Mike Flanagan’s Carrie Reimagines Horror for the Digital Age

The project marks a significant shift for Amazon following its 2022 poaching of Flanagan from Netflix. Having built a reputation for nuanced, character-driven horror through titles like Midnight Mass and Doctor Sleep, the director brings a seasoned hand to this adaptation. He bypasses the exhaustion often associated with remaking iconic material, instead anchoring the story in the specific anxieties of contemporary adolescence.

Summer H. Howell stars as Carietta White, a girl sheltered from society until the sudden death of her father. This tragedy forces her and her mother, Margaret—played by Samantha Sloyan—to navigate the complexities of public life. As Carrie enters high school for the first time, the series shifts focus from the supernatural spectacle of the original to the visceral, often quiet cruelty of her peers, transforming a literary staple into a sharp reflection of modern social alienation.