With San Diego Comic-Con in full swing, Prime Video is revealing what might be the biggest news of the weekend for horror fans. They’ve just dropped the first teaser for their upcoming Carrie series, helmed by auteur director Mike Flanagan, and revealed that the new iteration of Stephen King’s classic story will debut in October.
Starring Summer Howell as Carrie White, the reimagined series also features Samanatha Sloyan, Siena Agudong, Alison Thornton, Joel Oulette, Josie Tota, Arthur Conti, Thalia Dudek, Amber Midthunder, and Matthew Lillard. The series’ synopsis is as follows:
Misfit high‑schooler Carrie White has spent her life hidden away inside the walls of her home with her fiercely protective mother, Margaret . After her father’s sudden, untimely death thrusts her into the unforgiving ecosystem of public high school, Carrie is forced to navigate a viral bullying scandal that tears through her community, the relentless pressure and casual cruelty of the social‑media age, and the awakening of mysterious telekinetic powers that rise alongside her adolescence.
Told over eight propulsive episodes, the series expands King’s cultural landmark — deepening its characters and tensions, and following the small, everyday choices that build toward a single, shattering night, in a gripping, deeply human story about kindness versus cruelty, and whether we’re witnessing the making of a hero, a monster, or something far more complicated.
Prime Video revealed that all eight episodes of Carrie will drop on the streamer at once on October 7 — an interesting choice in the wake of shows like Widow’s Bay seeing success with the weekly format. But with Flanagan updating King’s seminal novel for the Gen Z age, it seems like a lot of things are changing, format included.
The series is also premiering the same year as Brian De Palma’s original film adaptation, starring Sissy Spacek, turns fifty years old. Comparisons are inevitable (especially when it comes to Spacek’s powerhouse performance), but with Flanagan also set to direct four episodes of the series, it’s almost certain that this will be a version of Carrie like we’ve never seen her before.
Carrie hits Prime Video on October 7.
