Flanagan’s Carrie updates Stephen King’s horror with online bullying

Mike Flanagan’s eight-episode Prime Video adaptation of *Carrie* retells Stephen King’s familiar story while making online harassment central to its horror. The review says the change gives the tale a contemporary purpose, showing how cyberbullying can follow teenagers beyond school and make their lives harder to escape.

Summer H. Howell plays Carrie, who enters high school after her father’s death brings her and her mother back into society. After classmates film her first period and an anonymous Instagram account spreads humiliating posts and rumours, the bullying gains real-world consequences; Carrie’s mother, played by Samantha Sloyan, campaigns against the account as a parents’ rights activist. The adaptation retains key scenes from the original story, including the prom prank involving pig’s blood, while expanding the narrative across eight episodes.