Sci-Fi & Squeam

25 Nov 2013

The Colour of Blood : Review of Carrie 2013

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The Squeamer and the A to Z of Horror’s Bailey O’Neill go into the studio to have a debrief on the new remake/reboot of Carrie, the film version we have been waiting for based on the Stephen King novel of the same name!

So if you want to know what they think of this film in comparison to the Brian De Palma 1976 one, well, you will need to listen to this podcast to find out…..is it a “train wreck or a glorious gleeful horror homage”?…and what is it to do with Miss Piggy? and is it true it is helmed by an out Lesbian film director?

More Carrie info here : The Director

On why the director of this new Carrie thinks she was right for the job:

‘Peirce, who is drawn not just to the authentic portrayal of violence but also the humanity behind that violence, managed to offer up a film in which everyone was complex and fleshy and shaped by their backgrounds and histories. Now she’s doing it again with an adaptation of Stephen King’s seminal horror novel Carrie. Her background, she says, has helped prepare her for the cruelty and brutality that lay ahead.

“I don’t think personal experience is the be-all, end-all of our interests,” Peirce says. “We were all raised straight, and look how queer we are. But I certainly think things do influence you, and I come from a very interesting background.”

The Advocate, Oct 2013

Other Reviews HERE

YOUTube Trailer here

Carrie is released onto Australia Thursday November 28th 2013