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Mick Garris s adaptation of Stephen King s novel fails to match the power of the 1976 film but modernizes the story with a focus on cyberbullying via Instagram and contemporary American issues. The series features a new backstory for the protagonist and faces criticism for feeling padded and disconnected despite strong performances.
has failed to near the power of Brian De Palma’s 1976 classic take on Stephen King’s first novel: a terrifying and tragic story of a shy high-school outcast relentlessly bullied into a murderous, supernatural rage at her prom.
It simply can’t be replicated; and thankfully horror auteurWhile the basic plot, characters and classic scenes are present, Flanagan otherwise remixes the story with a modern-day setting, sweeping reflections on contemporary America and a focus on cyberbullying previously attempted by theNot everything connects. Purists will take issue, no doubt, with the central role that an anonymous Instagram account takes in Carrie’s bullying, resulting in scenes that feel a little too close to.
And, while Flanagan introduces elements of King’s novel not in other adaptations, the presence of original characters such as Carrie’s mysterious friend Emeline don’t necessarily add much. If some plots feel like they exist purely to stretch King’s unusually short novel into a 6.5-hour, eight-episode event, they’re likely setting up something more, with Flanagan stating he envisions hisbares a striking similarity to De Palma’s lead, Sissy Spacek, her version of King’s anti-heroine is far-flung from the shy, scarred girl in the 1976 film, thanks to a new backstory.
Here, Carrie’s ultra-libertarian, conspiracist dad and ultra-religious mother Margaret have never once let their daughter leave the house. But when her father dies on a building job in the show’s opening scenes, authorities discover Carrie exists, and she’s forced to enter school for the first time at 15.
Despite it all, Carrie is open-eyed and trembling with excitement as she enters school – the lead of a gentle, shoegaze-soundtracked coming-of-age story who is failed by others at every turn. After demanding she attend school, the state has made no effort to prepare her. She arrives unsure what the metal detector is, let alone aware of why the school needs one. She’s never even met another teenager, and this is a cruel cohort.
Carrie’s main bully Chris Hargensen is particularly vile in this version, with new insight into her dysfunctional family begging the question: if Carrie can choose kindness , why can’t Chris? In Flanagan’s telling, it’s Carrie’s contact with modern life – not her family’s lifelong abuse – that corrupts her kind heart. This is perhaps the most brutal retelling of the story yet, for a particularly brutal time.
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