We know what is coming now, and the slow-motion victory lap drags out our tight-throated feelings of anticipation and dread to an almost unbearable degree.
Norma screams in horror with the rest of the students until Carrie finally gets her revenge and kills Norma by spraying her into a table with the fire hose.
In recent years, this print of the movie has vanished from circulation.
The world of high school is unfathomably but realistically cruel in Carrie, just as it is in the real world.
I doubt it's intentional, but it's nice to think so.
Over time and maturity, we can now overlook the nudity to see the films intriguing and clever story.