‘Carrie’ Review: Mike Flanagan’s Teen-Drama Take on a Horror Classic Is Too Gentle for Its Own Good

Mike Flanagan has adapted Stephen King's horror classic Carrie into an ongoing series for Amazon. Starring Summer H. Howell and Samantha Sloyan as Carrie White and Margaret, the production expands the original world to examine the horrors students face in American high schools. While some reviews describe the approach as too gentle, others praise the retelling as a brilliant transformation of the nightmare into a horrific teen TV series that capably expands the source material's narrative scope.