If you ask me, the 2013 Carrie remake was… kind of lame. I was severely underwhelmed and I think other audiences were, too, as ticket sales failed to match previous remakes like A Nightmare on Elm Street, Evil Dead, and Halloween. Luckily, my opinion and everyone else’s opinion on this subject could possibly be changed with the release of a Carrie (2013): The Director’s Cut!
As confirmed by test and pre-release viewers, the original cut of the Carrie remake was extremely different than what we saw in theaters. As confirmed by the before mentioned audiences, cast members from the movie, and other horror websites, the original cut of Carrie was more brutal and gory, had more character development, and featured more scenes that were present in the book by Stephen King.
So, someone published a petition on PetitionBuzz.com to hopefully get Carrie: The Director’s Cut released. Dubbed “The Carrie Petition,” the goal is to amass 20,000 signatures that can be sent to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Sony Pictures, Screen Gems, 20th Century Fox, and Misher Films. As of this writing it has already gathered 10,500.
The DVD/Blu-ray sales for Carrie (2013) notches in at just over $7,000,000 so maybe this director’s release isn’t that bad of an idea. I know I’d be down for giving this movie a second chance should this ever happen!
Click here to sign “The Carrie Petition” and increase the chances of the Director’s Cut release!
“This petition is for those avid Carrie fans who hope to see an Extended Director’s Cut of Carrie released on DVD and Blu-ray. It has come to the attention of fans that there were many scenes filmed, but later dropped from the theatrical cut – many of which were also, unfortunately, not included in the Deleted/Alternate scenes on the Blu-ray release. Back in December 2012, there were a number of people who attended the first test screenings of the film and confirmed that the original cut was longer and a lot different from what we saw in theaters. Based on fan speculation, feedback from Test-Audiences, and certain confirmed details concerning the film — the deleted and/or extended scenes include:
– Hail: Otherwise known as “The Rain of Stones” [This was originally the opening scene]; The White Commission: The film had integrated several courtroom scenes with witnesses giving testimonies of their experiences with Carrie White leading to the prom incident, essentially structuring the film as a series of flashbacks and recollections. It begins with an Interview with an adult Estelle Parsons [who witnessed the Hail as a teenager], Sheriff Otis Doyle, Dr. Dean L. McDuffy, Erika Gogan, Ms. Arlene Walsh, and others who had some kind of experience with Carrie White or theories about the Black Prom; The found footage that had been filmed by Freddy “Beak” Holt – and there is currently speculation that other found footage from gymnasium security cameras also played a role in the film
– Sue’s Video-Diary; Scenes detailing more in depth character development; “Wipe that smile off your face” – Chris to Carrie at the pool; The locker room scene [extended] – Chris turning the cell-phone toward herself and the mean girls; Scenes involving social media – Facebook in particular: The e-mail from Chris to Donna Kellogg. “So I’m out of prom and my [censored] father says he won’t give them what they deserve;” Billy’s wild ride [The “blowjob scene” – similar to the 1976 version]; Chris and Tina kiss [extended]; Tommy and Sue’s backseat love scene [extended]; A scene featuring actress Ally Feliciano: The mean girls teasing and making fun of Carrie. This scene supposedly took place before the bathroom [mirror shattering] scene; An interaction between Carrie and Chris outside the dress shop; The confrontation between Sue and the mean girls
– Drive to the pig farm [extended]; Carrie levitates Margaret [extended]; The meaningful conversation between Miss Desjardin and Carrie at prom; Tommy and Carrie kissing; Billy kisses Chris; Margaret escaping from the closet and cutting herself with a knife; Sue tries to call Tommy from outside the school to warn him but he rejects the call; Chris and Billy rushing from the school [after the blood dump] to find that Sue’s parked automobile is blocking them from leaving; The prom scene as a whole which was said to be longer and more violent than the theatrical version; Tina on fire [extended]; A scene or shot revealing Erika and George’s fate – According to Test-Audiences, George was impaled by one of the star decorations as Erika watched in horror; The electrocution scene which was supposed to be more graphic and longer. In the novel, it was described as a “crazy puppet dance”. According to Test-Audiences, Carrie levitates herself and the “dead students” and “soars” passed them and out a window
– Carrie using her telekinetic powers to kill some of the prom survivors who are outside the school; The town destruction – According to Test-Audiences, Carrie uses her telekinesis to set “some other buildings” on fire aside from the school: reference the teaser trailer; Sue seeing Tommy’s body being taken out on a stretcher and Miss Desjardin saying how sorry she is for what’s happened; Margaret’s original death scene which was said to be closer to the novel; The multiple endings
On behalf of the fans, we are petitioning for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Sony Pictures, Screen Gems, 20th Century Fox, and Misher Films to release an Extended Director’s Cut of Carrie. We really hope that this petition will bring forth a Special Edition release. Each of us hope to see the film as it was, as we whole-heartedly believe, originally intended — with longer sequences and all deleted/extended scenes restored within the film. Thank you very much for considering our petition!”
