Mike Flanagan’s Stephen King Series Carrie Gets New Trailer and Promotional Images
- Prime Video released the official Carrie trailer on Wednesday, with all eight episodes starring Summer Howell premiering October 7, 2026 on the streaming platform.
- Showrunner Mike Flanagan adapted Stephen King's 1974 novel to explore the 'bigger picture' of telekinetic powers, promising a prom sequence no one has ever seen before.
- Summer Howell portrays Carrie White, a misfit thrust into high school after her father's death, while Samantha Sloyan plays her protective mother, Margaret White.
- Each episode after the premiere opens with a unique story of a woman coming to terms with her own abilities, expanding Carrie's place within a larger universe of gifted women.
- This Amazon MGM Studios production arrives over 50 years after King's novel's publication, diverging from Brian De Palma's 1976 film adaptation that earned Academy Award nominations.
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Fans Are Furious Over Gen Z Stephen King Adaptation After It Misses The Mark Spectacularly
Stephen King’s Carrie is getting a very modern makeover, but some fans are already questioning whether the changes go too far. Mike Flanagan’s new series brings the horror classic into the age of viral videos, social media, and Gen Z high school culture. While many viewers are excited to see what the acclaimed filmmaker does with the story, others fear the new version could lose what made Carrie so disturbing in the first place. “I think maybe w…
How Mike Flanagan Could Make ‘Carrie’ Feel Terrifyingly New Again
There is a strange challenge that comes with adapting ‘Carrie’: everyone already knows how the story ends. The blood, the prom, the telekinesis and the tragedy have become part of pop-culture history. Yet Mike Flanagan’s new Prime Video series may have found a way to make Stephen King’s story feel uncomfortable all over again. The […]
Stephen King's Carrie returns with a modern twist on Prime Video
For Stephen King fans out there, young and old, Carrie has been remade, reshaped and modernised, but be reassured it still maintains it cruel and psychological torment for the viewer. The story centres on teenager, Carrie White, who, until the age of 16, was homeschooled. After the death of her father, she is forced to […]
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