August 7: Carrie (1976)
I'm a day off, so this will be shorter than what I intended. I may come back around Halloween and write a fuller analysis of this film.
There are a few things the 2013 film actually does better. I think the two teen villains, Chris and Billy, are more effective there, partly because John Travolta is such a goofball in the 76 version. I also think Judy Greer as Ms. Desjardin is stronger as Carrie's one adult advocate than Betty Buckley as Miss Collins (who is only a couple of years older than the actresses who play her students!). However, the movie isn't about any of these characters. It's about Carrie White and her unhinged mother, and Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie absolutely own those roles.
Piper Laurie as Margaret White is one of the greatest female villains of all time imo. There's a reason she was nominated for best supporting actress for this.
