A naked teenage girl and boy are seen under covers in bed together, implying an ongoing sexual relationship. No explicit nudity is seen.

A teenage girl is shown completely nude in the fetal position on the floor. No visible genitalia.

A pig is bludgeoned to death offscreen to collect its blood for the prank.

Margaret has a tendency to be abusive to her daughter by slapping her, dragging her into the prayer closet by force, and throwing tea in her face.

There is quite a bit of fast-moving violence, but most of the goriness is suggested rather than shown onscreen, explicitly.

Religious exclamations like "god" are present and a few uses of mild language like "hell", "damn", "bitch", "whore", "ass", "cow", "slut", "gay", "retarded", "crap", "suck it" and "piss".

Since this is a made-for-TV movie, there is little profanity, but much of the dialogue might be somewhat repugnant to especially pious Christian viewers.

Teenage characters smoke cigarettes and drink alcoholic beverages.

The scenes where Carrie is abused by Margaret can be intense.

Scenes where Carrie is bullied by her peers can be intense.

The infamous prom massacre after Carrie is once again humiliated by a prank is very frightening and quite intense.