Stephen and His ‘King Whisperer’ Resurrect ‘Carrie’

The writer-director Mike Flanagan has become the most trusted steward of the author Stephen King’s work. Now they revisit “Carrie,” the story that made King a star.

Flanagan’s eight-episode TV adaptation of King’s debut novel is a modern take in which Carrie’s bullying comes largely through social media, and the horrors include school shooter drills. “Carrie” is closer in spirit to Flanagan’s inventive TV updates of literary horror classics like “The Haunting of Hill House” and “The Fall of the House of Usher.”

“I have right of disapproval over everything,” King said. “And basically I don’t use it, because I trust Mike completely. He is the King whisperer.” 

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