History Film / TheRageCarrie2

* AbusiveParents: While not as bad as [[HolierThanThou Margaret White]], Rachel's foster parents are very neglectful, and the father has no problem hitting her. In an early scene, it's strongly implied that the only reason they raise her is to [[MoneyDearBoy get the $300 per month paid to them by the foster care system]].

* SorryImGay: Eric's attempts to bribe Rachel in order to get his hands on the pictures of him and Lisa, first with money and then with sex, don't go so well.
-->'''Eric:''' How about I swing by when you get off work, I'll take you out for a little cruise? Come on, I don't bite. Unless you want me to.\\

'''Eric:''' Why not?\\

* {{Goth}}: Rachel and Lisa.

* PersonOfMassDestruction: Rachel.

** The orphaned but gentle and good natured Rachael has a ShadowArchetype EvilCounterpart in the pampered and loved but [[SpoiledBrat spoiled and cunning]] Tracy. This seems like a reverse scenario of a character dynamic from a certain [[VideoGame/BattleArenaToshinden cult classic fighting game's third installment....]]

* ThereAreNoTherapists: Subverted. Sue Snell is one of the main characters and a survivor from Carrie's rampage in the original. [[spoiler:She doesn't survive the sequel, though.]]

''The Rage: Carrie 2'' is a 1999 {{horror}} film and a direct sequel to ''Film/Carrie1976'', starring Creator/EmilyBergl, Jason London, Creator/MenaSuvari, and Creator/AmyIrving.

* ArtifactTitle: Hey, guess who actually isn't in this movie outside of flashbacks! [[JustifiedTrope Then again, she ''did'' die at the end of the original film, and Rachel is later revealed to be her half-sister.]]

* ImportantHaircut: Before the big game, the football team all shave their heads in an act of machismo. Jesse refuses to take part in it, symbolizing the divide between him and his teammates.

* FollowTheLeader: The film followed in the wake of ''Film/{{Scream 1996}}'' and other teen horror films.

* JustHereForGodzilla: Much like with the original Carrie movie, a lot of people only watch for the psychic massacre climax.

''The Rage: Carrie 2'' is a 1999 {{horror}} film and a direct sequel to ''Film/Carrie1976'', starring Emily Bergl, Jason London, Mena Suvari, and Creator/AmyIrving.

''The Rage'' was part of the post-''Film/{{Scream 1996}}'' wave of hip, [[{{Postmodernism}} post-modern]] teen horror films, and it was [[DolledUpInstallment originally planned as a standalone film]] titled ''The Curse''. Fans of ''Carrie'' remain split on their opinion of the film: some it as [[{{Sequelitis}} a stain on the original film's legacy]], although others think of it as SoBadItsGood, and still others think it's a worthy film in its own right.

[[caption-width-right:300:[[{{Tagline}} Every teen thinks terrible thoughts. Hers are deadly.]]]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Jesse survives and Rachel kills all of her bullies during her rampage but she dies as well to Jesse's grief. On top of that, Sue was killed while trying to stop Rachel's rampage and other than adopting Rachel's dog, Jesse is now completely alone. He also has nightmares about Rachel dissolving into pieces in front of him, the way Sue had nightmares, implying that the cycle of RedemptionFailure is going to continue]].
* BullyingADragon: This film shows why you should ''really'' lay off the schoolyard bullying (and if you don't, nobody whose life has any value will miss you).

* CorruptPolitician: The D.A. agrees to cover up the facts about Lisa's suicide, because the football players all come from very influential families and he thinks they could hurt him in the upcoming election.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Sue dies]] the moment she arrives at the party.

* HopeSpot: Sue realizes what is going to happen with Rachel and goes to stop the humiliation before it can end in another bloodbath. There's a chance she may succeed given her history with traumatized psychics and counselor training. [[spoiler:Rachel ends up killing Sue the minute she arrives]].

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Jesse survives and Rachel kills all of her bullies during her rampage but she dies as well to Jesse's grief. On top of that, Sue was killed while trying to stop Rachel's rampage and other than adopting Rachel's dog, Jesse is now completely alone.]]

* BullyingADragon: This film shows why you should ''really'' lay off the schoolyard bullying.

* {{Meganekko}}: Monica is a subversion -- while she's got the "good-looking in glasses" part down pat, [[AlphaBitch she doesn't seem to care about the "pleasant" part.]]

* ZenSurvivor: Sue Snell, one of the few survivors of Carrie White's hellacious rampage, works as a school counselor. When she learns about Rachel's powers, she immediately steps in to try to help Rachel so she doesn't cause a similar catastrophe. [[spoiler:She fails -- and dies during Rachel's bloody rampage, to boot.]]

Teen outcast Rachel Lang sees her best friend Lisa kill herself after a JerkJock has sex with her in order to score points in a "game" he's playing with the rest of the team ([[RippedFromTheHeadlines based on a real event]], unfortunately). Rachel seeks revenge against the football players that caused her friend's suicide, and along the way, learns that she possesses psychic powers. She develops a crush on Jesse, one of the smarter football players, and the two enter a relationship -- much to the ire of Jesse's teammates, who start plotting against Rachel. Meanwhile, school guidance counselor Sue Snell -- a survivor from the original film -- finds out about Rachel's powers and steps in to help her, fearing a repeat of what happened with Carrie. Everything comes to a head at the after-party for a football game, where the jocks play a tape of Rachel and Jesse having sex.

[[caption-width-right:300:The lessons of [[Film/{{Carrie 1976}} '76]] have been [[HistoryRepeats forgotten...]]]]

The 1999 {{horror}} film ''The Rage: Carrie 2'' is a direct sequel to ''Film/{{Carrie 1976}}'', starring Emily Bergl, Jason London, and Mena Suvari.

!! The lessons of '76 may be forgotten, but these tropes aren't:

* ArtifactTitle: Hey, guess who actually isn't in this movie outside of flashbacks! [[JustifiedTrope Then again, she DID die at the end of the original film]].
* AssholeVictims: Just about all the teens Rachel targets pretty much deserve what they get.

* CureYourGays: Mark claims that Jesse scored a "conversion" by sleeping with Rachel, who had previously blown Mark off by claiming she was a lesbian. And he says it [[TooDumbToLive directly to Rachel's face]].

* DolledUpInstallment: The film was originally written as ''The Curse'', a movie that had no connection to ''Carrie'' in any form. It was retitled and rewritten presumably because somebody pointed out [[FollowTheLeader the obvious similarities]] and decided that calling it a sequel would let it cash in on the success of the original (and help avoid accusations of UsefulNotes/{{plagiarism}}).

* GothGirlsKnowMagic: A particularly notable example of this, given that, in [[Film/{{Carrie 1976}} the original 1976 film]] (and in [[Literature/{{Carrie}} the book it was based on]]), not only was Carrie White not a goth in the slightest, but her ultra-religious upbringing meant that she wore extremely modest, earth-colored clothes, with some of her tormentors (particularly the {{Greaser Delinquent|s}} Billy and his friends) wearing far more black than she did. Twenty years later, however, goths had become ''the'' stereotypical teen outcast (and associated with witchcraft and PsychicPowers, to boot), and so the new protagonist Rachel Lang was made a sexy goth chick.

* LongLostSibling: [[spoiler:Rachel turns out to be Carrie's half-sister, the two of them having both been fathered by Ralph White.]]

* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The JerkJock villains were based on an actual incident -- specifically, that of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spur_Posse Spur Posse]], a group of athletes at a California high school (so named because their leader was a fan of a player on the [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation San Antonio Spurs]]). The Posse used a points system to keep track of and compare their sexual conquests amongst the group. Unlike this film's group of {{Asshole Victim}}s, the Spur Posse were [[KarmaHoudini let off on charges of statutory rape]] and later [[FifteenMinutesOfFame had a run on the tabloid "trash TV" circuit afterwards]].

** Mark imitates Ghostface's voice from ''Film/{{Scream 1996}}'' when he prank calls Rachel.

** The asylum Rachel's mother is at? [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Arkham]].
* SequelTheOriginalTitle: "The Rage" and then "Carrie," with a "2" thrown in for good measure.
* SocialServicesDoesNotExist: Averted. Not only does Social Services put Rachel in foster care the moment they find out how her mother is abusing her, they send her mother to a mental hospital as well.

* ActorAllusion:
** Not the [[Film/AmericanPie first time]] that Mena Suvari got laughed at by her boyfriend's JerkJock friends.
** Also not the only time that Jason London would [[Series/JasonAndTheArgonauts fall for a girl with dark powers]].
** Charlotte Ayanna (Tracy) plays a popular girl who is a part of a DeadlyPrank, something she also did in ''{{Film/Jawbreaker}}'', although in that film she was on the receiving end of it.

** Also not the only time that Jason London would [[Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts fall for a girl with dark powers]].

* RoleReprisal: Amy Irving reprises her role as Sue Snell from the first film.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The HateSink JerkJock{{s}} (save for [[TokenGoodTeammate Jesse]], of course) all shave their heads prior to the climax. [[UsefulNotes/{{Skinheads}} Hmmm...]]

* DolledUpInstallment: The film was originally written as ''The Curse'', a movie that had no connection to ''Carrie'' in any form. It was retitled and rewritten presumably because somebody pointed out [[FollowTheLeader the obvious similarities]] and decided that calling it a sequel would let it cash in on the success of the original (and help avoid accusations of {{plagiarism}}).

* ConverseWithTheUnconscious: After they have sex, Jesse tells a sleeping Rachel that he loves her. [[spoiler:Those three words save his life.]]
* CureYourGays: Mike claims that Jesse scored a "conversion" by sleeping with Rachel, who had previously blown Mike off by claiming she was a lesbian. And he says it [[TooDumbToLive directly to Rachel's face]].