Stephen King's Carrie returns to explore the horrors of social media
A new television adaptation of Stephen King's 'Carrie' has been released on Prime Video, updating the classic story for the social media era. The production has sparked debate among fans regarding its departure from the original book's characterization.
Why it matters
This highlights the ongoing trend of rebooting classic intellectual property and the challenges of modernizing horror tropes for contemporary audiences.
Image source, Prime Video Image caption, Summer H Howell plays Carrie in the new adaptation of the Stephen King novel
Adaptations, remakes and reboots are all the rage right now, and there’s often one question that crops up - why?
See also "what's the point?" and "do we need another one?" whenever a story is resurrected from the past.
Carrie, Prime Video's new TV series based on Stephen King's debut novel, has been no exception.
It's not the first time the tale of high school bullies and supernatural powers has been adapted for the screen.
Director Brian de Palma's 1976 movie version is a horror classic, with some of its most famous scenes and imagery widely considered iconic within the genre.
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