{
  "id": 11235963,
  "title": "Carrie Review",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/carrie-review",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-01T15:46:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IGN",
    "slug": "ign",
    "url": "https://www.ign.com/articles/carrie-review-prime-video"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Carrie premiered on Prime Video on October 7, offering a spoiler-free review. Stephen King's horror genre began with telekinetic teenager Carrie White, whose bullying tale has been adapted and sequelized numerous times. Kimberly Peirce's 2013 film first brought Carrie into the 21st century, but the 2023 series by the same director successfully evolves with the times and deepens King's characters. The opening moments treat Carrie's story with Shakespearean reverence and use an epistolary style, heavily relying on interviews and documentary evidence to tell her story. The series sets itself up well for exploring all angles of that story by structuring itself as a teen drama, similar to Pretty Little Liars or Riverdale. The adaptation is broadly successful, with Carrie being an epistolary novel and the show replicating the fractured perspective of the events through different characters' perspectives. Despite some overwrought stylistic choices, the series succeeds in putting Carrie and Margaret White into a modern context, with Summer H. Howell's performance as Carrie being total magnetism. Both Sue Snell, played by Siena Agudong, and Chris Hargensen, played by Alison Thornton, are good in their roles, but Christine's volatile character, played by Alison Thornton, gets more exciting material due to her complicated home life and the show's exploration of how poor parenting can impact a young girl's ability to navigate the trials of growing up.",
  "summary": "Review: With smart story accommodations for the social media age and a pair of stellar performances from Summer H. Howell and Samantha Sloyan, Mike Flanagan and his team have successfully made the case for why Carrie’s story needed to be retold.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}