Carrie is the 2002 and second film adaptation of Carrie. Many say it is a remake, but it isn´t, because it is a far more faithful adaption of the book with a twist ending, including scenes, that didn´t appear in the other adaptations such as "The Rain of Stones" or "The town destruction". It was supposed to go on for a TV series, but it didn´t happen, because of the low ratings.
This remake was done by David Carson. It also featured Carrie White as a little girl encountering Stella Horan, one of her neighbours, whom her mother calls a slut. In this adaptation her mother was less chaotic, but stll had a crazy essence to her. Carrie, played by Angela Bettis, was a very shy and lonely outcast and many said, she fit the character.
Plot
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On Monday morning the girls receive punishment from Miss Desjardin. Her intention was to give them three days suspension and refusal of their Prom tickets, but the administration had decided a week´s detention instead with Miss Desjardin, who would run them ragged. Otherwise they would have three days suspension and refusal of their Prom tickets. The girls cave in to the punishment with the exception of Chris, who doesn´t show any regret for what has happened and hates Miss Desjadin for putting her in place swearing revenge. Carrie in the meantime begins to investigate what is going on with her and finds out through the internet by investigating miracles, she has telekinesis and begins to practice and control them with more and more success all the time.


In this catatonic, subconscious state she freaks out and begins to kill everyone at the Prom. Only a handful, including Miss Desjarden and Noram, survive it. She then leaves the High School, which burns to the ground and goes home leaving a trait of destruction on the way, including the destruction of downtown and a gas station. In the meantime Chris and Billy enjoy what they have done, untill Jackie fills them in about what has happened. They then go to the town. They find Carrie on her way home and try to run her over, but Carrie´s telekinetic powers prevent this from happening. She thows them into a tree killing them both. At home she then puts herself into the bathtub full of water with her dress on. There she regains her consciousness.

After two weeks Sue brings Carrie to the grave of her mother to visit her for the first and last time. After that she brings her to Florida, where noone will know her. Visions of her dead mother and the dead Chris are haunting her.
List of deaths
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Name | Cause of Death | Killer | On Screen | Notes |
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Tommy "Thomas" Ross | Bucket falls onto his head | Billy Nolan and Christine Hargensen | Yes | Accidental (still murder as death was caused because of a crime commited by others) |
Tina Blake | Hit in her back and crushed by a basketball board | Carrie White | Yes | |
Mr. Morton | Electrocuted | Carrie White | Yes | |
Roy Evarts and Helen Shyres | Electrocuted | Carrie White | Yes | |
Lou Garson | Electrocuted | Carrie White | Yes | |
Kenny Garson, The Thibodeau Twins, Jessica Upshaw, Rachel Spies and Rhonda Simard | Electrocuted | Carrie White | Yes | |
Most of the other prom-goers | Electrocuted | Carrie White | Yes | |
Billy Nolan and Christine Hargensen | Car stopped violently and then smashed into a tree | Carrie White | Yes | |
Many people in Chamberlaine | Burned or crushed | Carrie White | No | |
Margaret White | heart attack | Carrie White | Yes | self-defence |
Cast
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- Angela Bettis as Carrie White
- Patricia Clarkson as Margaret White
- Rena Sofer as Miss Desjarden
- Kandyse McClure as Sue Snell
- Emilie De Ravin as Chris Hargensen
- Katharine Isabelle as Tina Blake
- Chelan Simmons as Helen Shyres
- Tobias Mehler as Tommy Ross
- Jesse Cadotte as Billy Nolan
- Meghan Black as Norma Watson
- David Keith as Detective Mulchaey
- Steve Byers as Roy Evarts
- Miles Meadows as Kenny Garson
- Laurie Murdoch as Principal Morton
- Michael Kopsa as John Hargensen
- Malcolm Scott as Jackie Talbot
- Andrew Robb as Danny Erbter
- Jodelle Micah Ferland as Little Carrie White
- Michaela Mann as Estelle Horan
Production
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In May 2002, television network NBC commissioned a film adaptation of Stephen King's novel Carrie. The network originally wanted a "movie-of-the-week", but the studio decided to capitalize on the production, so the film was instead planned as a backdoor pilot for a potential television series.
Filming started the following month in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on June 12, 2002, and took at least twenty days. A soundtrack for the 2002 NBC version of "Carrie" does exist, but it was only released as a promotional item from Access Denied Music.