Brian De Palma's 1976 film adaptation of Stephen King's "Carrie" is set to stream on HBO Max from 1 September, marking the horror classic's arrival on the platform 50 years after its release. King himself, whose debut novel provided the source material, has praised the film despite disliking certain script liberties, once calling De Palma "a worthy pretender to Hitchcock's throne."

The film follows a bullied teenage girl discovering telekinetic powers, and remains one of the highest-rated King adaptations, holding a 94% critics' score and 77% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. It has been adapted multiple times since, including a 2002 television movie and a 2013 feature starring Chloë Grace Moretz, though neither matched De Palma's acclaim. A new eight-episode series from director Mike Flanagan, starring Summer H. Howell as Carrie White, is also due to premiere on Prime Video on 7 October.