This brings me to a point that irks me immensely about the way that the film is packaged on DVD (etc) these days... Why place the 'bloody Carrie' picture on the sleeve and then all the menus and cut screens?
Ok, I know that most people who are likely to buy the film will already have seen it and those renting it will most probably know what it's about anyway. But, tonight, for example, I just watched it with a Carrie-novice - someone who'd never heard of the film, nor Sissy Spacek but did know John Travolta and Stephen King.
Of course, the beauty of Carrie is that in the latter half of the film it lulls you into a false sense of security that 'everything will turn out fine' and you begin to think that Carrie will save the day, sort her loon of a mother out and live a long and carefree life. However, if you've been faced with with a pig-blood-sodden Sissy Spacek glaring at you from the cover, deranged eyes bulging, there's no way you'll be able to kid yourself into believing in a happy ending.
You know what, as I write, I think I'm realising that what I'm actually complaining about is the fact that I've been deprived the enjoyment of re-experiencing my first viewing experience through the eyes of someone else. You see, I had no clue how the film would end first time round, and each time I watch, the emotional impact diminishes.
I'll watch again though, I know. But maybe next time I will press pause.
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