November 3, 1976 –
MGM’s horror classic, based on Stephen King’s best-selling first novel, Carrie, directed by Brian De Palma and starring Sissy Spacek, premiered on this date.
Ever the stickler for authenticity, Sissy Spacek insisted that she – not a double – be the one whose hand shoots up out of Carrie’s grave during Sue Snell’s nightmare sequence, so she was positioned under the rocks and gravel. De Palma stated, “Sissy, come on, I’ll get a stunt person. What do you want? To be buried in the ground?!” However, Spacek declared, “Brian, I have to do this.” De Palma explains that they “had to bury her. Bury her! We had to put her in a box and stick her underneath the ground. Well, I had her husband bury her because I certainly didn’t want to bury her. I used to walk around and set up the shot and every once in a while we’d hear Sissy: ‘Are we ready yet?’ ‘Yeah, Sissy, we’re going to be ready real soon.’“
The Haus of Dcaligari 