The Rage: Carrie 2
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The Rage: Carrie 2 is the 1999 sequel to the 1976 horror film classic Carrie. Directed by Katt Shea, the film starred Emily Bergl
, Mena Suvari
, Jason London
and Amy Irving
.
) paints her house red to protect her telekinetic
daughter Rachel (Emily Bergl
) from demons. Barbara is institutionalized.
Years later Rachel (Emily Bergl
), living with foster parents, talks with her friend Lisa (Mena Suvari
), who has lost her virginity to Eric (Zachary Ty Bryan), a football player. Lisa gives Rachel a roll of film. The football players talk about Lisa; they have a game where they sleep with girls and receive points. Mark (Dylan Bruno
) records their scores in a notebook.
After Eric rejects her, Lisa commits suicide, jumping from the school's roof. The event triggers Rachel's ability, causing the lockers in the school to open. School counselor Sue Snell
(Amy Irving
) talks with Rachel about Lisa; Sue spent time at the institution holding Rachel's mother. The discussion upsets Rachel and one of Sue's mugs crashes to the floor. Sue visits Rachel's mother, learning that Rachel and Carrie share the same father - Ralph White.
Eric talks with Mark, afraid he will be blamed for Lisa's suicide. He reveals they slept together and Mark assures him the information will stay private. Eric tells Mark that Lisa took a picture of them and Mark tells Eric he will deal with it.
Rachel discovers she developed photos of Lisa and Eric just before Mark and Jesse (Jason London
) arrive. Mark tries bribing Rachel for the photographs, then offers to take her out; she rejects him. Rachel tells Sue and Sheriff Kelton (Clint Jordan) about Lisa and Eric sleeping together, giving Kelton the photograph. Kelton looks into charging Eric with statutory rape
.
Walter, Rachel's dog, is struck by a car. Rachel cries for help from passing cars, then stands in the road, stopping a truck. Jesse was going home after having sex with Tracy Campbell (Charlotte Ayanna
) when Rachel stops him. Jesse takes her to an animal clinic. Walter will be fine and Jesse takes Rachel out for coffee.
Learning that Rachel gave the photograph to Kelton, Mark, Eric and other football players go to her trailer late at night, turning off the power and breaking a window. Mark harasses her on the phone. Eric starts entering the trailer through a window. Rachel's telekinesis closes the window on Eric's hand. The boys leave when her foster parents arrive.
Sue meets with Rachel. When Sue asks about moving objects with her mind, Rachel begins leaving. Sue tries stopping her; Rachel screams and a snowglobe on Sue's desk shatters. Sue brings Rachel to the school that Carrie destroyed and tells Rachel about Carrie. Sue also tells her that she has telekinesis and there are places that study it. Sue tells Rachel that her father was Carrie's father, which Rachel does not believe.
Jesse pursues Rachel, angering Tracy. The night the football players attacked, Jesse and Rachel had a date. Jesse convinces Rachel he was unaware of the attack and Rachel agrees to go out with him. Jesse confronts Mark about the attack and the two fight.
Mark plots to humiliate Rachel for what she did to Eric, although the charges were dropped. Mark apologizes to Jesse and offers his parents' cabin so Jesse can spend the night with Rachel. The two share a romantic evening and Rachel loses her virginity. While she sleeps, Jesse whispers that he loves her.
Rachel goes to a football game to watch Jesse. After the game, a football player and his girlfriend tell Rachel Jesse is talking to a college scout and she should go to a party at Mark's with them. Jesse is sidetracked by Tracy, who attempts to seduce him.
Rachel is mingling with Jesse's friends when the football players reveal their sex game and claim that Rachel was added to Jesse's list. Mark plays a tape showing Jesse and Rachel having sex, making Rachel believe Jesse never cared for her. Rachel's ability is triggered; she closes the doors of the house and kills most of the partiers. Sue has taken Rachel's mother from the hospital and gone to Mark's house. Sue reaches the door just as Rachel throws a fire poker at a boy's head, killing Sue on the other side.
In Mark's father's study, Eric, Mark and Monica take harpoon guns and Mark takes a flare gun before confronting Rachel. Rachel follows the trio to the pool and makes Monica's eyes explode out of her head breaking her glasses in the process, blinding her, Monica accidentally shoots Eric in the balls before they both die. Rachel hears her mother calling for her; which causes her to be distracted, Mark shoots Rachel with the flare gun. Rachel falls into the pool, causing a sensor to extend the cover. Rachel pulls Mark into the pool, and when the pool cover was fully extended, she uses his spear gun to free herself while he drowns. Rachel's mother believes she is possessed and runs from the house. Rachel prays for help.
Jesse and Tracy find the house in flames and their friends dead. When Rachel sees Tracy, she kills her by collapsing the ceiling above her. Jesse urges Rachel to leave. The tape of them is still playing; when he sees it Jesse tells her he did not know they were taped. Rachel calls him a liar and hits him with the notebook, which opens to the score page. Jesse says he loves her, but she does not believe him until she hears him say it on the tape, realizing he told the truth. When the ceiling collapses over Jesse's head, Rachel pushes him out of the way and is pinned. She tells him she loves him and they share a kiss before his arm lights on fire. Jesse tries kissing Rachel again, but she pushes him out of the house before allowing herself to be consumed by the flames, smiling.
One year later Jesse is at King's University, sharing his room with Walter. He has a dream that Rachel enters his room, looking as she did when they made love. They kiss before she shatters into ash. Jesse awakes and looks at himself in the mirror.
in the lead, however production stalled for two years. The plot heavily borrows from a real-life 1993 incident in which a group of high school jocks known as The Spur Posse
were involved in a sex scandal. In 1998, the film finally went into production under the title "Carrie 2: Say You're Sorry". A few weeks into production, director Robert Mandel
quit over creative differences and Katt Shea hurriedly took over the reins with less than a week to prepare to start filming, and two weeks' worth of footage to reshoot.
Amy Irving
reprised the role of Sue Snell, which she originated in the first Carrie, though she was initially wary of taking the role and asked Brian De Palma
, director of the original film, for his blessing. Director Shea was told that she would not be able to use footage of Sissy Spacek
from the original Carrie, but she edited several scenes into the film and presented the film to Spacek, who granted permission for her likeness to be used.
Though the film was a box office disappointment, it did receive praise for its intense gore scenes and elaborate special effects. Rotten Tomatoes
gave the film 16% based on thirty-one reviews.
Soundtrack trivia"
The only song played during the movie is "Crazy Little Voices" by Ra. The song is played during the end credits and is used often to make fan-made music videos of the movie.
Emily Bergl
Anne Emily Bergl is an English-born American film, stage, and television actress. She is best known for her role as Rachel Lang on the film The Rage: Carrie 2 , Annie O'Donnell on the ABC television show Men in Trees , Beth Young on Desperate Housewives and Tammy Bryant on the TNT drama series...
, Mena Suvari
Mena Suvari
Mena Alexandra Suvari is an American actress, fashion designer, and model. Shortly after beginning her career as a model, she appeared in guest roles on 1990's television shows such as Boy Meets World and High Incident...
, Jason London
Jason London
Jason Paul London is an American actor, best known for his role as Randall "Pink" Floyd in director Richard Linklater's film Dazed and Confused.-Personal life:...
and Amy Irving
Amy Irving
Amy Davis Irving is an American actress, known for her roles in the films Crossing Delancey, The Fury, Carrie, and Yentl as well as acclaimed roles on Broadway and Off-Broadway. She has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Golden Globes, and has won an Obie award...
.
Plot
Barbara (J. Smith-CameronJ. Smith-Cameron
J. Smith-Cameron is an American actress.Smith-Cameron was born Jean Isabel Smith in Louisville, Kentucky, the daughter of architect Richard Sharpe Smith. She was raised in Greenville, South Carolina, and attended Florida State University where she was enrolled in the School of Theatre...
) paints her house red to protect her telekinetic
Psychokinesis
The term psychokinesis , also referred to as telekinesis with respect to strictly describing movement of matter, sometimes abbreviated PK and TK respectively, is a term...
daughter Rachel (Emily Bergl
Emily Bergl
Anne Emily Bergl is an English-born American film, stage, and television actress. She is best known for her role as Rachel Lang on the film The Rage: Carrie 2 , Annie O'Donnell on the ABC television show Men in Trees , Beth Young on Desperate Housewives and Tammy Bryant on the TNT drama series...
) from demons. Barbara is institutionalized.
Years later Rachel (Emily Bergl
Emily Bergl
Anne Emily Bergl is an English-born American film, stage, and television actress. She is best known for her role as Rachel Lang on the film The Rage: Carrie 2 , Annie O'Donnell on the ABC television show Men in Trees , Beth Young on Desperate Housewives and Tammy Bryant on the TNT drama series...
), living with foster parents, talks with her friend Lisa (Mena Suvari
Mena Suvari
Mena Alexandra Suvari is an American actress, fashion designer, and model. Shortly after beginning her career as a model, she appeared in guest roles on 1990's television shows such as Boy Meets World and High Incident...
), who has lost her virginity to Eric (Zachary Ty Bryan), a football player. Lisa gives Rachel a roll of film. The football players talk about Lisa; they have a game where they sleep with girls and receive points. Mark (Dylan Bruno
Dylan Bruno
Dylan Bruno is an American actor and former model. He portrayed FBI agent Colby Granger in the CBS series Numb3rs.-Personal life:...
) records their scores in a notebook.
After Eric rejects her, Lisa commits suicide, jumping from the school's roof. The event triggers Rachel's ability, causing the lockers in the school to open. School counselor Sue Snell
Sue Snell
Susan "Sue" D. Snell is a fictional character created by Stephen King. She was one of the main characters in his first published novel entitled Carrie....
(Amy Irving
Amy Irving
Amy Davis Irving is an American actress, known for her roles in the films Crossing Delancey, The Fury, Carrie, and Yentl as well as acclaimed roles on Broadway and Off-Broadway. She has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Golden Globes, and has won an Obie award...
) talks with Rachel about Lisa; Sue spent time at the institution holding Rachel's mother. The discussion upsets Rachel and one of Sue's mugs crashes to the floor. Sue visits Rachel's mother, learning that Rachel and Carrie share the same father - Ralph White.
Eric talks with Mark, afraid he will be blamed for Lisa's suicide. He reveals they slept together and Mark assures him the information will stay private. Eric tells Mark that Lisa took a picture of them and Mark tells Eric he will deal with it.
Rachel discovers she developed photos of Lisa and Eric just before Mark and Jesse (Jason London
Jason London
Jason Paul London is an American actor, best known for his role as Randall "Pink" Floyd in director Richard Linklater's film Dazed and Confused.-Personal life:...
) arrive. Mark tries bribing Rachel for the photographs, then offers to take her out; she rejects him. Rachel tells Sue and Sheriff Kelton (Clint Jordan) about Lisa and Eric sleeping together, giving Kelton the photograph. Kelton looks into charging Eric with statutory rape
Statutory rape
The phrase statutory rape is a term used in some legal jurisdictions to describe sexual activities where one participant is below the age required to legally consent to the behavior...
.
Walter, Rachel's dog, is struck by a car. Rachel cries for help from passing cars, then stands in the road, stopping a truck. Jesse was going home after having sex with Tracy Campbell (Charlotte Ayanna
Charlotte Ayanna
Charlotte Ayanna is an American actress and former Miss Teen USA.-Early life:Ayanna was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but moved to Vermont at an early age. She had a troubled childhood, spending thirteen years in foster homes after her mother, Emma, was judged to be mentally unfit to look after...
) when Rachel stops him. Jesse takes her to an animal clinic. Walter will be fine and Jesse takes Rachel out for coffee.
Learning that Rachel gave the photograph to Kelton, Mark, Eric and other football players go to her trailer late at night, turning off the power and breaking a window. Mark harasses her on the phone. Eric starts entering the trailer through a window. Rachel's telekinesis closes the window on Eric's hand. The boys leave when her foster parents arrive.
Sue meets with Rachel. When Sue asks about moving objects with her mind, Rachel begins leaving. Sue tries stopping her; Rachel screams and a snowglobe on Sue's desk shatters. Sue brings Rachel to the school that Carrie destroyed and tells Rachel about Carrie. Sue also tells her that she has telekinesis and there are places that study it. Sue tells Rachel that her father was Carrie's father, which Rachel does not believe.
Jesse pursues Rachel, angering Tracy. The night the football players attacked, Jesse and Rachel had a date. Jesse convinces Rachel he was unaware of the attack and Rachel agrees to go out with him. Jesse confronts Mark about the attack and the two fight.
Mark plots to humiliate Rachel for what she did to Eric, although the charges were dropped. Mark apologizes to Jesse and offers his parents' cabin so Jesse can spend the night with Rachel. The two share a romantic evening and Rachel loses her virginity. While she sleeps, Jesse whispers that he loves her.
Rachel goes to a football game to watch Jesse. After the game, a football player and his girlfriend tell Rachel Jesse is talking to a college scout and she should go to a party at Mark's with them. Jesse is sidetracked by Tracy, who attempts to seduce him.
Rachel is mingling with Jesse's friends when the football players reveal their sex game and claim that Rachel was added to Jesse's list. Mark plays a tape showing Jesse and Rachel having sex, making Rachel believe Jesse never cared for her. Rachel's ability is triggered; she closes the doors of the house and kills most of the partiers. Sue has taken Rachel's mother from the hospital and gone to Mark's house. Sue reaches the door just as Rachel throws a fire poker at a boy's head, killing Sue on the other side.
In Mark's father's study, Eric, Mark and Monica take harpoon guns and Mark takes a flare gun before confronting Rachel. Rachel follows the trio to the pool and makes Monica's eyes explode out of her head breaking her glasses in the process, blinding her, Monica accidentally shoots Eric in the balls before they both die. Rachel hears her mother calling for her; which causes her to be distracted, Mark shoots Rachel with the flare gun. Rachel falls into the pool, causing a sensor to extend the cover. Rachel pulls Mark into the pool, and when the pool cover was fully extended, she uses his spear gun to free herself while he drowns. Rachel's mother believes she is possessed and runs from the house. Rachel prays for help.
Jesse and Tracy find the house in flames and their friends dead. When Rachel sees Tracy, she kills her by collapsing the ceiling above her. Jesse urges Rachel to leave. The tape of them is still playing; when he sees it Jesse tells her he did not know they were taped. Rachel calls him a liar and hits him with the notebook, which opens to the score page. Jesse says he loves her, but she does not believe him until she hears him say it on the tape, realizing he told the truth. When the ceiling collapses over Jesse's head, Rachel pushes him out of the way and is pinned. She tells him she loves him and they share a kiss before his arm lights on fire. Jesse tries kissing Rachel again, but she pushes him out of the house before allowing herself to be consumed by the flames, smiling.
One year later Jesse is at King's University, sharing his room with Walter. He has a dream that Rachel enters his room, looking as she did when they made love. They kiss before she shatters into ash. Jesse awakes and looks at himself in the mirror.
Cast
- Emily BerglEmily BerglAnne Emily Bergl is an English-born American film, stage, and television actress. She is best known for her role as Rachel Lang on the film The Rage: Carrie 2 , Annie O'Donnell on the ABC television show Men in Trees , Beth Young on Desperate Housewives and Tammy Bryant on the TNT drama series...
as Rachel LangRachel LangRachel Lang is a fictional character who appeared in The Rage: Carrie 2, and well as being the protagonist of the film. She was portrayed by Emily Bergl, and is the half-sister of Carrie White, the protagonist of the original film.-Biography:... - Jason LondonJason LondonJason Paul London is an American actor, best known for his role as Randall "Pink" Floyd in director Richard Linklater's film Dazed and Confused.-Personal life:...
as Jesse Ryan: A popular jock whom Rachel falls in love with. - Amy IrvingAmy IrvingAmy Davis Irving is an American actress, known for her roles in the films Crossing Delancey, The Fury, Carrie, and Yentl as well as acclaimed roles on Broadway and Off-Broadway. She has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Golden Globes, and has won an Obie award...
as Sue SnellSue SnellSusan "Sue" D. Snell is a fictional character created by Stephen King. She was one of the main characters in his first published novel entitled Carrie....
: Survivor of Carrie's rage in the original film, now a guidance counselor. - J. Smith-CameronJ. Smith-CameronJ. Smith-Cameron is an American actress.Smith-Cameron was born Jean Isabel Smith in Louisville, Kentucky, the daughter of architect Richard Sharpe Smith. She was raised in Greenville, South Carolina, and attended Florida State University where she was enrolled in the School of Theatre...
as Barbara Lang: Rachel's mother. - Dylan BrunoDylan BrunoDylan Bruno is an American actor and former model. He portrayed FBI agent Colby Granger in the CBS series Numb3rs.-Personal life:...
as Mark Bing: A football player who owns the mansion where the football game after-party takes place. - Zachery Ty BryanZachery Ty BryanZachery Ty Bryan is an American actor and producer best known for his role as Brad Taylor on the American sitcom Home Improvement.-Personal life:...
as Eric Stark: A jock who seduces and then humiliates Lisa, resulting in her suicide. - Charlotte AyannaCharlotte AyannaCharlotte Ayanna is an American actress and former Miss Teen USA.-Early life:Ayanna was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but moved to Vermont at an early age. She had a troubled childhood, spending thirteen years in foster homes after her mother, Emma, was judged to be mentally unfit to look after...
as Tracy Campbell: Jesse Ryan's ex-girlfriend, a popular cheerleader. - Rachel BlanchardRachel BlanchardRachel Elise Blanchard is a Canadian actress.-Early life:Blanchard was born in Toronto, Ontario, and graduated from Havergal College in Toronto, going on to Queen's University.-Career:...
as Monica Jones: Tracy's best friend. - Justin Urich as Brad Winters.
- Elijah Craig as Chuck Potter.
- Eddie Kaye ThomasEddie Kaye ThomasEddie Kaye Thomas is an American film, television, and stage actor who rose to prominence in 1999 as Paul Finch in the American Pie film series.-Early life:Thomas was born in Staten Island, NY...
as Arnold: Rachel's friend. - Mena SuvariMena SuvariMena Alexandra Suvari is an American actress, fashion designer, and model. Shortly after beginning her career as a model, she appeared in guest roles on 1990's television shows such as Boy Meets World and High Incident...
as Lisa Parker: Rachel's best friend, who commits suicideSuicideSuicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
. - Sissy SpacekSissy SpacekSissy Spacek is an American actress and singer. She came to international prominence for her for role as Carrie White in Brian De Palma's 1976 horror film Carrie for which she earned her first Academy Award nomination...
as Carrie WhiteCarrie WhiteCarietta "Carrie" N. White is a fictional character created by Stephen King who has the power of telekinesis.In every adaptation and portrayal of Carrie, she is shown as an outcast, loathed and taunted by her fellow students and constantly scolded by her mother, Margaret White, an abusive, mentally...
(in flashbacks): Rachel's deceased half-sister, and the protagonistProtagonistA protagonist is the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to most identify...
of the original film.
Production
Originally titled The Curse, the film was scheduled to start production in 1996 with Emily BerglEmily Bergl
Anne Emily Bergl is an English-born American film, stage, and television actress. She is best known for her role as Rachel Lang on the film The Rage: Carrie 2 , Annie O'Donnell on the ABC television show Men in Trees , Beth Young on Desperate Housewives and Tammy Bryant on the TNT drama series...
in the lead, however production stalled for two years. The plot heavily borrows from a real-life 1993 incident in which a group of high school jocks known as The Spur Posse
Spur Posse
The Spur Posse was a group of high school boys from Lakewood, California, who used a point system to keep track of and compare their sexual conquests. The founder of the group chose the name "Spur Posse" when a favorite basketball player of theirs, David Robinson, was signed to the San Antonio Spurs...
were involved in a sex scandal. In 1998, the film finally went into production under the title "Carrie 2: Say You're Sorry". A few weeks into production, director Robert Mandel
Robert Mandel
Robert Mandel is a film producer and director and television director from Oakland, California. He is best known for his film School Ties, which launched the careers of Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Cole Hauser and Chris O'Donnell.-Biography:...
quit over creative differences and Katt Shea hurriedly took over the reins with less than a week to prepare to start filming, and two weeks' worth of footage to reshoot.
Amy Irving
Amy Irving
Amy Davis Irving is an American actress, known for her roles in the films Crossing Delancey, The Fury, Carrie, and Yentl as well as acclaimed roles on Broadway and Off-Broadway. She has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Golden Globes, and has won an Obie award...
reprised the role of Sue Snell, which she originated in the first Carrie, though she was initially wary of taking the role and asked Brian De Palma
Brian De Palma
Brian Russell De Palma is an American film director and writer. In a career spanning over 40 years, he is probably best known for his suspense and crime thriller films, including such box office successes as the horror film Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Scarface, The Untouchables, and Mission:...
, director of the original film, for his blessing. Director Shea was told that she would not be able to use footage of Sissy Spacek
Sissy Spacek
Sissy Spacek is an American actress and singer. She came to international prominence for her for role as Carrie White in Brian De Palma's 1976 horror film Carrie for which she earned her first Academy Award nomination...
from the original Carrie, but she edited several scenes into the film and presented the film to Spacek, who granted permission for her likeness to be used.
Reaction
The film was released March 12, 1999 in the United States, opening in second place that weekend. It grossed a total of $17,762,705 domestically. The film was panned by critics and fans of the original movie. It flopped at the box office, grossing less than its estimated $21 million dollar budget.Though the film was a box office disappointment, it did receive praise for its intense gore scenes and elaborate special effects. Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of films—widely known as a film review aggregator. Its name derives from the cliché of audiences throwing tomatoes and other vegetables at a poor stage performance...
gave the film 16% based on thirty-one reviews.
Soundtrack listing
- Crazy Little Voices - RaRa (U.S. band)Ra is an American alternative metal band from Los Angeles, California, taking their name from the Egyptian sun god. The band has been around since the 1990s, but did not actually evolve into its current form until 2002...
- Quick, Painless And Easy - IvyIvy (band)Ivy is a New York City band composed of a trio of musicians, Adam Schlesinger, Dominique Durand, and Andy Chase.-Lately and Realistic:...
- Resurrection - Fear FactoryFear FactoryFear Factory is an American industrial metal band. Formed in 1989, they have released seven full-length albums and a number of singles and remixes. Over the course of their career they have evolved from a succession of styles, as well as steadily pioneered a combination of the styles death metal,...
- Year Of Summer - Paradise LostParadise Lost (band)Paradise Lost are a heavy metal band that formed in 1988 in Halifax, England.-History:Their first three full-length albums are examples of the death/doom style, although the latter two incorporated some melodic and gothic elements...
- Low Down - 10 Watt Mary
- Looking Down The Barrel - 5x Down
- Die With Me - Type O NegativeType O NegativeType O Negative was a gothic metal band from Brooklyn, New York City. The band also incorporated elements of doom metal and thrash metal. Their dramatic lyrical emphasis on themes of romance, depression, and death resulted in the nickname "The Drab Four"...
- Keep Sleeping - 16Volt
- Dark Love - Kate Shrock
- Laughter Lines - SackSack (band)Sack is a Dublin-based 5-piece band. To date they have released 3 albums, You Are What You Eat, Butterfly Effect & Adventura Majestica. The band was formerly known as Lord John White And The Bottle Neck Train....
- The Slower I Go - L.A.X.L.A.X.LAX is the third studio album by American rapper Game, released August 26, 2008 on Geffen Records. He had originally announced that Dr. Dre would be producing for the album, but neither Dr. Dre nor Aftermath Entertainment had confirmed. Production for the album was contributed by longtime...
- Sleep - Trailer Park Pam
- Spark Somebody Up - Budda Monk
Soundtrack trivia"
The only song played during the movie is "Crazy Little Voices" by Ra. The song is played during the end credits and is used often to make fan-made music videos of the movie.