The Rage: Carrie 2

The Rage: Carrie 2
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKatt Shea
Written byRafael Moreu
Based onCarrie
by Stephen King
Produced byPaul Monash
Starring
CinematographyDonald M. Morgan
Edited byRichard Nord
Music byDanny B. Harvey
Production
companies
United Artists
Red Bank Films
Distributed byMGM Distribution Co.
Release date
  • March 12, 1999 (1999-03-12)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$21 million[1]
Box office$17.8 million[1]

The Rage: Carrie 2 is a 1999 American supernatural horror film directed by Katt Shea, and starring Emily Bergl, Jason London, Dylan Bruno, J. Smith-Cameron and Amy Irving. The film is a sequel to the 1976 horror film Carrie based on the 1974 novel of the same name by Stephen King, and serves as the second film in the Carrie franchise. The film was originally titled The Curse and did not have connections to the Carrie novel or film, but was eventually rewritten to be a direct sequel to the 1976 film. Its plot follows the younger half-sister of Carrie White (Bergl), also suffering with telekinesis, who finds that her best friend's suicide was spurred by a group of popular male classmates who exploited her for sexual gain.

The Rage: Carrie 2 was released on March 12, 1999, and was a box office bomb, grossing $17 million against a $21 million production budget.[2] It received generally negative reviews, which criticized the routine recycling of the original film's story and themes. However, they widely praised the performance of Bergl, who was nominated for a Saturn Award for her work on the film.[3]

  1. ^ a b "The Rage: Carrie 2". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  2. ^ Gunning, Cathal (July 7, 2023). "8 Box Office Bombs That Killed Horror Franchises". Screen Rant. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  3. ^ "Emily Bergl". TVGuide.com. Retrieved September 10, 2023.