This is one of those "remake of a classic" first-trailers whose first, last and only mission is to A.) "surprise" audiences with the reveal of what it is (even people who haven't seen "Carrie" have "seen 'Carrie" and B.) let lovers of the original know that this one is bigger but that they know their iconography (re: "don't worry, we're still going to dump blood on her and start a fire.")
Fair or not, I think they're kind of wasting their time if they think classic-horror fans are coming at this one with anything other than knives drawn, regardless of how good it looks or is. The original is known not just for being a good movie but for the "DePalma-isms" that a remake is either going to catch shit for ignoring or catch shit for imitating poorly...
For me, the big draw here is Chloe Moretz - or, rather, the innate interest in seeing one of the all-time high school horror movies executed with actors who actually look like high schoolers (the original, for all it's merits, DOES still have that "obvious 30 year-olds playing children" problem.)
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