{"id":15030,"date":"2015-04-18T23:04:04","date_gmt":"2015-04-18T23:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=15030"},"modified":"2015-05-14T23:08:42","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T23:08:42","slug":"carrie-the-rage-carrie-2-blu-ray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/18\/carrie-the-rage-carrie-2-blu-ray\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrie\/ The Rage: Carrie 2 [Blu-ray]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cCarrie\u201d is one of the most attempted and tapped in to books of all time, and Scream factory\u2019s latest release proves this fact pure and simple. The story of a pubescent young girl coming of age to realize she\u2019s pure evil, or perhaps misunderstood (?) is a compelling tale that Hollywood has tried to perfect can\u2019t quite get right. Brian DePalma\u2019s film has comes the closest to acing what makes the narrative so incredible. 2000\u2019s \u201cCarrie\u201d was a made for TV backdoor pilot for a possible TV show that\u2019s just a mess from start to finish. Even without its efforts to tout itself as the next big television show, \u201cCarrie\u201d only has a few redeeming features to it and nothing more.<\/p>\n

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Angela Bettis, who gave a stunning performance in \u201cMay,\u201d doesn\u2019t catch lightning in a bottle twice as Carrie White. Here as Carrie she looks too old for the part, and her efforts to look impish and realizing her powers look more as if she\u2019s on the verge of a major sneeze. Her flickering eyes and twitches offer nothing to her interpretation of the character, and she just looks bored most of the time. There are some added technologically updated ideas injected about online bullying, and word spreading through chat rooms and whatnot, but it\u2019s all so outdated it\u2019s more humorous than socially conscious. I did enjoy the notion that Chris Hargensen was more bullied in to the big finale with the pig blood rather than insisting on giving Carrie her blood bath. There\u2019s the heavy implication Chris Hargensen is crushing under peer pressure and is bullied like Carrie, but nothing is really made of it, unfortunately. The production quality for 2000\u2019s \u201cCarrie\u201d is flimsy and shoddy and will only make for good horror viewing for completists. 1999\u2019s \u201cCarrie: The Rage\u201d fares much better as a loose sequel that can never decide if it\u2019s a follow up to \u201cCarrie\u201d or a remake. Emily Bergl gives a criminally underrated performance as Rachel, a reclusive young girl who decides to take on the football team of her school when they begin sleeping with local virginal female schoolers and dumping them. This results in their suicides. Rachel is much bolder than Carrie White, but seems to be from the same bloodline of the woefully cursed White family. This prompts Sue Snell to attempt to council her and get her in touch with her fantastic power which, like Carrie, might be the realization of pure evil when unleashed. \u201cThe Rage\u201d takes on more relevant tones of bullying with the themes of slut shaming and rape, while also trying to advance the blood bath that ensues in the finale. The gruesome massacre is much more blood soaked than suggestive this time around with exploding eye balls, spears through crotches, compact discs being used as razor projectiles. While still as outdated as \u201cCarrie 1999,\u201d thankfully \u201cThe Rage\u201d holds up more to scrutiny for its more socially relevant narrative and stunning performance by Bergl. I consider \u201cThe Rage\u201d an underrated pseudo sequel and it\u2019s a gem for completists. For folks that want the whole treatment for \u201cCarrie,\u201d Scream Factory supplies a great double feature on Blu-Ray. Never one to just stuff two moves on to a pack, Scream Factory offers up a wonderful slew of extras. Director David Carson offers up a brand new audio commentary for the 1999 \u201cCarrie\u201d explaining Bryan Fuller\u2019s with praise, Bettis\u2019 performance, and where it would have gone as a series. There\u2019s also a trailer for the film. For \u201cThe Rage: Carrie 2\u201d there\u2019s a new audio commentary with director Katt Shea that\u2019s lively as she talkes with DOP Donald Morgan about the film, and its production. There\u2019s also the original audio commentary from the MGM DVD, an Alternate Ending involving snakes that Shea cut since it made no sense, and three alternate scenes not shown in theaters. Finally, there\u2019s the original trailer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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