Stephen King’s "Carrie" Series Gets Release Date and First Look

Amazon Prime Video has released the teaser trailer for “Carrie,” the TV adaptation of Stephen King’s classic horror novel, out on October 7.

The series, consisting of eight episodes, is a “bold and timely reimagining of the story of misfit high-schooler Carrie White, who has spent her life in seclusion with her domineering mother,” the logline reads. “After her father’s sudden and untimely death, Carrie finds herself contending with the alien landscape of public high school, a bullying scandal that shatters her community, and the emergence of mysterious telekinetic powers.”

Summer H. Howell will play Carrie White, with Siena Agudong as Sue Snell and Matthew Lillard as Principle Grayle.

The series also stars Samantha Sloyan as Margaret White, Alison Thornton as Chris Hargensen, Thalia Dudek as Emaline, Amber Midthunder as Miss Desjardin, Josie Totah as Tina, Arthur Conti as Billy, and Joel Oulette as Tommy.

Mike Flanagan serves as the writer, executive producer, showrunner, and director, with Trevor Macy executive producing and Amazon MGM Studios producing.

This is far from Howell’s first horror project as she’s previously appeared in “Curse of Chucky,” “Cult of Chucky,” “Hunter Hunter,” “Spirit in the Blood,” “Time Cut,” “Harland Manor” and “Channel Zero.”

Sloyan and Flanagan have been long-time collaborators, with Sloyan previously starring in Flanagan’s “The Haunting of Hill House,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “The Midnight Club,” “Midnight Mass,” and “Hush.”

“Carrie” will consist of eight episodes and was first reported to be in development in October 2024 and officially greenlit by Amazon in April 2025.

King’s novel was first adapted into an Oscar-nominated hit film in 1976, followed by a poorly received sequel in 1999, a television film in 2002, and a remake in 2013.

Watch the teaser trailer for "Carrie" below.