{"id":2042279,"date":"2026-07-14T08:42:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T05:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2042279"},"modified":"2026-07-14T08:42:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T05:42:56","slug":"this-was-never-going-to-be-a-straight-adaptation-mike-flanagans-carrie-tv-show-makes-big-changes-from-stephen-kings-horror-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2042279","title":{"rendered":"‘This Was Never Going to Be a Straight Adaptation’ \u2014 Mike Flanagan’s Carrie TV Show Makes Big Changes From Stephen King’s Horror Novel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We have the first details and images of Mike Flanagan\u2019s Carrie<\/a> series, which is set to hit Prime Video this fall.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The headline details are that this new, eight-episode adaptation of Stephen King\u2019s horror novel is set in the modern day, and explores teen relationships with technology. It sounds like Carrie isn\u2019t alone in having powers, with each episode introducing a new character with a different ability. And Carrie\u2019s famous blood-drenched prom scene, which proved so iconic in Brian De Palma\u2019s 1976 movie adaptation, will play out differently.<\/p>\n

Here’s the official blurb:<\/p>\n

“Misfit high\u2011schooler Carrie White (Summer Howell) has spent her life hidden away inside the walls of her home with her fiercely protective mother, Margaret (Samantha Sloyan). After her father\u2019s sudden, untimely death thrusts her into the unforgiving ecosystem of public high school, Carrie is forced to navigate a viral bullying scandal that tears through her community, the relentless pressure and casual cruelty of the social\u2011media age, and the awakening of mysterious telekinetic powers that rise alongside her adolescence.”<\/p>\n