Carrie (2026–)

Disclaimer: there's no option to mark reviews as a spoiler, so consider this as a major spoiler warning I've never read the books or seen the movies, so I was pretty much going in 99% blind, which was nice cuz I got to see this completely unbiased. But I had a few thoughts on the final episode, especially, given I found it to be a bit convoluted. 1: What a crazy way to end things between Carrie and her mom! I did not expect things to go the way they did! I thought they were gonna just forgive each other and that that'd be how the show ended. 2: I THINK…

The debut season delivers a genuinely good and atmospheric horror drama that successfully breathes new life into an iconic tale. Expanding the story across eight episodes allows the narrative to build a remarkable setup, grounding the tragic descent in the cruel realities of modern social media, cyberbullying, and suffocating small town claustrophobia. Summer H. Howell gives an extraordinary lead performance, balancing fragile vulnerability and quiet heartbreak with an unsettling, raw power as Carrie White. Samantha Sloyan matches her at every turn…

Mike Flanagan (Oculus: Origin of Evil, Dr. Sleep, The Exorcist: Martyrs) created this television series on Amazon Prime Video based on the best selling novel by Stephen King. Mary Elizabeth "Sissy" Spacek, Emily Bergl, Angela Bettis & Chloë Grace Moretz were playing Carrieta "Carrie" White in film & TV. Now, a 22 year old actress from Manitoba, Canada named Summer H. Howell will portray the titular character where after her father's sudden, untimely death thrusts her into the unforgiving ecosystem of public high school, Carrie is forced to navigate a…