‘Carrie’ Trailer Previews Mike Flanagan’s Remake of the Stephen King Horror Classic!! Check It Out!!

Stephen King’s Carrie has been terrifying audiences for more than 50 years, and by now, almost everyone knows how this story ends. Carrie White goes to prom. A bucket of pig’s blood comes crashing down. What happens next has become one of horror’s most recognizable sequences, immortalized by Brian De Palma’s 1976 adaptation and revisited several times in the decades since. That makes adapting Carrie again a difficult proposition, but Mike Flanagan has never exactly been afraid of King‘s works.

This time, however, Carrie is getting far more room to breathe. Prime Video’s upcoming adaptation marks the first time King’s debut novel has been turned into a television series, giving Flanagan eight episodes to dig into Carrie White, the people surrounding her, and everything that ultimately pushes the bullied teenager toward that infamous night. Summer H. Howell is stepping into the title role, alongside a stacked ensemble that includes Samantha Sloyan, Amber Midthunder, Matthew Lillard, Kate Siegel, and Rahul Kohli.

Prime Video has now unveiled the official trailer for Carrie, offering the best look yet at Flanagan’s new take on King’s classic. The footage makes it clear that while the blood-soaked story audiences know is still very much here, this Carrie is interested in what the character looks like in 2026, when high school cruelty no longer ends when you make it home.

Mike Flanagan Is Bringing ‘Carrie’ Into the Social Media Age

Flanagan’s Carrie follows Howell’s Carrie White, who has spent much of her life isolated at home with her intensely protective mother, Margaret (Sloyan). Following the sudden death of her father, Carrie is thrown into public high school, where she quickly finds herself at the center of a viral bullying scandal. At the same time, the mysterious telekinetic abilities that have always defined Carrie’s story begin to emerge. That addition gives the familiar story an especially nasty modern edge. Carrie has always been a story about bullying, humiliation, and the devastating consequences of cruelty, but Flanagan’s version places those ideas in a world where humiliation can be filmed, shared, and preserved for everyone to see. Across eight episodes, the series will expand the lives of its characters and the community of Chamberlain while still building toward the night every Carrie fan knows is coming.

Howell landed the role after an extensive search that saw nearly 1,500 actors read for Carrie. She is joined by Siena Agudong as Sue Snell, Alison Thornton as Chris Hargensen, Joel Oulette as Tommy Ross, Josie Totah as Tina, Arthur Conti as Billy, Thalia Dudek as Emaline, Midthunder as Miss Desjardin, and Lillard as Principal Grayle. Flanagan regulars Michael Trucco, Crystal Balint, Siegel, and Kohli will also appear in recurring roles, alongside Tim Bagley and Heather Graham. Flanagan wrote and executive produced the series and directed four of its eight episodes, including the first two and final two. Siegel, Axelle Carolyn, Kyra Sedgwick, and Hiromi Kamata each direct one of the remaining episodes, while King himself serves as an executive producer.