Carrie script - Save the Cat beat sheet analysis

Introduces Carrie’s sheltered life and her mother’s oppressive religious worldview.

Momma says no... Momma says good girls don't.

Mother’s injunction ‘good girls don’t’ establishes the theme of repression versus empowerment.

Momma says no... Momma says good girls don't.

We see Carrie's daily bullying at school and her fraught relationship with her mother.

Carrie’s first period in the shower marks the moment she is brutally humiliated and her powers surface.

Plug it up! Plug it up! Plug it up! Plug it up!

Carrie is sent home in shame and grapples with her newfound telekinesis.

Carrie embraces her powers to retaliate by toppling Bobby’s bike.

Sue’s plea to Tommy to invite Carrie to the prom launches the romantic subplot.

I want to talk to you.

Cruising with Billy and Chris and planning the prom prank provides the ‘promise of the premise.’

Tommy’s sincere prom invitation is a false victory and the emotional high point.

Umm... if you don't have a date for the Prom, would you want to go with me?

Margaret’s violent reaction to Carrie going to prom increases the pressure.

I've accepted, Momma. I have accepted.

The bucket of blood humiliation is the lowest moment for Carrie.

I thought you said they'd win.

Carrie contemplates her rage as she lays waste to the gym.

Carrie decisively uses her powers to kill Chris and Billy, shifting into active revenge.

Carrie returns home to kill her mother and destroy her house in the climax of her vendetta.

And now the devil has come home.

Sue’s nightmare of Carrie’s hand signals the lasting horror of Carrie’s actions.

It's all right, it's all right, darling.