. Winter 1979 At the end after Sue's words, Carrie's headstone cracks before exploding, you hear her screams. Due to seeing that orange haze in the sky from the flames burning all throughout the town, Margaret had come to believe the Devil had truly come to Chamberlain to collect Carrie's soul. Ms. Desjardin tries to calm Carrie down and a light fixture breaks by itself. In 2013, Hank Hunt's daughter, Kari, was attacked and killed by her estranged husband in a Marshall, Texas hotel room. After cradling her mother to death, Carrie realizes what she has done and makes stones begin to rain from the sky. While in the films, she works a part-time job as a seamstress in a clothing store. Meanwhile, the authorities and skeptics are investigating and trying to figure out what exactly happened in Chamberlain, Maine, that caused 440 people to die. Finallythe incident also became in time some kind of "Urban Legend" in the town. (Compare these latter 2 examples to the 1976 version, where Margaret coldly says "go to bed.") In appearance, Carrie is slightly overweight with pimples on her neck, back, and buttocks. Carrie was very nervous, excited and happy all at the same time and was determined to keep her promise to Tommy and go. When she told her mother, however, Margaret would scold her again for believing the others were right in "God's eyes", telling her she was committing a sin and or throw her into the closet. Some ways to approach this: 1. Carrie finally made it back home. 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. Being that she has just killed When Carrie hugs her Mom, she says to kneel down and they talk about how she was raped. Carrie is especially unattractive because of her mother's control over her. 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. Over time, Margaret berated and abused Carrie every day for sins the child may or may not have committed and she would often make the child repeat passages out of one of her many religious books or hit and beat Carrie with them. At 1:39:59 in this alternate ending, there is a 'hidden' frame with Carrie, still in her prom dress, covered in blood, holding Sue's baby. 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's story becomes a controversial and highly discussed subject. WebWhy does Carrie's mom hurt herself 2013? Chris and Billy eventually arrived at the school unseen and quietly lurked outside the gym patiently. Still, a few items on this list may have affected you. Shock. Margaret then tells Carrie after the Prom massacre at home, that she was raped by Ralph, gains her trust and then stabs Carrie in the back. Ignoring her sorrow, a cold-hearted Margaret simply forced Carrie to pray, because she is still a girl who, according to her twisted beliefs, was susceptible to temptation. WebAs Carrie fell down to her knees to weep and pray with her mother, Margaret stabbed her daughter in the shoulder; the blade went all the way into Carrie's shoulder with only the She mortally did wound Carrie, but Carrie, using her telekinesis to stop her heart killing her. Carrie admits that she doesnt want to kill herself, she just wants to stop hurting. Sue witnesses this from outside. After Carrie returns home from the Prom, Margaret then tells Carrie that before she was born, she was raped by her father, Ralph and after gaining her trust, she stabs Carrie in the back. While Moore's Margaret is just as abusive towards Carrie, she also displays genuine love towards her. She screams at her mother and the closet door cracks. Later, she and Tommy win the election and Carrie is handed flowers while George and Erika cheer them on. Family information Originally Published: Feb. 8, 2018. Her mother, Popo, told her that she could no longer be a child. Tommy invited Carrie for a dance, which she initially declined. Why? The assistant principal, Mr. Morton, who dismissed Carrie for the day, kept calling her "Cassie". 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. This incident would cause a chain reaction of events to occur that would lead to not only Carrie's demise but also hundreds of others, whether guilty or innocent. Sue then witnesses the house crumbling from the rain of stones. She had auburn hair, a small frame and shared the same characteristics as her counterpart in the novel. Carrie (along with George, Erika, and Ms. Desjardin) is saddened by this. Tricked once again, Carrie was going to simply accept what had happened and shamefully return back to her home to admit to her mother she'd been right after all. Movie info And because of it, the citizens have come to literally hate Carrie, even in death. Her mother tells her of the night she was raped and therefore conceived her. Carrie went to the stage and was coronated in tears, and noticed as Sue appeared and was expelled from the gym by Miss Collins. Suddenly, one of the band musicians on stage was severely electrocuted by the large amp that had gotten soaked from the water. Later that day, after Margaret found out about the incident from the school, she cruelly punished Carrie by beating her with a Bible, forced her on her knees with her to pray and locked her in the closet against her will for hours to ask God for "forgiveness" for having committed "the original sin" of becoming a woman due to showering naked with the other girls at school, which Margaret forbade. 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. 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. She then stalks her downstairs. Carrie finds out about the truth behind her Prom attendance after her mind is bonded to. Carrie (2013) Carrie returned the attack by using her powers to slow her mother's heart to a crawl. 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. Carrie saves Miss Desjardin and Sue Snell from dying in the 2013 film. In the end, an entire town was destroyed, taking 440 lives with it. Stephen King Wiki is a FANDOM Books Community. Margaret was a heavy-set woman with white hair pulled in a tight bun, she always wore black clothing and sported rimless bifocal glasses. When the cables writhed in the puddles of water, there was a violent flash, like lightning and everyone was screaming all at once as they were killed. Carrie's mother believed that children should spend time with those enslaved by the family, so young Carrie had Eventually, the gym exploded a half-hour later, demolishing the entire school. Carrie rolled downstairs, unable to stand up and run, as her insane mother approached her, ready to kill "the demon". 8. As a result, she eventually became a school counselor to help teens at a local high school. #1: She always has to be right. Margaret was very evil and abusive to her daughter, Carrie. There she meets Tommy's friend George and his girlfriend, Erika. Age Her husband died on February of 1963 and she gave birth to her daughter, Carrie, alone in her house on September 21st, 1963. Carrie, however, had heard enough about everything being sinful. While they both recited the Lord's Prayer, Margaret stabbed Carrie and caused her to fall downstairs, backwards. Margaret was very evil and abusive to her daughter, Carrie. She then bangs her head rapidly and eventually gets out. Carrie then leaves to go to the prom. When she swam in the camp's lake, they ducked her head underwater. The incidents of the rain of stones in both the past, when Carrie was a child, and in the present, when she destroys her house. Throbbing veins are described whenever Carrie manifests her powers. Just as planned, Carrie and Tommy were announced as the winners. Carrie, however, refused and, as her powers caused their windows to beat, was called a "witch" by a horrified Margaret. Carrie then left the house afterwards. It was usually triggered by her own inner frustration and private misery and would flare whenever she lost her temper. Margaret also disliked her mother, Judith and her new husband, Harold Allison, because Margaret believed that both were living in sin. 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. She lies down on the bed with her. Also, most importantly, Carrie let loose a strange side effect of her abilities: "broadcast telepathy," which means that anyone within a certain radius of the disaster area suddenly found themselves learning about the destruction at Ewen High and downtown Chamberlain. Miss Collins was forced to slap her on the face and apologized, comforting her. Why does Carries mom hurt herself 2013? In the episode's very last scene, a vulnerable Zeke goes to see Carrie at her apartment, hoping to find comfort. One night, they had premarital sex and Margaret became pregnant. Although she originally got skeptical at first and went against the idea, Carrie's hesitation was quickly forgotten and she subsequently accepted Tommy's invitation because she just couldn't resist the offer at the chance to finally experience being treated as if she fit in, even if it was only for just one night. In the 2013 remake, Carrie White mentioned that she inherited her telekinetic power from either her father Ralph, or from her great-grandmother Sadie Cochran, who was the mother of Judith Cochran, the mother-in-law of John Brigham, the grandmother of. Eventually, she comes across Chris and Billy who attempt to kill her by running her over, but she uses her power to stop the car and in the process kills Billy, then sends the car flying into the gas station, killing Chris in the process. It breaks Margaret's own heart to feel like she has to treat her daughter this way; compare to the 1976 Margaret especially who seemed to take pleasure in abusing Carrie, even laughing and smiling as she did so. Margaret then makes a crazy smile, as she follows Carrie downstairs ready to stab her again, as though she was in a sort of mission. Her memory about what happened will haunt her for the rest of her life. The hotel phone required guests to dial a Chris believed that Carrie was to blame for her being banned from going to the Prom after she became the ringleader in humiliating Carrie in the girls locker room, when she received her first period. WebA slave on the Weylin estate, Carrie is Sarah s daughter and the only child Sarah has left (as the others have been sold). Focusing on the fire hose, Carrie opened it, washing Norma and everyone away from the door, creating a turmoil in the gym. After Margaret talks more to Carrie, she pulls out a knife smiling and stabs Carrie hardly on her shoulder wounding her severely. Carrie gives in and dances with him. So in return, Carrie used her powers to slow her mother's heart down, painfully and very slowly, until eventually stopping it completely and killing her by giving her a heart attack. Margaret was shown to be very religious and very creepy. Carrie was the eldest of four girls and two boys. 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. Gender She evidently has the presence of mind to "fall" and not hurt herself too much. At Prom night, Margaret approached Carrie, stating that she knew Carrie would wear "red", while her dress was actually pink. In the original story, instead of dying by being crucified by kitchen utensils, Carrie slowly stopped her heart, giving Margaret a heart attack. A lush dog fur collar was thrown over Carrie's shoulders and Tommy was given a scepter wrapped in aluminum foil. The other day, Carrie saw from afar Miss Collins confronting the girls over the incident in the shower. (We probably didnt need to hear Ron Rifkin give a speech on daddy issues, but this was a backstory we could get behind Serving as the primary love interest for Carrie Bradshaw, Sebastian comes from a wealthy family and has recently transferred to the local high school after being kicked out of his previous boarding school for sleeping with one of his teachers, in which Carrie's tries to tell her mother, but she is disinterested and attempts to walk away after telling her no. Carrie makes the knife fly off the desk onto the ground, without her mother noticing. Billy's nose was broken and his torso was crushed into the steering wheel. If you read the book and then compare with this telefilm you will find that. Carrie is also the granddaughter of John and Judith Brigham, the step-granddaughter of Harold Allison and the great-granddaughter of Sadie Cochran. Carrie's body was taken in for examination because of what happened. 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. Died Margaret White in Carrie was portrayed by Patricia Clarkson. Miss Collins, though worried, encouraged the girl by emphasizing how pretty she actually looked. The knife/dagger caused Carrie's death because of Carrie's blood loss and Carrie's body shut As Norma, Freddy, and Kenny Garson left, Carrie forced the door they opened, suffocating Freddy and Kenny as Norma screamed for help. Afterwards, she explained to Carrie what menstruation was and told her it was a natural part of womanhood. But when the crowd began to sing the school song as tradition, this was the cue for an unseen Chris to pull a rope cord that caused the two buckets above to tip over and drench Carrie and Tommy with the rotting pig's blood while they sat on the thrones for the King and Queen. Margaret had a serious mental problem that made her devote her life to being a Christian who believed everything was sinful, even sexual intercourse, including within marriage. Relatives Stephen King states that the character of Carietta White, was based off of two real girls who he knew in his adolescent years while in grade school, both girls were bullied very much and one of them, like Carrie, had a fanatically religious mother. She examines such questions such as whether or not she would have chosen and married Doug, who was a sloppy, overweight, blue-collar package deliveryman. Sissy Spacek was crowned Homecoming Queen in her teenage years. While this happens, she always shows this smile. When Margaret worries and gets very upset, she begins to tempt Carrie to not go to the prom, to burn the dress with her and pray. Ms. Collins got lost among the turmoil and called for Carrie, the girl, possessed by rage, caused the basketball backboard to fell on Miss Collins, killing her. Don't worry about her truly hurting herself. WebHumiliated and enraged, Carrie loses control of her powers and lets loose a torrent of telekinetic energy that demolishes the school and kills several students. 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. Margaret Whites self-harm in the original version seemed like a ploy to increase the fear of her daughter. In preparation for her role, Sissy Spacek isolated herself from the rest of the ensemble, decorated her dressing room with heavy religious iconography and studied Gustave Dor's illustrated Bible. She is also similar to Ed Gein's mother, Augusta, who inspired Norma Bates from the 1960 film. Carrie then falls down the stairs and brutally hits the wall, leaving a bloodstain. Chris alsofilms Carrie with her phone while the other girls throw tampons and sanitary napkins at Carrie. She looks at Carrie, when she is cutting, sewing and making her prom dress, but quickly looks away when Carrie glances back at her. Then Billy placed the buckets over the school's stage on a high rafter beam completely hidden out of sight. 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. Biographical information She spoke to her mother, saying that she would give her darkness and send her to "whatever God lives there". Tommy visited Carrie, once again insisting in taking her to the ball. Carrie says yes and her mother kisses her on the forehead, telling her she loves her. 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. Carrie's powers were strong even when she was a small child and she was also able to read other people's minds and inner thoughts when they were close enough to her, namely Miss Desjardin, the gym teacher, who secretly felt both disgusted and pity for the young girl. These last thoughts made Carrie suddenly snap. A source tells RadarOnline.com that Carrie relapsed around Thanksgiving last year. Carrie was, however, mocked by Chris Hargensen, Norma Watson and Sue Snell as they threw tampons all over her, ignoring her desperation. Her telekinesis would give her the ability to make her tormentors pay for what they had done. The actress herself does the stunt for the infamous nightmare scene, after insisting on it. This is an adaptation of Stephen King's novel. 2 boys caught for skipping French 1, got a weeks detention for staring at the blood. Carrie is deaf and mute, but finds other ways to assert her Margaret then passes by the hallway, without Carrie noticing. She also owns her own tailor shop in this film. ", over and over again non-stop. Here are a few characteristics of the narcissistic mother. One of the best parts of the novel Carrie is Carrie's dramatic inner conflict about whether or not she should go to prom. Patricia Clarkson as Carrie's mother Margaret White in Carrie (2002 remake). "Red I might have known it would be red". The Black Prom tragedy hits the nation bigger than the J.F.K. WebCarries mom in the 2013 film is more interested in harming herself than harming Carrie White. Tommy was a talented and handsome jock, who unlike most of the popular crowd, was actually a very nice and well-meaning teenager. Her death then causes Carrie to destroy the house with both of them in it before killing herself on the way. In a deleted scene, Margaret grabs a knife and most likely washes the blood of her hands. Status #1: She always has to be right. In one iteration of her story, Carrie died as a result of her injuries. Also, the "downtown destruction" segment, as portrayed in the novel, which was left out from the 1976 movie because of budget constraints occurred here. A while later, her daughter, Carrie was conceived and Ralph was killed in a construction accident. Margaret lived with her parents John and Judith Brigham in Motton, Maine until 1960, when she moved to Chamberlain with Ralph White. She is the mother of Carrie White and a Christian fanatic. Carrie then reveals her powers to Margaret picking her up and lifting house-hold objects into the air. 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