Carrie (2013) — AI Story Visualization

Plot Analysis Summary

A bullied teenager's awakening power turns years of religious abuse and social cruelty into catastrophic retaliation.

Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases

Blood in the Locker Room

Carrie's first menstruation becomes a public humiliation when classmates ridicule her and Chris records the incident. Miss Desjardin intervenes, but Carrie returns to Margaret's abusive religious home.

Key Events

• First Menstruation — Carrie experiences her first period and is ridiculed when the girls throw menstrual products at her. Characters: Carrie White, Sue Snell, Chris Hargensen, Miss Desjardin Location: Ewen High School locker-room shower
• Humiliation Uploaded — Chris records Carrie's humiliation and uploads the footage to YouTube. Characters: Carrie White, Chris Hargensen, Sue Snell Location: Ewen High School
• Teacher Intervenes — Miss Desjardin comforts Carrie and confronts the girls responsible for the locker-room harassment. Characters: Carrie White, Miss Desjardin, Sue Snell, Chris Hargensen Location: Ewen High School
• Prayer Closet Punishment — Margaret hits Carrie with a Bible and locks her in the prayer closet after condemning menstruation as sinful. Characters: Carrie White, Margaret White Location: Margaret's house prayer closet

A Power Behind Fear

Margaret punishes Carrie in the prayer closet while supernatural signs reveal Carrie's telekinetic potential. At school, Desjardin disciplines the girls, and Chris's defiance deepens the conflict.

Key Events

• Telekinetic Awakening — A crack appears in the door, the crucifix bleeds, and Carrie begins discovering her telekinetic abilities. Characters: Carrie White, Margaret White Location: Margaret's house prayer closet
• Detention Ultimatum — Miss Desjardin assigns detention or suspension after the girls harass Carrie; Chris refuses and loses prom access. Characters: Miss Desjardin, Chris Hargensen, Sue Snell, Carrie White Location: Ewen High School
• Sue Seeks Atonement — Sue asks Tommy to take Carrie to prom as an attempt to make amends for the locker-room incident. Characters: Sue Snell, Tommy Ross, Carrie White Location: Ewen High School
• Prom Dress Prepared — Carrie accepts Tommy's invitation and makes a prom dress at home while Margaret disapproves. Characters: Carrie White, Margaret White Location: Margaret's house

Hope Before the Trap

Sue tries to atone by arranging Tommy's invitation to prom, giving Carrie a fragile chance at acceptance. Margaret rejects Carrie's independence, but Carrie uses her power to leave.

Key Events

• Prom Dress Prepared — Carrie accepts Tommy's invitation and makes a prom dress at home while Margaret disapproves. Characters: Carrie White, Margaret White Location: Margaret's house
• Margaret Rejects Prom — Margaret condemns Carrie's telekinesis as demonic and tries to stop her from attending prom. Characters: Carrie White, Margaret White Location: Margaret's house
• Carrie Locks Margaret Away — Carrie uses telekinesis to lock Margaret in the prayer closet before leaving for prom. Characters: Carrie White, Margaret White Location: Margaret's house
• Ballot Manipulation — Tina slips fake ballots into the box so Carrie and Tommy will be named prom queen and king. Characters: Chris Hargensen, Billy Nolan, Tina Blake, Carrie White, Tommy Ross Location: Ewen High School prom

The Prom Betrayal

Chris, Billy, and Tina manipulate the prom ceremony with fake ballots and a blood bucket. Sue arrives too late to warn Carrie, and the prank destroys the brief moment of triumph.

Key Events

• Sue Races To Prom — Sue receives Chris's taunting message, drives to prom, and tries to warn the gym about the suspended blood bucket. Characters: Sue Snell, Chris Hargensen, Miss Desjardin, Carrie White Location: Road and prom entrance
• Prom Coronation — Carrie and Tommy approach the stage as prom queen and king while Sue is kept outside. Characters: Carrie White, Tommy Ross, Sue Snell, Miss Desjardin, Chris Hargensen Location: Ewen High School gym
• Blood Bucket Falls — Chris dumps blood on Carrie; the bucket falls onto Tommy and kills him. Characters: Carrie White, Tommy Ross, Chris Hargensen, Billy Nolan, Miss Desjardin Location: Ewen High School gym
• The Video Plays — The shower video plays on the gym screens, and the audience laughs at Carrie. Characters: Carrie White, Chris Hargensen, Miss Desjardin Location: Ewen High School gym
• Gym Telekinetic Massacre — Carrie kills students and staff with telekinesis, spares Desjardin, and triggers a fire through leaking water and electricity. Characters: Carrie White, Miss Desjardin, Chris Hargensen Location: Ewen High School gym

Ashes Beneath the House

Carrie's telekinetic revenge consumes the school and kills Chris and Billy. At home, Margaret attacks her, the house collapses, and Sue survives while Carrie's fate remains ambiguous.

Key Events

• Gym Telekinetic Massacre — Carrie kills students and staff with telekinesis, spares Desjardin, and triggers a fire through leaking water and electricity. Characters: Carrie White, Miss Desjardin, Chris Hargensen Location: Ewen High School gym
• Car Pursuit Ends — Carrie crashes Chris and Billy's car, kills Billy, and throws the vehicle at a gas station, killing Chris. Characters: Carrie White, Chris Hargensen, Billy Nolan Location: Road near a gas station
• Margaret Reveals Her Guilt — After the prom tragedy, Carrie tells Margaret what happened, and Margaret recounts why she regards Carrie as a sin. Characters: Carrie White, Margaret White Location: Margaret's house bathroom
• Mother Attacks Carrie — Margaret stabs Carrie and attacks her, believing she must kill Carrie to stop demonic possession. Characters: Carrie White, Margaret White Location: Margaret's house
• House Collapses — Carrie kills Margaret with sharp tools and causes stones to rain down, crushing and sinking the house. Characters: Carrie White, Margaret White, Sue Snell Location: Margaret's house
• Sue Is Spared — Carrie senses Sue's pregnancy, protects her, and throws her outside before the collapsing house buries the site. Characters: Carrie White, Sue Snell Location: Margaret's house
• Graveside Farewell — Sue visits the graves and leaves white roses; the gravestone begins to break as an enraged scream is heard. Characters: Sue Snell, Carrie White, Margaret White Location: Carrie and Margaret's graves
• Alternate Nightmare Ending — In the alternate ending, Sue goes into labor, sees Carrie's bloody hand, and wakes from the nightmare in her bedroom. Characters: Sue Snell, Carrie White Location: Hospital and Sue's bedroom

Story Breakdown

• Locker Room Trauma — Carrie's first menstruation exposes her vulnerability and makes her the target of public cruelty.
  • First Menstruation — Carrie mistakes her first period for a life-threatening injury and cries for help.
  • Recorded Humiliation — Chris records the girls' abuse and uploads the incident.
• Religious Home Abuse — Margaret responds to Carrie's development with punishment, fear, and religious condemnation.
  • Prayer Closet — Margaret strikes Carrie with a Bible and locks her away.
  • Demonic Interpretation — Margaret treats menstruation and telekinesis as evidence of sin.
• Power Awakening — Carrie discovers that her emotional distress is connected to increasingly controllable telekinetic abilities.
  • Bleeding Crucifix — The crucifix bleeds as a crack appears in the closet door.
  • Telekinetic Defiance — Carrie locks Margaret away and leaves for prom.
• Fragile Prom Hope — Sue's remorse and Tommy's invitation briefly offer Carrie a path toward acceptance.
  • Sue's Atonement — Sue asks Tommy to take Carrie to prom.
  • Prom Preparation — Carrie makes a dress and accepts a rare social opportunity.
• Engineered Humiliation — Chris and her collaborators turn the prom ceremony into a carefully prepared public trap.
  • Fake Ballots — Tina manipulates the vote to place Carrie onstage.
  • Blood Bucket — Chris and Billy prepare the blood prank above Carrie.
• Prom Catastrophe — The prank, video, and audience laughter trigger Carrie's violent loss of control.
  • Tommy's Death — The falling bucket kills Tommy during the coronation.
  • Gym Massacre — Carrie attacks the students and staff and starts a fire.
• Revenge On The Road — Carrie's revenge continues beyond the burning school as Chris and Billy attempt to escape.
  • Billy Dies — Carrie crashes the fleeing car and kills Billy.
  • Chris Dies — Carrie throws the car at a gas station, killing Chris.
• Mother Daughter Destruction — Carrie's return home produces the final confrontation between her supernatural power and Margaret's fanaticism.
  • Margaret's Confession — Margaret explains why she believes Carrie's birth represents sin.
  • House Collapse — Carrie kills Margaret and brings the house down around them.
• Sue's Survival — Sue becomes the only named survivor directly connected to Carrie's final choice and uncertain legacy.
  • Pregnancy Sensed — Carrie realizes Sue is pregnant and chooses not to kill her.
  • Graveside Omen — Sue leaves white roses as Carrie's gravestone begins to break.

Directed by

Kimberly Peirce

Key Cast

• Chloë Grace Moretz — Carrie White
• Julianne Moore — Margaret White
• Gabriella Wilde — Sue Snell
• Ansel Elgort — Tommy Ross
• Alex Russell — Billy Nolan