Carrie Movie Analysis

Pure innocence mixed with pure evil is a frightening combination present in the wildly popular evil child genre of horror films.. In analyses of these movies, Evil children generally fall into one of three archetypes, the feral child, the monstrous infant, and the possessed child, are commonly analysed in a few common ways. The feral child is usually taken as warning against humans inherently evil nature, while the monstrous infant warns of the dangers of new medicine. Often the only archetype which is connected the parents is the possessed child. Their problems are often tied to family problems at home. Although these analyses are valuable in their own right, evil children in horror films should all be analysed through the lens of parental fears. Connecting all genres of evil children in film reveals a great deal about the common fears of our society that would be lost if we viewed each archetype singularly. Through analysis of evil children in William

One of the reasons Carrie, obviously the main character in Carrie, becomes evil is because her mother shelters her from anything sexual. This reflects a common dilemma every parent faces: when should I tell my child about sex? Culturally, parents fear telling their child about sex too soon and corrupting their innocence. On the flip side, telling their child about sex too late may also cause the corruption of their child through outside sources. Carrie’s mother is a religious fanatic that thinks that anything related to sex is sinful, including a woman’s period. Because of Carrie’s mother’s views, Carrie doesn’t know what a period is. When Carrie gets her first period in her gym class shower, she is bewildered at the great amusement of her schoolmates. Carrie’s schoolmates make fun of her until the gym teacher, Miss Collins breaks it up and tells Carrie to put a tampon in. Carrie and miss Collin then have this