Critic Reviews

The young cast are outstanding, and the benefit of having eight episodes to play with is that their backstories can be built. .... But the series belongs to Howell.

The contemporization experiment for Carrie White’s story is a resounding success backed up by a banger soundtrack and sufficient teen angst.

This is the “Carrie” reboot we didn’t know we needed, and it leaves us wanting more.

Flanagan’s “Carrie” puts its own stamp on King’s narrative while examining the peculiarities of the social media age. .... Harrowing and fearless, this “Carrie” builds on the essential elements of King’s story while connecting it to his broader universe.

Mike Flanagan has cooked up another corker of a horror remix.

He’s also made a modern classic into something vital and urgent, with, again, a marvelous performance by Ms. Howell. This may not be the “Carrie” we know, it’s true. But it may be the “Carrie” we need.

Sloyan, Thornton, Midthunder, and the rest of the cast are all magnificent and help to deepen the rich creative stew Flanagan has cooked up with this adaptation.

It doesn’t necessarily improve on the author’s original (or De Palma’s gem), but it’s a worthy reinvention that carves out its own unique identity in fire and blood.

Flanagan offers a strikingly fresh, superbly acted version of King’s story, with enough ideas and nuance to fill a high-school gymnasium.

Mike Flanagan, horror cinema's great humanist, has done it again, and you won't want to turn away from this series.