India, Oct. 10 -- I cannot think of anyone as Carrie other than Sissy Spacek. The Brian De Palma adaptation is plastered on my mind as the definitive adaptation that truly takes the tone and atmosphere of its source seriously. That being said, the Stephen King novel continues to remain timeless, almost mythic in its coming-of-age exploration of violence and cruelty that is part of human nature. Carrie is naive when we meet her first, and by the time the book ends, she is altered forever. It is her rebirth in a world that hunts down the weak. That loss of innocence is never getting old, come what generation may.

The new Prime Video adaptation by Mike Flanagan understands this facet of human nature. It makes several changes from the tradit...