History YMMV / TheRageCarrie2

--->"I point this out not to draw some spurious connection between the two events, but to emphasize how narrowly ''The Rage'' escaped going straight into a vault, never to be seen by the public. In March of '99, ''Carrie 2'' was merely a morally confused teenage revenge fantasy, something screenwriter Raphael Moreu could have extracted from the brain of virtually any adolescent malcontent in America. A month later, however, it looked disturbingly like [[UnfortunateImplications an apologia for Harris and Klebold's killing spree]] -- and frankly, it still does."

* EvilIsSexy: Like Chris from the 1976 film, [[AlphaBitch Tracy Campbell]] is as beautiful as she is evil to the core.

** Creator/ZacharyTyBryan as a sexist, abusive jock became a little too fitting considering his multiple run-ins with the law for allegedly abusing women later in life.

** Zachary Ty Bryan as a sexist, abusive jock became a little too fitting considering his multiple run-ins with the law for allegedly abusing women later in life.

** Rachel's friend is called a Coyote Ugly date. The actress playing her, Mena Suvari, is not only a model, but played a popular character in ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' the exact same year. It's possible this is the IntendedAudienceReaction - as Eric seems to actually like Lisa and looks surprised when Mark disses her - all to show the ridiculousness of the game.

--->"I point this out not to draw some spurious connection between the two events, but to emphasize how narrowly ''The Rage'' escaped [[TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment going straight into a vault, never to be seen by the public]]. In March of '99, ''Carrie 2'' was merely a morally confused teenage revenge fantasy, something screenwriter Raphael Moreu could have extracted from the brain of virtually any adolescent malcontent in America. A month later, however, it looked disturbingly like [[UnfortunateImplications an apologia for Harris and Klebold's killing spree]] -- and frankly, it still does."

* LoveToHate: Despite being a BetaBitch, Monica is a pretty effective antagonist for her BitchInSheepsClothing persona - and Rachel Blanchard playing the character's FaceHeelTurn very effectively.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Did Eric see Lisa as just another notch on his bedpost? Or did he genuinely care for her, but couldn't deal with peer pressure?

* SpecialEffectsFailure:

* {{Narm}}:
** The odd way Monica pronounces "cheese whiz", as if it's a question. In fact, the comparison between Rachel and Tracey as cheese whiz vs caviar would count.
** These extremely odd exchange between Mark and Jesse seems like it's supposed to be big and dramatic, but instead sounds like something out of a bad SoapOpera.
--> '''Mark:''' Hey! We're all friends here!
--> '''Jesse:''' No, we're not. We just grew up together.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Did Eric see Lisa as just another notch on his bedpost? Or did he genuinely care for her, but couldn't deal with peer pressure?

* SpecialEffectsFailure: Bad CGI, bad CGI everywhere! While it may be justified due to it being made in the late '90s, it still doesn't account for the fact that all the CGI appears to come from Photoshop.

* ValuesDissonance: As noted above under HarsherInHindsight, stories about teenage outcasts murdering their bullies are not handled nearly so lightly, nor with nearly as much sympathy for the killer, as they were in 1999. On the other hand...

** The movie in general is a teen horror film about a sympathetic {{goth}} teenager who goes on a [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge vengeful killing spree]] against her classmates, who are portrayed almost universally as {{Asshole Victim}}s who [[KarmicDeath have it coming]]. It was released less than ''six weeks'' before the UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}} massacre. The movie review site 1000 Misspent Hours and Counting [[http://1000misspenthours.com/reviews/reviewsa-d/ragecarrie2.htm summed it up:]]

* FollowTheLeader: The film followed in the wake of ''Film/{{Scream 1996}}'' and other teen horror films.

* HilariousInHindsight: In the film, the villains are let off for driving Lisa to suicide. Fourteen years later, the real-life [[http://sports.yahoo.com/news/highschool--steubenville-high-school-football-players-found-guilty-of-raping-16-year-old-girl-164129528.html Steubenville rape case]] ended with [[RealityEnsues the exact opposite outcome]].

** Rachel being sexually humiliated at the party can feel eerily similar to the cases of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_of_Audrie_Pott Audrie Pott]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_of_Rehtaeh_Parsons Rehtaeh Parsons]], both of whom took their own lives as a result of similar bullying. It doesn't help that the plot is set in motion by a teen suicide.

** His callousness at the party makes it very clear he doesn’t care now that he’s off the hook for rape.

** Eric, as well as the rest of the football team, get away with raping a girl[[note]]Although Lisa gave consent to losing her virginity, she was sixteen, a minor, so Eric committed statutory rape.[[/note]] because of their "bright futures" with football, with his father defending his actions. Take out the suicide and change the sport to swimming, and you have the story of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_v._Turner Brock Turner]]. That said, given that the villains were already RippedFromTheHeadlines even at the time the film was made, another incident like it happening was, regrettably, to be expected.

-->"I point this out not to draw some spurious connection between the two events, but to emphasize how narrowly ''The Rage'' escaped [[TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment going straight into a vault, never to be seen by the public]]. In March of '99, ''Carrie 2'' was merely a morally confused teenage revenge fantasy, something screenwriter Raphael Moreu could have extracted from the brain of virtually any adolescent malcontent in America. A month later, however, it looked disturbingly like [[UnfortunateImplications an apologia for Harris and Klebold's killing spree]] -- and frankly, it still does."