{"id":22696,"date":"2016-10-11T14:13:01","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T18:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=22696"},"modified":"2016-10-11T14:16:18","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T18:16:18","slug":"carrie-1976-40th-anniversary-collectors-edition-blu-ray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/11\/carrie-1976-40th-anniversary-collectors-edition-blu-ray\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrie (1976): 40th Anniversary Collector\u2019s Edition [Blu-Ray]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"carrie-blu-ray\"<\/a>With the opening of \u201cCarrie,\u201d we see a brutal horror unfold with main character the titular Carrie White taking a shower during gym class and discovering the horror of her first period. She\u2019s a girl who\u2019s never really been given an explanation on anatomy or biology thanks to her religiously fanatical mother, and is terrified. Sadly the predators in her class that revel in bullying Carrie torment her by throwing tampons and towels at her as she screams. While the scene itself is jarring and the epitome of the cruelty Carrie inexplicably receives, it\u2019s also the implication that ultimate evil has been realized. Though it\u2019s mostly hinted at by Carrie\u2019s mother, Carrie, despite being a good person at heart, is also pure evil personified.<\/p>\n

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When she finally reaches her period and reaches puberty, her world shatters and she begins developing supernatural powers. From the outset Carrie is capable of committing horrible damage when her emotions peak at an all time high, and she gradually figures out what she\u2019s capable of. The growth of Carrie is the growth of a person whose own powers allows her to evolve in to someone with better confidence about herself. Sadly, a lot of what goes on behind the scenes unwittingly unleashes the pure carnage Carrie White is capable of. Whether it\u2019s completely confirmed or not, Carrie might be a potentially deadly force whose own religiously fanatical mother is the only person capable of controlling and stifling any and all ability to destroy. When Carrie is victorious at the prom and has pig\u2019s blood dropped on to her head, every bit of psychosis, pain, and emotion hits its high and she unleashes the only thing she has true control over.<\/p>\n

And she uses it to punish literally everyone who\u2019s ever looked down at her, patronized her, and tortured her. \u201cCarrie\u201d is still a juggernaut of horror cinema, and DePalma\u2019s direction matched with the amazing editing makes the film feel like some sort of fever dream that Carrie White is incapable of escaping. She\u2019s a character constantly on edge and stuck in a world which is accentuated by the tight editing and close shots of Carrie\u2019s face during the film\u2019s key moments when she\u2019s in emotional stress. King\u2019s tale is still a very prophetic statement about the damaging effects of bullying, the ruthlessness and inexplicable cruelty of bullies, and how in many ways evil begets evil.<\/p>\n

Scream Factory pulls out all the stops for the 40th<\/sup> anniversary collector\u2019s edition, offering up a two disc edition and brand new art for \u201cCarrie.\u201d Featured on disc one is an HD theatrical trailer, and a gallery of trailers for the franchise. With Disc Two, there\u2019s \u201cWriting Carrie,\u201d a new thirty minute interesting interview with screenwriter Lawrence Cohen who discusses in great length how he adapted the book from a then unknown Stephen King, and his feelings on the book. \u201cShooting Carrie\u201d is a new fifteen minute interview with Director of Photography Mario Tosi. It\u2019s another fine interview with who discusses a lot of the visuals, including how he made most of the film feel like one fuzzy bad dream, as well as DePalma\u2019s approach to the storytelling. \u201cCutting Carrie\u201d is a twenty five minter interview with editor Paul Hirsch who relays some excellent insight about how he put the film together in the editing room, finding the tone of the film, the frantic pacing, and the big editing of the climax.<\/p>\n

\u201cCasting Carrie\u201d is a sixteen minute talk with casting director Harriet B. Helberg who discusses what it took to get the film cast and the search for the lead role which went to Sissy Spacek. \u201cMore Acting Carrie\u201d is a twenty minute segment with new but short interviews with Nancy Allen, Betty Buckley, William Katt, Piper Laurie, Edie McClurg, and P.J. Soles, respectively. One of the more fun revelations during this segment is that DePalma was holding auditions for \u201cCarrie\u201d while George Lucas was holding auditions for \u201cStar Wars\u201d in the same room at the same time. Imagine John Travolta as Han Solo, or Mark Hamil in William Katt\u2019s role. \u201cBucket of Blood\u201d is a twenty two minute interview with Pino Donaggio who discusses his amazing score for the film. He explains the approach toward the score, and how they composed most of the haunting music, including the string music derived from \u201cPsycho.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a new \u201cHorror\u2019s Hallowed Grounds\u201d an eleven minute look at shooting locations for the movie with legendary host Sean Clark. \u201cActing Carrie\u201d is an archival series of interviews from past Special Edition DVD\u2019s with principal cast. \u201cVisualizing Carrie\u201d is a forty one archival making of segment from past DVD editions. \u201cCarrie the Musical\u201d is a six minute collection of interviews about the attempt to make the film in to a full fledged musical. \u201cStephen King and the Evolution of Carrie Text Gallery\u201d is a text history about the creation and genesis of the novel, and where King derived his ideas from. There are two HD still galleries of rare Behind the Scenes stills, and Posters and Lobby Cards. There\u2019s a collection of five brief TV trailers for the film, and finally a radio spot for the movie.<\/p>\n