Let me start by saying that I have never actually sat through the entirety of the Carrie remake. I was traveling for business when it hit theaters and ended up having to leave the theater early when I planned to view it. I can tell you this though,  I wasn’t impressed with what I saw. And I’m not one of those people that hate all remakes. It was just horribly vanilla.  Well, there may be a reason behind that.

Rumor has been spreading as of late that somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 minutes was cut from the film.  And that 40 minutes didn’t make it back in the Blu-ray. I had heard of this a couple of weeks back, but hadn’t put much stock in it. Then I received an email from a person identified as Jared. Jared shared news with me of a petition that exists to have the unedited version of the film released. I could try and paraphrase, but frankly, he does a pretty good job of explaining the situation  himself.

So allow me to share with you the exact text that was shared with me:

 

There may be a release of a director’s cut of Carrie (2013), the remake directed by Kimberly Peirce. The studio cut out 40-45 minutes of footage in the editing room (when it was pushed seven months back) and only 12 minutes of deleted scenes have been seen on the Blu-Ray.
There were numerous interviews where Kimberly Peirce and producer Kevin Misher said that the upcoming remake was going to be faithful to the Stephen King novel. The teaser trailer that was released in October 2012 was proof that the remake was going to be a lot different from its predecessor. The town destruction, that everyone was looking forward to, was actually filmed. I managed to get a hold of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s original screenplay, and I can safely that the original script didn’t follow the same structure as the 1976 film. It was a whole new take on the story.
Apparently, this film was heavily subjected to test screenings and focus groups, with test audiences shown several versions of the prom scene. I came across an interesting conversation on one of the fan-pages, and according to someone who saw the early test screening back in December 2012, the original cut of the film was more violent. I believe the film’s brutality and gore were toned down during the editing process because of what happened in Sandy Hook. The person claimed that the audience felt a little concerned about the film and what happened in Sandy Hook. The fact that focus groups played a heavy role in the final cut tells me that Kimberly Peirce did not, and certainly not to a degree where she would be able to effectively dictates her vision of what the film ought to be. Between that and the re-shoots, this was not an auteur project, but a studio project. Interesting, huh?
Some of the most notable differences in the director’s cut vs. the theatrical cut are:
A White Commission: Interviews, videos, and testimonies about the prom are placed throughout the movie. This was done in the book and the 2002 NBC remake.
More prom violence: People who went to the test screenings said the cut they saw had more violence. Footage cut includes more scenes of Carrie moving tables and chairs, a scene of someone getting impaled with a star decoration, students doing a crazy type of puppet dance when getting electrocuted, and an alternate shot of Carrie escaping the burning gym.
The town destruction: Carrie setting buildings and cars on fire as she leaves the school and walks through town.
More character development: There was more character development in the original cut. There was a scene with Sue being tormented by her ex-friends about her boyfriend going to prom with Tommy and a scene with Carrie being bullied by Chris in public.
Alternate Endings: There is an alternate ending on the Blu-Ray with Carrie’s bloody arm coming out of Sue’s vagina while she is giving birth but many others were filmed. One has Sue dying, one is a sad ending, and two show the town trying to cover up “what really happened”.
The studio may eventually release it but the petition needs more signatures. Some actors from the film (some who even got their whole scenes cut) responded to fans asking if the film got butchered in the editing room and they said yes. Hopefully it will release soon.

So there you have it. Pretty interesting stuff if you ask me. If you’d like to support the cause (and why wouldn’t you?), then feel free to visit the link below and sign the online petition. Then check out the bad-ass fanmade trailer for the uncut version as well.

Who knew there was so much passion around the Carrie remake?!

http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/carriepetition