FILM · 1999
The Rage: Carrie 2
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- #001
During the filming of the climactic party/bloodbath scene, three attempts were made to hit Rachel with telekinetic force to shatter the glass doors. On the first take Emily Bergl flinched, and on the second she gritted her teeth. On the third take they managed to finish the scene as they wanted with no facial reaction from her. Real glass broken by air blowers was used for this scene, and Emily suffered numerous cuts on her skin (back, arms, legs and rear) after each take. She was later deliberately not shown from behind in order to hide the wounds.
- #002
Sissy Spacek was offered a cameo for the sequel to Carrie (1976) and turned it down, but she allowed Katt Shea to use some of her scenes from Carrie (1976) for flashbacks.
- #003
Apart from archival footage from the first film, Amy Irving is the only actor and character to return in the sequel.
- #004
The film began as an original story before the producers realized how much it resembled Carrie (1976), which is why they turned it into a sequel.
- #005
A few weeks after production began, director Robert Mandel left the project due to creative differences, and Katt Shea was rushed in to take over the reins with less than a week to prepare to start shooting and a two-week shooting schedule for reshoots.
- #006
Originally titled The Curse, the film was planned to begin production in 1996 with Emily Bergl in the lead role, but production stalled for two years.
- #007
The mental hospital in the film is named "Arkham," a completely pointless reference to a town in the works of H. P. Lovecraft. The name of the mental hospital in the Batman comics is a similar homage.
- #008
It is loosely based on a real-life 1993 incident in which a group of high school athletes (the Spur Posse) were involved in a sex scandal.
- #009
In Sue Snell's office there is a photo of Amy Irving as a young girl with her mother, Priscilla Pointer. Pointer played Sue's mother Eleanor in Carrie (1976) and can be seen briefly in this film's archival footage.
- #010
The burned-down high school that Sue Snell takes Rachel to was actually a burned-down thread factory whose remains were still on the site. Katt Shea also shot a scene in which Rachel pushes a metal bucket aside, but she cut it from the final edit because she found it too silly.
- #011
Near the end of the film, Jesse is studying in his dorm room at Kings University. This is a homage to Stephen King, the author of the Carrie novel.
- #012
The film narrowly escaped being shelved and locked in a vault because it was released in theaters only 3 weeks before the tragic Columbine High School shooting. MGM studio heads said that if the film had been finished later, it would have been shelved and not released out of respect for the shooting victims and their families, because the film is also about a high school outcast taking revenge on his bullies and releasing it after the shooting would have been in bad taste.
- #013
Emily Bergl's first cinematic appearance.
- #014
This was the last film produced by Paul Monash, who had secured the rights to Stephen King's novel and produced the original Carrie (1976), which no other Hollywood studio could touch. His next and final film before his death was the television adaptation Carrie (2002), on which he worked only as a consultant.
- #015
Charlotte Ayanna plays Tracy Campbell in this film, a popular girl who takes part in the cruel prank on Rachel that turns deadly. In Jawbreaker (1999), Ayanna played Elizabeth Purr, another popular girl who dies because of a horrible prank that initially goes wrong. Her parents were played by William Katt and P. J. Soles, who played popular kids in Carrie (1976) who had different roles in changing Carrie's life over the course of prom night.
- #016
Most of the cast were in their 20s playing high school students. Zachery Ty Bryan, Eddie Kaye Thomas and Mena Suvari were young when this film was shot.
- #017
"Rage" was also the title of the first novel Stephen King published under the Richard Bachman pseudonym. That novel culminates in a school shooting, and after a series of real school shootings King decided the book should no longer be published. Interestingly enough, this sequel was released only a month before the Columbine shooting.
- #018
The producers insisted that director Katt Shea use a scene from the film's original shoot, but she was adamant that the footage would not match. The studio did not want to fund reshoots, so Shea offered to play the role of the District Attorney, originally played by Teddi Siddall. Siddall was a friend who had done extensive voice work on Shea's first film, Stripped to Kill (1987), so Shea called her to apologize profusely for replacing her personally.
- #019
Amy Irving was initially reluctant to reprise her role and sought Brian De Palma's approval.
- #020
Sissy Spacek was pleased that footage from the original film was shown in the sequel. Spacek later stated that she enjoyed the film.
- #021
The sequel reveals that Sue Snell was sent to a mental institution after her breakdown over the horror of Carrie's massacre. This parallels the fate of Vic Mooney in the original novel, who also survives the prom with a severe mental breakdown and is sent to a mental institution.
- #022
When Monica and Debra take Rachel to Mark's party, the song playing on the radio is "Backstabbing Liar," and as Monica compliments Rachel because she enjoys doing her favors, the lyrics of "Backstabbing Liar" can be heard, foreshadowing that she has been part of the plan to humiliate her from the start.
- #023
During Jesse and Rachel's first real date, Jesse tells Rachel she is unlike anyone he has ever met, and Rachel says she sometimes wishes she were just one of the "shiny, happy people." Some time after this film, Emily Bergl, who played Rachel, appeared as a guest star on Shiny Happy People (2010).
- #024
When Mark's party first begins, Chuck starts moving through the partygoers with his camera. When he sees a man putting a liquid substance into the expensive pool, he leaves the camera on him long enough to warn that heads will roll if anything in the house gets broken. This turns out to be a grim forecast of what happens when Rachel's powers go haywire: nearly everything in the house is broken, and Chuck is decapitated by shattering glass.
- #025
A draft of the script dated February 13, 1998 lists Howard A. Rodman as the writer. He did not receive credit on the final film.
- #026
The name of the supporting character in the film who bullies Rachel and is part of the prank and is killed only by the flying CDs (listed in the credits as Party Girl) is Deborah. In the original script the character was named Amy and had a much larger role, often seen hanging out with Monica and Tracy and sharing a class with Rachel.
- #027
No explanation is given for why Rachel's tattooed thorns grow and spread over her, but since the tattoo symbolizes the bond between them, it may be a supernatural manifestation of Lisa. Rachel may also be powerful enough to make such changes herself.
- #028
Walter is in the street and yelps when the car nearly hits him. Unfortunately, seconds later a truck comes along and strikes him, and he lies in the street yelping when Rachel picks him up. This scene was shot in segments. The trainer placed the dog on its mark and cued it with verbal and hand commands. After the accident, the dog leaves the veterinary examination with a neck collar and several bandages. The dog gently licked the bandages, which were removed immediately after the shot was completed.
- #029
The students discuss Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," which mirrors the "forbidden" love of Jesse and Rachel.
- #030
In the final scene, when Rachel comes to Jesse's dorm room, you can see the wire that opens the blinds.
- #031
This is the debut of Emily Bergl and Tara Killian.
- #032
Many character names are inspired by the series Friends (1994): Rachel Lang/Rachel Green, Monica Jones/Monica Geller and Mark Bing/Chandler Bing.
- #033
Many critics noted the absurdity of Rachel and Sue Snell visiting the remains of the original high school destroyed by Carrie. That these remains would still be standing for more than 20 years struck many as ridiculous.
- #034
In the original script of the party/bloodbath scene: Monica is killed by shards of glass striking her face and throat, Tracy joins Eric and Mark in using weapons against Rachel, and Tracy is killed by Rachel, who shatters Tracy's DKNY sunglasses in her eyes. Tracy is an icy blonde.
- #035
After the dog is run over, Rachel is covered in Walter's blood and Jessie says she looks like a "mass murderer." This references the original film and foreshadows Rachel's own massacre at the climax.
- #036
Eddie Kaye Thomas and Mena Suvari would go on to appear in American Pie (1999) later that year.
- #037
The bullies were supposed to use firearms at the climax. The studio ordered the producers to change this and suggested spears instead.
- #038
Brian De Palma personally approved Amy Irving reprising the role of Sue Snell.
- #039
When Robert Mandel left the director's chair, Katt Shea took over with less than a week of preparation time. She was initially hesitant to do it, but stepped in after learning that the entire cast and crew would otherwise be out of work.
- #040
In this film, the bullies play embarrassing footage of Rachel with Jesse. In the 2013 version, Carrie's embarrassing locker room footage is played during the prom, just before the massacre takes place.
- #041
Stephen King rejected the film, as he has many adaptations of his work. He liked Carrie (1976) and all of Mike Flanagan's works, such as Doctor Sleep, Gerald's Game and The Life of Chuck.
- #042
Before the big game, the football team shaves their heads as an act of machismo. Jesse's refusal to join in symbolizes the separation between him and his teammates.
- #043
The film was initially scheduled for release on October 16, 1998, but MGM pushed it back to March 12, 1999.
- #044
Amy Irving regretted appearing in this film because she loved the original Carrie and The Fury; she was hesitant about returning to play Sue Snell again but decided to come back, and now regrets it.
- #045
Rachel's stepfather's car is a Ford AeroMax.
- #046
Mark drives a 1996 Ford Mustang V6 [SN95].
- #047
Monica drives a 1995 Volkswagen Cabrio III [Type 1H].
- #048
Tracy drives a 1990 BMW 325i Cabrio [E30].
- #049
Jesse's car is a 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo [ZJ].
- #050
Sue drives a 1985 Oldsmobile Cutlass Cruiser.
- #051
The Rage: Carrie 2 is a 1999 American supernatural horror film directed by Katt Shea and starring Emily Bergl in her first film role, alongside Jason London, Dylan Bruno, J. Smith-Cameron and Amy Irving. It is a sequel to the original Carrie (1976), adapted from Stephen King's 1974 novel, and serves as the second film in the Carrie series. The plot follows Rachel Lang, Carrie White's younger half-sister, who is also telekinetic, as she discovers that the suicide of her best friend Lisa Parker was encouraged by a group of popular male classmates who exploited her for sexual gain. The film was originally titled "The Curse" and had no connection to Carrie's novel or film, but was eventually rewritten to be a direct sequel to the 1976 film. It was shot in and around Charlotte, North Carolina, in the spring of 1998.
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