It’s 2026, and we’re getting another adaptation of Carrie. Why? Has any other version of this story resonated as much as 1976’s version? I rewatched it yesterday and, like many other De Palma films, it does have its flaws. That said, it said what needed to be said and does not need a sequel, and multiple remakes, a TV show, and a musical.
And why keep ignoring her description from the book:
In the novel, Carrie is described as being a “chunky girl with pimples on her neck and back and buttocks.” She has pale skin, blonde hair, and blue eyes. As a child, she was described as being very pretty. However, her mother refused to allow her to look after her appearance, causing her to have greasy hair and being constantly bullied for said appearance.
She was thick through the waist only because sometimes she felt so miserable, empty, bored, that the only way to fill that gaping, whistling hole was to eat and eat and eat—but she was not that thick through the middle. She could be (what o what o what) could stop the chocolates and her pimples would go down.
– https://stephenking.fandom.com/wiki/Carrie_White
That said, it is Mike Flanagan, and he’s adapted a number of Stephen King and other horror novels. Maybe this one will have something new to say.
