The scene of pig’s blood being dumped on newly topped promenade queen Carrie White is definitely essentially the most iconic of the movie. It took days to whole, and reasonably than reapply the pretend blood (manufactured from corn syrup and meals coloring), Sissy Spacek slept within the “bloody” garments till the scene was once within the can, so as to maintain continuity.
On the other hand, Spacek printed in a 2014 with Yahoo! Leisure that obtaining the blood dumped on her wasn’t that dangerous itself. “They warmed it up previously, and each occasions I bring it to mind feeling like a heat blanket,” she mentioned. Actually, it was once Spacek’s husband Jack Fisk who poured the blood on her.
Such consideration to element and devoted filmmaking is in large part what makes “Carrie” so memorable, even just about 50 years since its unlock. So much has modified within the horror style since then, however nonetheless few motion pictures are as haunting and devastating as “Carrie.”
