# ‘Carrie’ Signals an Even Bigger Issue With Mike Flanagan’s Streaming Hits

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/carrie-signals-an-even-bigger-issue-with-mike-flanagans-streaming-hits/
- Published: 2026-10-24T00:39:15+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-24T01:38:13+00:00
- Original publisher: Collider
- Original article: https://collider.com/carrie-mike-flanagan-horror-series-negative/

## Key points

- Flanagan’s *Carrie* expands Stephen King’s supernatural universe.
- The article says the expansion weakens Carrie’s central tragedy.
- Emaline’s powers alter who carries out the prom massacre.

## Summary

Mike Flanagan’s new adaptation of Stephen King’s *Carrie* uses a documentary-style format and links Carrie’s powers to a wider supernatural universe. The article argues that these additions distract from the story’s central tragedy and expose a weakness in Flanagan’s larger-scale storytelling.

The series follows Carrie, played by Summer H. Howell, as she starts high school after her father’s death, with attendance required for her mother to retain custody. Interviews with survivors of the prom massacre are woven through the story and later connect to Adelaide, played by Kate Siegel. The finale references “the shine”, tying Carrie to other King stories, while Emaline’s supernatural control of Carrie during the massacre shifts responsibility for the carnage away from Carrie.

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