Book-Film Differences

1976 film[]

Tina Blake and Norma Watson replace the ballots with fake ones so that Carrie and Tommy are king and queen. In the film Norma Watson and Freddy DeLois swap them out.
Norma and Tina help each other escape the prom. In the film Norma is blasted with the water hose and Tina presumably burns to death.
Miss Desjardin is now Miss Collins.
Tina Blake is Chris' best friend and Norma Watson is class president and seemingly a bit of a know it all type. In the film Norma and Tina are combined into Norma who is Chris' best friend. Tina is instead a minor Ultra.
Carrie stops her mothers heart. In the film she stabs her with various knives.
Billy's best friends are Kenny Garson, Steve Deighan, and Jackie Talbot. In the film it's Freddy DeLois and Kenny Garson.
The high school is Ewen High. In the film it's Bates.
Miss Desjardin escapes. In the film Miss Collins is crushed.
There are two sisters named Donna and Mary Thibodeau. In the film it's Rhonda and Cora Wilson.
Carrie dies in front of the Cavalier. In the film she dies together with her mother in her own house.

Tina Blake slips fake ballots into the voting box possibly with Norma's help. In the film Tina switches them alone.
Tina and Norma escape together. In the film Norma escapes with Miss Desjarden and Tina is crushed.
Frieda Jason and George Dawson sit with Carrie and Tommy. In the film Helen Shyres and Roy Evarts do.
Carrie is killed. In the film she survives.

Tina Blake and Norma Watson replace the ballots with fake ones that name Carrie and Tommy King and Queen. In the film Tina Blake and Jackie Talbot do this with a bit of help from Nicki and Lizzy Watson.
There are two sisters named Donna and Mary Thibodeau and a character named Norma Watson. In the film it's just Nicki and Lizzy Watson.
Tina Blake and Norma Watson help each other escape. In the film Nicki and Lizzy are trampled and Tina is electrocuted and burned.
Jackie Talbot survives the massacre. In the film Carrie crushes him.
Norma is the one responsible for the ballots. In the movie Norma doesn´t appear and Tina is the one responsible for the ballots.
Only eleven people survived the massacre at school. In this movie a lot more survive.
Carrie dies in front of the Cavalier. In the film she seemingly dies together with her mother in her own house.