In the novel, which was King’s first work, a slightly overweight, shy, and usually bullied girl named Carietta "Carrie" Nadine White is being raised by Margaret, an unstable religious fanatic who thinks almost everything could be sinful.
The gym teacher, Rita Desjardin, punishes the girls with a week of detention and suspends Chris when she refuses to comply.
Meanwhile, Chris and her boyfriend Billy Nolan collect pigs’ blood in a bucket and hang it over the auditorium stage.
At prom, the blood is dumped on Carrie, but in the process the bucket falls and hits Tommy on the head, killing him.
Carrie at first flees in sadness, but is soon overtaken by rage and locks the gymnasium doors with her powers and sets the room on fire.
[3] In October 2024, Amazon MGM Studios announced they were developing a series adaptation of the novel with American filmmaker Mike Flanagan.
[4][5] Flanagan had previously written and directed the Stephen King adaptations Doctor Sleep, Gerald's Game & The Life of Chuck.