Mike Flanagan's Carrie Changes One Of Stephen King's Most Hateful Villains

Mike Flanagan's Carrie made a big mistake with one of its most important characters

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Carrie.Carrie hasn’t aged brilliantly, even by Stephen King’s own admission. In the novel, he paints a picture of someone considered grotesque because she’s overweight and covered in pimples, her head in the clouds to the that point she’s repeatedly described as having a "bovine" look. Adaptations have attempted to correct this mocking first impression, and in Mike Flanagan’s new Prime Video miniseries, Carrie White (…

In Mike Flanagan’s Carrie, Chris Hargensen Gets a Painful Backstory but Still Owns Her Cruelty

In Mike Flanagan’s Carrie series, the new Chris Hargensen (played by Alison Thornton) gets a painful backstory of personal pain, desperation and an absence of positive role models, yet she still owns every bit of her cruelty toward Carrie White. The show explains the person behind the abuse while leaving her responsible for choosing to […]

Mike Flanagan’s “Carrie” Is Soft, Yet Fitting for the 21st Century

*This article contains major spoilers for Mike Flanagan’s “Carrie”* Every girl remembers at exactly what age and where she was when she got her first period. At least, I know I do. I was 12, and it was Mother’s day. Sorry about that, Mom. We were about to leave for church when I called her […]

Mike Flanagan's Carrie Changes One Of Stephen King's Most Hateful Villains

Mike Flanagan's new Prime Video take on Stephen King's Carrie makes a lot of changes, most notably to Carrie's mom Margaret White.