History Trivia / Carrie1976

** The song that plays during Carrie and Tommy's dance at the prom is sung by Katie Irving, Amy's sister and Priscilla's ''other'' daughter.

** When Creator/PiperLaurie first read the script, Carrie's mother seemed so operatic and ridiculous to her, she honestly believed [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20791_6-actors-who-thought-they-had-made-totally-different-movie.html the movie was a comedy]]. She [[HamAndCheese played the role accordingly]], and was laughing between takes at the lunacy of it. Her [[LargeHam over-the-top cartoonish portrayal]] stayed because it arguably made her even more terrifying. Of course, the most terrifying thing of all might be that she ''still'' believes it's a dark comedy.

* BabyNameTrendKiller: In the early '70s, "Carrie" was a fairly common name for baby girls that was rapidly rising in popularity, but it [[https://www.behindthename.com/name/carrie/top collapsed just as quickly]] after the film [[PersonAsVerb made it a shorthand]] for somebody (especially a woman) violently snapping after hitting her RageBreakingPoint. Creator/MichaelLandon's dpiction of another [[Characters/LittleHouseOnThePrairie Carrie]] as [[Website/TelevisionWithoutPity "an eternal bed wetter who never learned to talk properly"]] proved the final nail in the coffin.

* BabyNameTrendKiller: In the early '70s, "Carrie" was a fairly common name for baby girls that was rapidly rising in popularity, but it [[https://www.behindthename.com/name/carrie/top collapsed just as quickly]] after the film [[PersonAsVerb made it a shorthand]] for somebody (especially a woman) violently snapping after hitting her RageBreakingPoint. Creator/MichaelLandon's dpiction of another [[Characters/LittleHouseOnThePrairie Carrie]] as [[Website/TelevisionWithoutPity "an eternal bed wetter who mever learned to talk properly"]] proved the final nail in the coffin.

* BabyNameTrendKiller: In the early '70s, "Carrie" was a fairly common name for baby girls that was rapidly rising in popularity, but it [[https://www.behindthename.com/name/carrie/top collapsed just as quickly]] after the film [[PersonAsVerb made it a shorthand]] for somebody (especially a woman) violently snapping after hitting her RageBreakingPoint. Creator/MichaelLandon's dpiction of another [[Characters/LittleHouseOnThePrairie Carrie]] as [[Website/TelevisionWithoutPity "an etennal bed wetter who mever learned to talk properly"]] proved the final nail in the coffin.

* BabyNameTrendKiller: In the early '70s, "Carrie" was a fairly common name for baby girls that was rapidly rising in popularity, but it [[https://www.behindthename.com/name/carrie/top collapsed just as quickly]] after the film [[PersonAsVerb made it a shorthand]] for somebody (especially a woman) violently snapping after hitting her RageBreakingPoint.

* BreakthroughHit: Creator/BrianDePalma, while well-regarded by critics, had a spotty box office record until ''Carrie'', alternating between underground [[CultClassic Cult Classics]] (''Greetings''; ''Hi, Mom!''), underperforming high-profile films (''Get to Know Your Rabbit'', ''Film/PhantomOfTheParadise'') and [[SleeperHit Sleeper Hits]] (''[[Film/Sisters1973 Sisters]]'', ''Film/{{Obsession}}''). ''Carrie'' was massively profitable (making $30 million on a $2 million budget) and turned him into an A-list director.

** The script carries over Margaret's line "Red. I might have known it would be red" when she first sees Carrie in her prom dress in the novel, but the costume department provided a pale pink dress for Creator/SissySpacek to wear. Creator/PiperLaurie insisted that they keep the line as it is, believing it would help illlustrate how far gone Margaret is in her puritanical beliefs.

** The script carries over Margaret's line "Red. I might have known it would be red" when she first sees Carrie in her prom dress in the novel, but the costume department provided a pale pink dress for Creator/Sissy Spacek to wear. Creator/Piper Laurie insisted that they keep the line as it is, believing it would help illlustrate how far gone Margaret is in her puritanical beliefs.