Everyday Dread | Horror Analysis
Oct 5, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min · 10 segments
Why does Stephen King’s **Carrie** still terrify and resonate with us over 50 years later? It turns out the true horror isn't just the telekinesis—it’s how accurately the story mirrors the modern…
Leah RobinsonPanelist
Ryan DoesHostChristi WhaleyPanelistRebecca Lynn ThomasPanelistSo for me, it was brand new, and I know that's not the case across the board here, but I somehow had missed this one.
I feel like there was s- a character to relate to for everybody that watches it, which is probably why it has been so successful and become, like, this cult classic sort of.
I do think it's really fascinating that it's, like, one of Stephen King's earlier writings, and my 11-year-old watched part of it with me, and he's like, "This story is so lazy." And I just thought, that's easy to say [laughs] about a movie that's 50 years, you know, going strong here.
We can all recog- like, recognize ourselves in somebody in this movie, and I think that that's kinda what struck me.
But, and I know we talked about this a little bit before we were recording, but that initial scene, I was like, "What the hell am I watching?"
And I was like, we can't access these sites in Iowa, so what is happening on my TV right now?
So for me, it was brand new, and I know that's not the case across the board here, but I somehow had missed this one.
I feel like there was s- a character to relate to for everybody that watches it, which is probably why it has been so successful and become, like, this cult classic sort of.
I do think it's really fascinating that it's, like, one of Stephen King's earlier writings, and my 11-year-old watched part of it with me, and he's like, "This story is so lazy." And I just thought, that's easy to say [laughs] about a movie that's 50 years, you know, going strong here.
We can all recog- like, recognize ourselves in somebody in this movie, and I think that that's kinda what struck me.
But, and I know we talked about this a little bit before we were recording, but that initial scene, I was like, "What the hell am I watching?"
And I was like, we can't access these sites in Iowa, so what is happening on my TV right now?
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