The Rage: Carrie 2 (15A) [Four Films By Katt Shea]
Wed 22 Oct 2025
6pm
€10.50
105 mins - United States 1999 Director: Katt Shea Starring: Emily Bergl, Jason London and Dylan BrunoRachel Lang (Emily Bergl) is a social misfit attending Bates High School. While mourning the suicide of her best friend, Rachel incurs the wrath of a group of competitive jocks and their girlfriends, who plot a humiliating prank to put the young girl back in her place. But what they do not know is Rachel has inherited telekinetic powers that she is struggling with. When this supernatural force is unleashed, there will be hell to pay. Katt Shea was asked to direct this sequel to the Stephen King/Brian De Palma classic when the original director was fired two weeks into production. If Shea didn’t accept, the film was going to be shut down. She took the challenge. The result is an immensely slick and effective nineties retelling of the well-known horror tale, one that tackles the topics of high school bullying and misogyny in a thought-provoking way that, sadly, still resonates over 25 years later. “It’s the rare horror sequel with something to say and the
guts to back it up.” Dread Central
SHOOTING AT THE SPEED OF THOUGHT - FOUR FILMS BY KATT SHEA In Peter Traver's Rolling Stone review of the Katt Shea film POISON IVY, he writes: “why settle for the usual walk around the exploitation block when Shea offers a wild ride with the top down into uncharted territory?”. This comment could easily be applied to all of the genre movies that the filmmaker helmed during the 80s and 90s. A pioneering female director who started out working on low budget productions for the king of the B's Roger Corman, Katt Shea made films in this male-dominated world with taut screenplays (which she often co-wrote), snappy dialogue, innovative visuals, thoughtful characterisations and great performances. With the Museum of Modern Art and the British Film Institute hosting retrospectives of her work, Shea has been recognised as a notable filmmaker and Triskel Arts Centre is delighted to present a selection of her films, some of them never before seen on a cinema screen in Ireland. Katt Shea kindly took some time to talk to Triskel's Head of Cinema Chris O'Neill about her career and work. This interview will be appearing online soon (watch this space).
[F-Rated]
