Oooooooh yes the shorts were definitely that short in the 70's, for men and women alike. :)

The book confirms that Tommy was the first fatality; he died when the bucket hit him in the head.

In the 70's directors actually gave the actors room and time to act. I think we're so used to movies jump scaring us and cutting away every 5 seconds to keep us stimulated that to you guys it seems like scenes "linger on". For that reason an amazing performance like piper laurie's is almost entirely lost on the both of you. I also feel like it's okay to not have a hero in every movie you watch. You don't have to agree with the choices of the characters or spend so much time trying to find the "good people".

29:16 Because it isn't a statue of Jesus; it is St. Sebastian. A Christian Saint and martyr killed when he refused to renounce his Faith during the persecution of Christians- tied to a tree and shot with arrows. This is why when Carrie kills her Mother- Mrs White dies with a smile on her face- because she has now become a martyr like her religious Icon St. Sebastian.

The teacher thought Sue was trying to ruin Carrie's moment because she saw her boyfriend kissing Carrie when they were on stage and she started running towards it, except Sue didn't even seem to care about the kiss and was only trying to save Carrie...

That music as Carrie is walking up on stage is heartbreaking. That's the only time in her life she ever got to be happy or enjoy anything. And even that got ruined. One of the few horror movies that made me cry.

Back in the 70s, principals, teachers, coaches etc. could get physical with students… that was like a normal thing at that time

I think some here might attest that bullying of the 70s knows no peers.

Gen X Brit here, fun fact, physical punishment of students was only made illegal, or at least was only enforced, right as I entered secondary school in 84/85. We had two teachers fired for it as it just hadn't sunk in yet that they really could not put hands on us.

Steven King taught me very early on never pick on the quiet kids😳

And to think " Carrie " was Stephen Kings first book . He almost threw it away , but his wife convinced him to get it published .

"Were everyone's shorts really that short back in the 70s." Yes. And not just the girls. Go check out any 70s NBA game.

Sissy Spacek (Carrie) and Piper Laurie (Carrie's mother) both got Oscar nominations for this film. At the time it was unheard of for a horror film to get Oscar nominations, let alone for acting. This was also directed by Brian dePalma and his first financial success.

I was spanked in school by a principal. Also had a teacher threaten to split a chalk board with my skull. Physical discipline was big in the 80’s.

You guys are I think are the only reaction video of this movie that I’ve watched that actually knew that Tommy and Sue were trying to help her you would be surprised on how many people think they are in on it

Piper Laurie who plays Carries mother was nominated as best supporting actress for the oscars and she said at some point that she accepted the movie because she tought it was a comedy and not a horror movie.

One thing to note is that in Stephen King's writing, bullies tend to be portrayed as absolute psychopaths. One of the kid bullies in It was presented as being one in the novel, taking pleasure in slowly killing insects and small animals, for example.

Yeah, only some people were laughing. A lot of it is up to interpretation, but it is confirmed that the teacher wasn't laughing, that was in Carrie's mind. And personally, I believe the couple from another school that Tommy and her were hanging out with weren't laughing. They had no reason to.

Carrie has a psychotic break after the bucket incident, and only imagines everyone laughing.

The first Stephen King novel, the first to be adapted, and still one of his best works yet. That prom scene is rightfully one of the most infamous and imitating scenes of all time, it still gives me chills.

In the book Carrie didn't take it easy. After she burnt down the gym with everyone in it, she started walking home. As she was walking through the town, she destroyed probably about half of it, killing hundreds of people.

I went to high school back then, and yeah, even the guys had to wear gym shorts that short. It seemed normal back then though. We associated the longer ones with being old-fashioned.

The book/movie that almost wasn't. King had gotten through most of the writing of this and threw it in the trash. His wife Tabitha came home ,saw it, and pulled it out and read it. and then convinced him to keep going with and she helped him write what teenage girls were more like, that was mostly what King hated about it, he wasn't getting them down realistically enough. So...Thank you Tabitha.

Y'all didn't get it. Measuring such a film as CARRIE so prosaically and "logically" goes against its operatic, emotional design. Whatever genre one might assign to it, it is fundamentally a movie about the turmoil and rage of a lonely teenage misfit. The "suspense" draws from her emotional fragility and what hostile forces will assail it. How will she respond? If you're watching the film to judge its efficiency in delivering shocks, you are asking it to be something far less interesting or enduring. That said, movies like CARRIE were designed for the big screen in a darkened theater, eons before social media distraction/fragmentation.

Sissey Spacek is beyond good. She is awesome in everything she's ever done.

Nancy Allen who played the bully Chris was also Robocops partner. 💫

I was in high school when Carrie came out. I took my girlfriend and three of her friends to go see it. They all left the movie super pissed off as they'd all thought Carrie was a homely looking wierdo that should have expected AND accepted the hard time she got. They hated that because they would have joined in the "teasing" they would be considered the bad guys and probably would have been killed for it. ME?? I'd thought Carrie was cute and hot and having ESP made her through the roof even cooler.

Also Sue follows Carrie to the house where she was born & Carrie looks up at Sue and says " You Should Have Left Me Alone ". And then she dies.

Carrie is terrifying because of the cruelty and isolation. Modern movies often make cruelty feel outlandish or over the top in some way. But here the students are openly, unapologetically cruel. Yes, they get outlandish too. But there is a simplicity to their cruelty which is all to relatable. We've all had that moment where, even for a moment, somebody just wanted to be be cruel and didn't care. And we all know the feeling of isolation Carrie goes through. Be it at home or school. That sense of private despair, desperate for resolution, but terrified to admit itself. We relate to those twin pains so much that, even though Carrie objectively murders people and without mercy even to those who were kind, we are reluctant to condemn her -- because it would mean condemning a part of ourselves that has already been judged, if only in our past. Stephen King uses Carrie to amplify the feelings of isolation, despair, and cruelty we all know in a kind of evil form of magical realism.

"These are fully grown adults." While that is true, you should take a look at yearbook pictures from back in the day, up to the early 80s. A lot of those seniors look at least that old, while the football players look like they're pushing 40! And, yes, the shorts were that short... on a lot of the guys, too... to say nothing of the mesh shirts.

The actress playing the lead bully, Nancy Allen, also starred in the first three RoboCop films. John Travolta followed this up with a starring role in Saturday Night Fever. Director Brian de Palma also directed the remake of Scarface. He and George Lucas shared an open casting call for this and the first Star Wars film

Tommy is definitely dead. In the book it's specified that they were galvanized steel buckets. Dropped from that height, it could definitely kill you.

Were teenagers really this bad? In the seventies, when there were no anti-bulling laws, yeah they were. I was there. Bullies were forgiven and dismissed, "boys will be boys". However, I didn't know that it was even worse for some girls. This is, sadly, not an exaggeration.

The artist who made the "hideous" Jesus statue was Sissy Spacek's husband Jack Fisk .....

Carrie's mom was the real villan/ monster. I find this movie extremely sad/tragic. Carrie could have had a fantastic life had she been raised differently. Her abilities were incredible. In a different reality she could have been an X-men or Marvel superhero. Everything would have been very different if Carrie's mother wasn't a cruel twist religious lunatic, Its no suprise Carrie finally snapped. She had been bullied/traumatized by her mother her whole life and had little self worth. The school bullies only made her trauma PTSD worse pushing her over the edge.

Saw this as a kid in the theater and it actually affected me as much as seeing the Exorcist and Texas Chainsaw Massacre a few years earlier when i was real little kid. Btw I met Linda Blair in 2018 and got to talk to her a while about how she traumatized my childhood.

"Film evolving as an art-form has killed a lot of those [funky] things you notice." No, I'm sorry, but that's beyond untrue. Composition and camera-work in films achieved levels of brilliance right from the start of the medium -- look at Murnau, von Sternberg, Dreyer. A director like de Palma, influenced by Hitchcock, knows what he's doing, and his choices are aesthetic decisions. You can quarrel with his decisions (many of us do!), but they are the product of craft and deliberation; they are not "funky" mistakes.

One of the best horror classics!!!!

Sissy Spacek is amazing in "Coal Miner's Daughter" based on the life of Country Western Singer Loretta Lynn. Sissy sang all those songs herself. I wish you guys would react to that movie.

Brian DePalma is a very accomplished filmmaker and all his shot choices are very intentional. He is a known fan of Alfred Hitchcock and the slow motion sequences are a staple of his filmography. Watch Dressed to Kill, Blow Out, The Untouchables, Body Double. Modern horror films aren't even in the same ball park as the classics.

Yes, the short shorts were accurate for the time. Google 70's NBA players images and see how the men wore them! 😅

I know it's lame now but the hand coming out at the end was one of the first 'shock' endings. When I saw this at the cinema in '76 the entire audience jumped out their seats when it happened, me included. Oh such an innocent time we lived in back then LOL

Hayley: "I haven't seen Ferris Bueller" Definitely add it to the reaction list.

I graduated in 1990 from high school. Back then, you had to have an opposite sex date to attend prom. Same sex couples (heterosexual best friends or gay partners) were banned as well as solo or stag people.

Also the house at the end was destroyed by a meteor shower Carrie pulled down from space. They actually filmed the meteor shower but it looked terrible so you just see hints of them coming through the ceiling. Carrie did it once before when she was a child but that scene was also cut.

LOL. One last post. Here is a test to see which grandparents lie and which grandparents you can trust. Ask them if this is how kids really behaved in the 70's. The grandparents who say "Yeah, we were stupid and did stuff like that" those are the ones you can trust. AND if they also say "But don't ever let me catch you doing anything that dumb!", hug them and love them forever.

"Helen" was really 31 in 1976. And yes, she is Grace from Ferris Bueller. Haley was correct, all of these students were full blown adults. Travolta was 22. Amy Irving (Sue) was 23. Sissy Spacek was 27.

Misery would be a good one to do.

I was a teenager when Carrie was released and saw it in the theater. What I remember most about that pivotal moment at the end of the movie is how everyone in the theater, in addition to screaming, was turned in their seats and ready to run. After a moment or two the terror then collapsed into laughter at what had just happened.

Miss collins was actually never laughing it was all in carrie's head at that point because her mom said they'd all laugh at her.

Keep in mind that this is the first Stephen King adapted film from what is King's first novel

I went to an all boys private school in the 90s, and by then DC had outlawed corporal punishment. The way they got around that was to have the parents come in and discipline the child in the office in front of one of the staff. I don't know anyone that happened to directly, so who knows how widespread that actually was.

This movie is based on Stephen King’s first book. When he wrote it he threw away the manuscript because he didn’t think it was good. His wife Tabitha read it and convinced him to finish the book.

Lots of relatives and spouse and the like in this movie. Sissie Spacek's husband at the time was an art assistant on the film. Priscilla Pointer who played Sue's mother in the movie is Amy Irving's mother in real life. And the song "I Never Dreamed Someone Like You Could Love Someone Like Me" is sung by Katie Irving - who is Amy's sister and Priscilla's other daughter. The girls were also afraid to do nudity. They filmed Sissie first, and then they saw the dailies and said, if Sissie can do nudity and such, we can too. Piper Laurie said when she died, Brian DePalma told her to almost act like it was orgasmic - hence all the grunting and moaning.

The great Brian De Palma directed this, and he knew how to take his time and get exactly what he wanted. Those odd little touches were exactly what he wanted. They were no mistake. Film theory has changed very little since the 70's. It wasn't the stone age, after all. And the great directors always know what tools to use to get the result they want. Dutch angles, asymmetrical framing, shadowy vs. flat lighting, depth of field, soft focus, slow motion, split screen (all of which De Palma employed here). . . Check out the work of other great directors. De Palma is a big Hitchcock fan, and borrowed some of his techniques. Mood was the goal. The prom scene takes all the time it needs to build suspense. And when you're not in a hurry you can take your time establishing mood. It's not the destination, it's the journey. One of the problems with modern audiences is their often short attention spans and expectation of fast pacing and formulaic jump scares. That's how we got Michael Bay. Heaven help a Gen-Z who tries to read a 150 year old novel where hundreds of pages are spent describing whaling practices or an internal monologue. . . Sorry about the ranting. Oh, FYI: Sissy Spacek did her own stunts. She really was walking slowly in front of that wall of flame in the prom scene. I think that slo-mo shot of her coming out the gymnasium doors is one of the creepiest in all of film history.

"They're gonna laugh at you" is a phrase, and specifically being said with that voice, is burned into my brain. and its worse since I saw the film for the first time as a kid, and an odd trait with kids is that the sound of lines of dialogue in movies, the sound of the voice, the way the words are said, the inflections used, etc can be held onto just as forcefully as the lines themselves. I always felt bad for tommy. he was clearly enjoying his time with Carrie, and even after the bucket falls you can see him pissed off and yelling "what the hell is this". esp since as a kid, i didn't get that most of the laughing was in her mind, so i just assumed they all WERE laughing at her, even the teacher, so he really was the only one there that cared.

Piper Laurie did a great job playing the creepy mom.

Fun Fact the woman with the hat really got knocked out when she was sprayed by the hose

You also have to understand that times were different then. You can't go in with a modern mindset on something from a different like the 70s...

When this movie was released, I was an elementary school student living in the countryside of Japan, far from America, and it came as a huge shock to me. Now, it is an early work by a director who directs Al Pacino.

Physical discipline in schools was something that was technically “against the rules” for a while before it was enforced. In the 70s, it would likely depend on the district what was and was not acceptable. In the book, the gym teacher is reprimanded but since she has a good relationship with the principal, and Chris has a terrible track record, she gets let off easy.

Loved it, pretty much my fav reaction team. Love that you give valid criticism and not just fawning, makes your reactions very credible. Keep it up, i'll be there...

Sue tried to do something nice and ended up dooming everyone.

Any & all horror films made in the 70s are absolutely terrifying & way scarier than pretty much anything in modern times

To your shorts question, the 70s was early for me, but my HS had some short shorts that we all had to wear in PE.

I really love you guys, whenever I feel low I watch you too and really my day gets better! especially hayley with that weird faces really makes me laugh sometimes 😂

Sissy Spacek is a really good actress, I only know her in two other movies Coal Miners Daughter, and Blast From The Past.

Having grown up in the 70s and 80s, I can assure you teachers were allowed and did hit their students.

Very short shorts were in style, drinking and driving was common, and you had to have a date to go to the prom.

"Who would buy the property?" In the book, this is actually a point which comes up. The town is basically dying after the prom. Nobody really wants to bother rebuilding, since all the kids are dead. A lot of people sell for a pittance or abandon their property and leave. Even the ones who stay are basically suffering from PTSD and don't know what to do.

In the book it was 2 buckets of blood & tommy dies. Then she blows up the gas tank from the school that blows the school up. She ends up walking towards her house taking out every fire highdrent in the neighborhood. Blowing up every house & gas station. Finally when she gets home , she kills her mom by stopping her heart & walks to the house where she was born.

Carrie was based on two girls from King's childhood And so, these two real people were combined into a single Carrie White, a girl who was both picked on in school and was stuck with a mother who maybe took her religious beliefs a little too far.

Fun fact: Norma ( the girl in the red cap aka PJ Soles) was also in the 1978 version of Halloween

Please consider the original Planet of the Apes 1968 🙏

King's book (which others have already mentioned was his first published novel) is written as your typical story. It's an official investigation into these events, so there are lots of interviews, documents, etc.

Just the people who were in on the prank were laughing, but Carrie's mind made her think everyone was laughing

That "ohh" at 16:56 was so all knowing lol This was a great reaction vid, one more expressive and one more like silent shock and disgust comes together really well. As far as everyone caring, I'd say that's one of the more realistic representations of HS. And both of your reactions to Carrie's "I know I don't not really" are absolutely adorable! And I'm so glad somebody pointed out the"hand thunk" sound. I've always found that amusing.

Ah, the classics. can't wait for more of this

Loooved your reaction~! and yeah, Carrie is an interesting movie with look and scene pacing~ To answer a few things, Yes, shorts in the 70's were indeed that short, and back then teachers could hit students. Loved hearing your after movie thoughts too! Keep on Keeping On, and thank you both so much for doing what you do~!!

The girls are back! Haven’t seen many reactions to this movie. a classic! I remember feeling so torn watching this as a kid.

"They're all going to laugh at you"

In the seventies you could hit students… lol it happened to me more than once.

Sissy Spacek is very good in 1982's "Missing", also starring Jack Lemmon.

"They're all gonna laugh at you!!!!" - Margaret White

346st ....I saw this when It came out - Class of 79 ..... it was a Huge SMASH .....1st time a horror was nominated for Best Picture - Launched Sissy Spacek's career - and John Travolta - to Saturday NIght Fever

fun fact, amy irving (sue snell) does the singing for jessica rabbit in who framed rodger rabbit

So as someone who was bullied in the 80s this is 100% accurate! Your period pimples cold sores being fat shopping at certain places and anything else they could target was a way to bully you! I'm so glad you all didn't have to ho through this but a lot of us did and we suffered everyday try eating your lunch in a bathroom then having your bullies find you and cornor you in a bathroom and you will see how we felt I was even pushed down a hill and had 50% percent of my face and body scraped off all cause I was black but go off! They would write things on your locker and walls, they would torment people and the adults would say that's how you got character teachers ignored it and would also bully you.

I think the point of this movie, was made to tell a story, and not necessarily be a horror movie.

Hayley and Stella- GREAT to see you lovely and highly smart ladies again!!!! Missed y'all so much!!!! This movie is an absolute favorite of mine that came out of the brilliant mind of Stephen King AKA The Master of Horror!!!!

I met the actor that plays Tommy at comic con. He was in the 80s TV series Greatest American Hero.

This is a great, classic movie. Can relate to how awful being bullied at school was.

Linda Blair who played Regan in "The Exorcist" auditioned for the role of Carrie White.

Can't believe this movie is almost 50 yrs old.

Corporal punishment is STILL allowed in 23 states. Slapping across the face hasn't ever really been ok, but paddling...

Sissy Spacek is a great actress, you should check out a film of hers called, Night Mother. It's pretty intense and emotional.

Sissy Spacek is an incredible actress. For a completely different side of her, see Coal Miner's Daughter. It's a biopic about Loretta Lynn. For Stephen King movies, watch Christine and Cujo. They will scare you.

Someone should write a fanfic in which Tommy has feelings for Carrie and that he notices the buckets and pushes both her and him out of the way just in time. It would be nice if the two of them got a happy ending and went to college together.

I don't know of anybody else mentioned this in the comments, but this film was directed by Brian DePalma. One of our great and honestly underrated directors. He was known for his dramatic, slow motion, no dialogue scenes. It was his trademark. If you watch more of his movies you would appreciate his style more. The slow motion sequence in the untouchables was simply incredible.

Glad you went with the original

I like that this movie and Robocop show that Nancy Allen has range. She plays the lead bully girl in this movie and Louis in Robocop.