After three movies and a 1999 sequel that's the epitome of camp, Stephen King's Carrie has been transformed into an eight-episode series. However, book purists have been staunch regarding the casting of our telekinetic prom queen, with demands of a “book-accurate" lead. Now, Summer H. Howell — our 2026 Carrie — has responded to those damming calls.
Carrie is a deeply alluring yet haunting story that touches on isolation, religious extremism, bullying and cruelty that ends in absolute carnage.