Blood,Sweat and Books

  This week on From Page To Screen I'll be tackling the semi-controversial remake of Stephen King's Carrie. If you've followed my blog for awhile you'll remember me tacking the original Carrie in 2012 back when this was still called Book to Movie Monday. I'll link in Here in case anyone wants to take a look. First let's discuss the book Now for a little back story in case some of you aren't familiar with the novel. Carrie was written by the Author Stephen King and was released April 5,1974 by Doubleday. The Book is loosely based on Cinderella by The Brother's Grimm. Carrie was the fourth book written by Stephen King but oddly enough was his first book to actually be published. In it's initial printing the Hardback of Carrie only sold 13,000 copies but the paperback was a huge success selling over 1 million copies in it's 1st year. Let's take a look at some of the characters Main Protagonist Carrie White- Carrie is a s...

For this weeks Book to Movie Monday I have decided to cover the movie Carrie (1976). First Let's Discuss The Book, Below Is The Cover: Now for a little back story in case some of you aren't familiar with the novel. Carrie was written by the Author Stephen King and was released April 5,1974 by Doubleday. Carrie was Stephen King's fourth book but the first to actually be published. The Book is loosely based on Cinderella. The Hardback of Carrie only sold 13,000 copies but the paperback was a huge success selling over 1 million copies in it's 1st year. Let's look at some of the characters in the book. Main Protagonist Carrie White- Carrie is a shy,lonely 17 year old girl with a Christian Fundamentalist mother who abuses more than loves her. Carrie's telekinetic powers are presents throughout her life but only really manifest after an incident in the shower involving her 1st period. Carrie starts to rebel against her mother and is even asked to prom...