MGM Is Ready to Pick-On Poor ‘CARRIE’ Yet Again

It’s just a matter of time before every “horror classic” will get the remake treatment.  Even though the last few remakes (Fright Night and The Thing) failed to generate any real profits or critical praise, studios will continue to try their hand at them because a few have been both commercially and critically successful (Dawn of the Dead, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre).  MGM and Screen Gems seems to be taking the next step towards their next horror remake: Carrie.  Deadline is reporting that Boys Don’t Cry and Stop-Loss director Kimberly Pierce has been hired to helm the project.  Word on who the unlucky gal will be who gets drenched in pig’s blood has not been released yet.  Rumors once had True Grit star Haile Steinfeld as the front-runner to play the telekinetic girl who enacts revenge on her classmates and mother after years of being picked-on.  As much as the thought of remakes upsets me (I think it’s a lazy cash grab), I’m not as upset by this news.  Carrie is not Brian De Palma’s finest film nor my personal favorite for that matter.  It’s a very solid horror movie that has every right to be considered a classic.  Yet, I’ve always thought it was a little too theatrical and obvious for my taste; especially considering how the film’s advertisements and posters reveal the “transformation.”  I do still love all of the scenes with the crazed mother played perfectly by Piper Laurie.  According to the site, Aguirre-Sacassa’s script is more closely based on the original novel by Stephen King and will be “more grounded than the Brian De Palma-directed film.” Studios always say this about new adaptations or remakes, so we’ll have to wait and see exactly how true this is.