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Pop Culture Happy Hour · October 12, 2026 · 18m

Carrie

The new series Carrie updates the Stephen King book for the digital age, and plays with what we think we know in some surprising ways. Streaming on Prime Video, it follows a young Carrie who has led a sheltered life with her overbearing mother. But as Carrie enters high school, she has a rough go of it. The signposts are familiar – the showers, the prayer closet, the prom, the pig’s blood – but showrunner Mike Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass) builds out the world around those events.

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Preview

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Carrie for the digital age
The series reimagines Stephen King's classic story with modern technology and social media elements, creating new avenues for bullying and ostracism.
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Familiar signposts, expanded world
While the key moments from the original remain, Mike Flanagan builds a deeper world around them, filling in the characters and community.

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