Prime Video released the new trailer for the Mike Flanagan adaptation of the Stephen King novel, Carrie. And, just like that I am very meh on this. But you enjoy.

Misfit high‑schooler Carrie White (Summer Howell) has spent her life hidden away inside the walls of her home with her fiercely protective mother, Margaret (Samantha Sloyan). 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.

The ensemble of series regulars also includes Samantha Sloyan (The Pitt) as Margaret White, Siena Agudong (Resident Evil) as Sue Snell, Alison Thornton (Fire Country) as Chris Hargensen, Joel Oulette (My Life with the Walter Boys) as Tommy Ross, Josie Tota (The Buccaneers) as Tina, Arthur Conti (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) as Billy, Thalia Dudek (The Running Man) as Emaline, Amber Midthunder (Prey) as Miss Desjardin, and Matthew Lillard (Man of Tomorrow) as Principal Grayle. The series is written by showrunner Mike Flanagan (Midnight Mass, The Haunting of Hill House) with Flanagan also directing four episodes. Stephen King also serves as executive producer.

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.

Stephen King’s debut novel Carrie was published in 1974, launching a career in which his books have sold more than 350 million copies worldwide. The novel spent 14 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list and has been translated into more than 35 languages. Brian De Palma’s 1976 film adaptation, an Academy Award–nominated feature, cemented the story’s cultural impact; this year marks the film’s 50th anniversary.

First off, I run warm and cold on Flannigan’s work. But if this trailer is to be believed they once again didn’t bring in things from the novel. This Carrie (again) is a pretty shy girl, whose schoolmates like to torment her for sport. In the book Carrie is an overweight girl with acne, who is severely unkempt with bad hygiene – which is the reason for her bullying and pigs blood soaking. Also, apparently this version seems to even be making the mom sympathetic and not the religious fanatic as she is in the novel.  Basically, it’s the same narrative we have been getting just brought into 2026. Disappointed.

Carrie will premiere exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide October 7^th.

Thoughts?