by Alex Billington
July 25, 2026
Source: YouTube
“The worst part – is that I really could’ve been your friend.” Prime Video has revealed the first look teaser trailer for the new horror series Carrie, once again adapting the Stephen King novel of the same name. This new series hails for horror mastermind Mike Flanagan, who is directing & writing & producing this as his next creation following his recent movie The Life of Chuck. “She just wanted a friend. They gave her a fight.” A shy girl with telekinetic powers is bullied, leading to a horrific, bloody incident at her high school due to her domineering mother’s influence. Told over eight propulsive episodes in this new take, the series expands King’s cultural landmark — deepening its characters & tensions, and following the small, everyday choices that build up toward a single, shattering night, in this 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. Starring newcomer Summer H. Howell as the young Carrie, with Samantha Sloyan, Siena Agudong, Alison Thornton, Joel Oulette, Josie Totah, Arthur Conti, Thalia Dudek, Amber Midthunder, and Matthew Lillard. Almost everything Flanagan makes ends up superb and I expect this will be as well.
Here’s the first teaser trailer (+ promo art) for Mike Flanagan’s horror series Carrie, direct from YouTube:
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 dad’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 social media, and the awakening of mysterious telekinetic powers that rise alongside her adolescence. Carrie is a horror mini-series created & showrun & directed by acclaimed genre filmmaker Mike Flanagan, director of “The Haunting of Hill House”, “Midnight Mass“, “The Midnight Club“, “The Fall of the House of Usher” series, plus the films Oculus, Hush, Before I Wake, Gerald’s Game, Doctor Sleep, The Life of Chuck. It’s also written by Flanagan, adapted from the original “Carrie” book by Stephen King first published in 1974. With eps directed by Hiromi Kamata. Produced by Justin Wagman & Chad Fitz. Made by Intrepid Pictures, Red Room Pictures, Amazon MGM Studios. Executive produced by Mike Flanagan, Trevor Macy, Stephen King. Amazon debuts Flanagan’s Carrie series streaming on Prime Video starting October 7th, 2026 this fall. 🔥
