Plot Points
At the prom, Carrie is covered in blood from this type of animal.
Pig
In the book, Carrie dies in a parking lot, but in the film she dies here.
Carrie's home
He's a villain in Carrie, but he's a hero in Grease.
John Travolta
This is Carrie's last name.
White
The novel Carrie is dedicated to this person.
Tabitha (Stephen King's wife)
Carrie possesses this supernatural power, Greek for "far off motion."
Telekinesis
For the film, Ewen High School was changed to Bates High School, a nod to Norman, the infamous motel owner in this Hitchcock film.
Psycho
He is the director of CARRIE as well as SCARFACE and THE UNTOUCHABLES.
Brian De Palma
Even though he's Sue Snell's boyfriend, he's also Carrie's prom date.
Tommy Ross
The mean girls go by the name "The Mortimer Snerds," a nod to a comical character who is this type of puppet.
Ventriloquist dummy.
In the movie's finale dream sequence, this graffiti message is written on the "FOR SALE" sign/grave.
Carrie White Burns in Hell!
Miss Collins (aka Dejardin who lives in the book but dies in the movie) teaches this subject.
P.E. (Gym Class)
Piper Laurie (who played the mother of Carrie) also appeared in this David Lynch TV show.
Twin Peaks
She viciously calls breasts "dirty pillows."
Margaret White (Carrie's Mom)
In the book, the prom's theme is Springtime in this European city.
Venice
In the novel, Carrie is crowned the Spring ball Queen of this year (which happens to be five years after the book's publication).
1979
The prayer closet in the novel has a depiction of Jesus, but in the movie there is an arrow-ridden statue of this saint.
Sebastian
Sissy Spacek was nominated for Best Actress for Carrie -- but she didn't win the Oscar until she starred in this movie.
Coal Miner's Daughter
In the 1976 movie, bespectacled Mr. Fromm is electrocuted while holding onto this object.
A microphone
A woman's first period is known as this Greek word meaning "month beginning."
Menarche
According to the book, this is the number of high school seniors killed at the prom (Gen Alpha might approve).
67
Unlike the narrative film, the book is sometimes told in a series of documents and letters, which makes it this type of novel.
Epistolary
Norma Watson (the bully in the baseball cap) was played by this actress.
P.J. Soles
If Chris Hargensen's father worked in England, his profession would be called this.
Barrister / Solicitor
Carrie's mom says, "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live" a quote from this book in the Bible.
Exodus