Mike Flanagan explains that his adaptation of Carrie is not what you think

Mike Flanagan He has never been one to take the road scheduled with a Stephen King adaptation. That it is Game’s game OR Sleep doctorHe always finds a way to dig more deeply under the horror, in the human aspect of history.

So when it was announced that he was facing CarrieFans immediately wondered how this dark and twisted story would manage. Is it another night -dance blood bath? Another tragic telecinetic fury? According to Flanagan … not even close.

Speaking of his vision for the imminent Carrie Series, Flanagan clarified that it is not here to reformulate the family member.

“The thing I would say is that the original story is half a century and it is wonderful. Its themes concerned the youth and bullying and the consequences of this. I believe that in the modern world of today, the power of what it means to be a bully, the width of this and the impact of bullying, have changed a lot.”

The world that Carrie White inhabits today would be very different from what the king wrote in 1974, and for Flanagan, that the change is central.

“The central principles are always the same, but it is much more than Carrie White. I can’t really talk about what we are doing, I can only talk about what we are not doing.

“We are not telling the story as it was told and we are not making a show on Telecinese. It is there, but this is not what it is.”

He wasn’t about to explain:

“There is a version in which Carrie White transports a tragic history of origin of the superhero that must be horribly crooked. I feel that even if they had done it.”

Instead, Flanagan wants to enlarge, expanding the lens to capture not only the pain of a girl, but the ecosystem that fueled him.

“We are focused much more on the destruction of a community through these very modern tools. What happens in a world where the Internet has created an perceived anonymity environment?”

This version of Carrie It concerns less dance dresses soaked in blood and more what happens when cruelty is hiding behind the screens. It is how the fracture of the communities, not only in a moment of violence, but in the slow erosion of empathy.

“Carrie White in the locker room in each iteration is a horrible scene,” says Flanagan. “Carrie White in the changing rooms when people have phones in hand is a completely different thing.”

Flanagan thrives in the exploration of horror that affects closer to home. Not ghosts. Not ghoul. But people. Systems. The tools themselves we use every day.

Flanagan includes Stephen King’s work in a way they do few filmmakers. Not only recreates King’s stories, he engages with them, challenges and reinterprets them for a modern audience.

Whatever is so new Carrie It ends up looking, one thing is clear … it will not be what we expect, and it is exciting!

Source: Variety