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Mike Flanagan is ready to give his take on Stephen King‘s classic, Carrie.

Prime Video released the official trailer for the upcoming series adaptation of King‘s bestselling novel on Wednesday, “offering a revealing glimpse at how the series expands the world” and will bring “new depth and complexity to its beloved characters while exploring the forces that shape Carrie White (Summer H. Howell) as she navigates the cruelty and pressure of the modern world — building toward a single, shattering night.“

“How much do we really know about Carrie — or what happened in Chamberlain?“ the streamer teases of the Amazon MGM Studios production.

Carrie stars Summer H. Howell as the titular character Carrie White, a high school girl with telekinetic powers, and Samantha Sloyan as Margaret White.

Siena Agudong, Alison Thornton, Joel Oulette, Josie Tota, Arthur Conti, Thalia Dudek, Amber Midthunder and Matthew Lillard also star.

The upcoming reimagining from Flanagan marks the first time the story has been adapted for television.

King’s Carrie was published in 1974, spent 14 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list and has been translated into more than 35 languages. Brian De Palma’s 1976 film adaptation of Carrie, which starred Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie, earned Academy Award nominations for Spacek and Laurie.

The show synopsis reads: “Misfit high‑schooler Carrie White (Howell) has spent her life hidden away inside the walls of her home with her fiercely protective mother, Margaret (Sloyan). After her father’s sudden, untimely death thrusts her into the unforgiving ecosystem of public high school, Carrie is forced to navigate a viral bullying scandal that tears through her community, the relentless pressure and casual cruelty of the social‑media age, and the awakening of mysterious telekinetic powers that rise alongside her adolescence.”

Carrie is written and executive produced by showrunner Flanagan (Midnight Mass, The Haunting of Hill House), with King also serving as executive producer.

Among the directors for this season are Flanagan, Kate Siegel (The Exorcist: Martyrs), Axelle Carolyn (Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen), Kyra Sedgwick (Family Movie) and Hiromi Kamata (Shogun).

All eight episodes of Carrie will be released on Oct. 7. Watch the trailer below.