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Stephen King’s CARRIE Returns in New Prime Time Video Series

Mike Flanagan brings Carrie White's nightmare into the age of social media with an eight-episode adaptation of Stephen King's horror classic.

By Mark Gold
Founder, KazooWatch

Published October 10, 2026 · 1:32 PM EDT

Fifty years after Brian De Palma brought CARRIE to theaters, Stephen King’s debut novel has received another screen adaptation, this time as an eight-episode series from Mike Flanagan. According to Amazon’s official announcement, all eight episodes premiered on Prime Video on October 7.

Carrie promotional still.

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Summer H. Howell stars as Carrie White, with Samantha Sloyan portraying her mother, Margaret. According to Prime Video’s official series description, the new adaptation follows Carrie as she enters public high school following her father’s death, confronting viral bullying and the cruelty of social media while discovering her mysterious telekinetic abilities.

Flanagan serves as showrunner, writer and executive producer. According to Stephen King’s official website, he also directed episodes one, two, seven and eight, with Kate Siegel, Axelle Carolyn, Kyra Sedgwick and Hiromi Kamata directing the remaining episodes.

King himself is also credited as an executive producer, as confirmed by Amazon MGM Studios’ production information.

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Mark Gold

Founder, KazooWatch

Mark Gold is the founder and publisher of KazooWatch, where he covers television, movies, streaming, and the increasingly complicated business of figuring out what is actually worth watching. After years working in live events, media, and creative production, Mark built KazooWatch around a simple idea: entertainment discovery should be useful, independent, and a little more human. He writes reviews, features, industry news, and the occasional opinion that gets people yelling at him on Facebook. When he is not writing, he is usually somewhere behind the scenes building the next part of KazooWatch.