This weekend actress Chlo\u00eb Grace Moretz will recreate one of the most famous sequences from 1970s cinema.<\/p>\n
Years after the release of the 1976 Brian De Palma-directed Carrie, the movie\u2019s impact was summed up by Esquire, who wrote, \u201cLike any top-tier, truly unforgettable scene in cinema (it\u2019s) so well-known that you don\u2019t even have to see it to know it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The image of the teenaged Carrie (Sissy Spacek), the victim of a cruel practical joke, dressed in her best prom queen outfit, wide eyed as pig\u2019s blood covers her, dripping from the fake jewels on her tiara, has been referenced in everything from the sitcom Roseanne \u2014 daughter Darlene says the only way she would go to the prom is if she was the one sitting in the rafters with a bucket of pig\u2019s blood \u2014 to the X-Files, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Scream, Gilmore Girls and even Veronica Mars.<\/p>\n
The gore soaked scene also provided the inspiration for a sequel called The Rage: Carrie 2. In this unintentionally funny B-movie Rachel (Emily Bergl) is another high-schooler with the ability to make objects fly and explode with her mind.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo not attempt to sit through this movie without a hefty supply of psychopharmaceutical drugs,\u201d warned one critic.<\/p>\n
Marginally better was Carrie, a 2002 television film meant to serve as a pilot for a proposed series. But that involved making some sweeping changes to the plot, including having Carrie survive the high school carnage and final run-in with her unstable mother. Bad reviews and poor ratings doomed this to the DVD delete bins.<\/p>\n
From the screen to the stage, Carrie provided the source material for an ill-conceived 1988 Broadway musical and several spoofs, including Scarrie! The Musical and Carrie\u2019s Facts of Life, a mash-up of Stephen King\u2019s story and the sitcom The Facts of Life.<\/p>\n
All singing, all dancing versions of Carrie\u2019s humiliation aside, the original film remains a horror touchstone, but don\u2019t expect the new remake to be a carbon copy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe script is totally different from the (original),\u201d Moretz told ET Online. \u201cIt\u2019s more like the book. It\u2019s a more Black Swan version \u2014 it messes with your mind.\u201d<\/p>\n
One thing is for sure. There will be blood \u2014 pig\u2019s blood.<\/p>\n
Judy Greer, who plays Miss Desjardin in the new film, says the prom scene is \u201camazeballs,\u201d adding, \u201cIt\u2019s really totally jarring and creepy but also, in a strange way, gorgeous.\u201d