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Carrie's rampage is triggered by a horrifying act of public humiliation. After being crowned prom queen, she takes the stage alongside her date — big man on campus Tommy Ross (played by Ansel ...
Carrie originally thinks that the invitation was a means of tricking her, but Tommy pleads, and Carrie realizes that his invitation is genuine and accepts. She then sews herself a beautiful white dress to wear to the prom. Meanwhile, Chris and her boyfriend Billy Nolan collect pigs’ blood in a bucket and hang it over the auditorium stage.
In the novel, Carrie's full name is Carietta N. White, whereas many film adaptations spell her full name as Carrietta. She is depicted as a "frog among swans"; a white girl who has skin often peppered with pimples on her face, shoulders, and buttocks, blonde hair that at times appear completely without color, and incredibly dark brown eyes that appear to cast shadows beneath them.
Carrie White is a shy, unpopular girl from Ewen High School in Maine.While showering after gym class, Carrie unexpectedly experiences her first menstrual period.Believing she is bleeding to death, she runs out yelling for help, but the other girls ridicule her by throwing tampons and pads at her.
Carrie is suspicious but accepts and begins sewing a prom dress. Meanwhile, Chris persuades her boyfriend Billy Nolan and his gang of greasers to gather two buckets of pig blood as she prepares to rig the prom queen election in Carrie's favor. The prom initially goes well for Carrie: Tommy's friends are welcoming, and Tommy finds he is ...
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On the day of the prom, Tina switches the prom ballots so that Carrie and Tommy are elected the Prom Queen and King. As Tommy and Carrie take their place onstage, Chris, who has been hiding in the rafters with Billy, pulls a rope, causing a bucket of pig blood to fall onto Carrie. Chris releases the rope and the bucket falls on Tommy's head ...