Mike Flanagan and the Carrie Cast on Reimagining Stephen King, Teenage Cruelty, and On-Set Rules: Podcast

Listen via: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Podcasts | More Platforms High school already comes equipped with psychological warfare. Giving one of its casualties telekinetic powers just evens the odds. With Prime Video’s Carrie, Mike Flanagan stretches Stephen King’s debut novel across eight episodes, digging into the everyday cruelty that precedes the catastrophe. (Watch the series via Prime Video.) The filmmaker and cast spoke with Kyle Meredith about rebuilding an American horror institution for a generation whose tormentors can follow them home without leaving their bedrooms. There’s plenty of supernatural trouble, but the people remain the scariest special effect. Listen above or wherever you get your podcasts. Get the Carrie 4K UHD Steelbook Flanagan knows the reflexive response to another trip through this particular prom night. He has it himself. “If I don’t have a fantastic answer for why, I pass on the project,” he says. Finding that answer meant bringing teenagers into the writers’ room, an education that also opened conversations with his own children. “The world changes so much, but the fundamentals stay the same,” he explains, citing kindness, bullying, empathy, and...