8 Disturbing Stephen King Book Moments That Were Cut From The Films
4. Carrie: Sue Snell's Miscarriage
Often, the difference between a Stephen King book and its Hollywood adaptation is a depressing footnote. The author seems to be fond of them, while mainstream filmmakers aren't too keen.
Case in point, Carrie. The story of a troubled teen who uses her psychic powers to enact bloody revenge against her high school tormentors ends a tad more tragically in the novel.
Sue Snell, the popular girl who the protagonist spares in the book and both cinematic adaptations, is pregnant to her jock boyfriend Tommy Ross come the end of the story, but the fate of the unborn child differs on page and screen.
In the relatively recent Chloe Grace Moretz-fronted remake, Carrie uses her dying breaths to inform Sue that her baby is a girl and some positive sentiment comes out of her telepathic rampage, but in the novel the expectant mother miscarries as a result of her injuries.
The 1976 Brian De Palma adaptation shied away from the pregnancy subplot entirely.