Carrie (2013) may have been panned and criticized upon release in 2013 saying it was a straight remake of the 76 film and added nothing new. but did you know originally when director kimberly peirce took this film. she intended to do a novel accurate film based on the novel, back in December 2012 a number of people especially focus groups were shown a early cut for Carrie (2013) with over 45 minutes of footage that has been left unreleased this was shown to focus groups and test screening audiences.
the original cut had the town destruction, the white commission, extended prom massacre, and many other scenes that were shown to test audiences before the delay. and before release in october 2013 audiences were shown 4 alternative endings at each screening and were asked “which one did they like”
and only a portion of those scenes from the original cut have been released and not the original 2hr 25min cut or the deleted scenes from it. there was a petition to release the original cut back in 2014-2017 and it reached its goal many times and we never got it, we know the town destruction was shot or was unfinished and bts photos going off from the October 2012 teaser with voice overs from the white commission used in the teaser, the white commission and found footage was apparently a big part of the original cut as well as the town destruction and sues video diary, so much was cut from the 2013 film that should have been released