9 Horror Movie Remake Deaths That Were Way Better Than The Original

by Andrew Pollard

1. Chris Hargensen - Carrie

Carrie Chris Hargensen
United Artists/Sony Pictures

Not only was the 2013 Carrie remake a picture that simply didn't need to be made, but it failed to embrace any of the possibilities of retelling this tale in an updated setting. Sure, it dropped in modern technology, yet it didn't even scratch the surface of what could've been done with this to spin the themes of cyber bullying to the fore.

Anyways, pointless remake, right? Right.

One thing that this Chloe Grace Moretz-fronted redo does have going for it, is some admittedly impressive death sequences.

When the 2013 Carrie races through its final, carnage-laced act, one particularly gnarly death is the demise of Portia Doubleday's Chris Hargensen.

In Brian De Palma's 1976 Carrie, Nancy Allen's Chris died after her car was blown up by Miss White. This was a solid way to kill off the movie's main bully back then, but the later Carrie remake took the ball and fully ran with it for Chris' death.

Here, Doubleday's Chris similarly tries to hit Carrie with her car. Rather than the vehicle merely exploding, Moretz's character pushes it into a gas station, which brutally causes Chris' face to wedge in the windshield as Carrie then sets the whole goddamn scene on fire.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks/Saints, Jamie Hayter, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is co-host of the Fearless in Devotion podcast, which won the Club Podcast of the Year gong at the 2024 FSA Awards.