India, Oct. 7 -- Mike Flanagan's Carrie has arrived on Prime Video which is a new television adaptation of Stephen King's classic horror novel. The eight-episode series was released on October 7 and stars Summer H. Howell as Carrie White and Samantha Sloyan as her mother, Margaret White. The cast also includes Siena Agudong, Alison Thornton, Joel Oulette, Josie Totah and Matthew Lillard.

The story follows Carrie, a quiet and isolated teenager who has grown up under the strict control of her deeply religious mother. At school, she becomes a target for bullying and humiliation while she slowly discovers that she has telekinetic abilities.

Unlike the earlier film adaptations, the series has more time to explore Carrie's life, her relations...