Palisades Fire comms

https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/01/09/movie-tv-landmarks-destroyed-california-wildfires-los-angeles/

"In addition to being the site where Sissy Spacek’s “Carrie” character unleashed her supernatural powers on her teenage tormentors, Palisades Charter High School"

SS also owned a condo there that got burned down…

Election comms?

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-story-behind-the-iconic-prom-scene-in-carrie/

"Banned from the prom after bullying Carrie, Chris (Nancy Allen) plots her revenge, setting up a bucket of pig’s blood to fall on Carrie’s head in front of the school. Ballots are switched to ensure that Carrie is crowned prom queen, and soon enough, the shy protagonist finds herself drenched in blood as she accepts her unlikely crown. Yet, using her telekinesis powers, Carrie destroys the entire school, trapping everyone inside as a fire rips through the building."

Real vs. Psyop

"For the moment when the prom goes up in flames, the crew avoided any need for fancy special effects and simply lit the entire set on fire. Talking to Yahoo! Movies, William Katt, who played Carrie’s prom date, Tommy Ross, claimed that the sound stage actually caught fire. He explained, “I remember being on set when they lit off the fire, because we were doing stuff out of sequence, right? I was already supposed to be lying on the ground, dead. So they lit the stage on fire, and the actual soundstage caught fire. And the AD was screaming for everybody to get out, and Brian was yelling for the camera department to keep rolling."