Why 'Carrie' Is Still Scary as Sh*t!

Carrie is fifty years old today. It’s a rare anniversary for any living author, but doubly so for one who is still pumping out at least a book a year and getting some of the best reviews of his career, too. Since April 5, 1974, Stephen King has gone on to restructure the architecture of horror around himself with more than seventy books, featuring some of the genre’s most iconic characters and scenes that have burrowed their way into the very guts of popular culture. But Carrie is where it all started for King, with the slim story of a bullied teenager and the retribution she unleashes through her budding telekinetic powers. The book climaxes in a violent conflagration, but that fire burns on beyond the final pages, a fitting metaphor for the furnace of contemporary horror that King and Carrie ignited. [View in Browser]( [Esquire]( [SHOP]( EXCLUSIVE [SUBSCRIBE]( [Why Carrie Is Still Scary as Shit]( [Why Carrie Is Still Scary as Shit]( Carrie is fifty years old today. It’s a rare anniversary for any living author, but doubly so for one who is still pumping out at least a book a year and getting some of the best reviews of his career, too. Since April 5, 1974, Stephen King has gone on to restructure the architecture of horror around himself with more than seventy books, featuring some of the genre’s most iconic characters and scenes that have burrowed their way into the very guts of popular culture. But Carrie is where it all started for King, with the slim story of a bullied teenager and the retribution she unleashes through her budding telekinetic powers. The book climaxes in a violent conflagration, but that fire burns on beyond the final pages, a fitting metaphor for the furnace of contemporary horror that King and Carrie ignited. [Read More](   [The 6 Best Dolby Atmos Soundbars to Elevate Your Movie Night]( [The 6 Best Dolby Atmos Soundbars to Elevate Your Movie Night]( You'll hear every whisper, feel every crash. [Read More]( [Right-Wing Media and the Death of an Alabama Pastor: An American Tragedy]( [Right-Wing Media and the Death of an Alabama Pastor: An American Tragedy]( Bubba Copeland was the heart and soul of his community. When a website exposed his deepest secrets, his life wasn’t the only thing that was destroyed. [Read More](     [The Best Way to Buy Levi’s 501 Jeans Right Now]( [The Best Way to Buy Levi’s 501 Jeans Right Now]( Y'all heard the new Post Malone and Beyoncé song? "Levii's Jeans"? It stinks! It stinks like unwashed raw denim. We're BeyHive here at Esquire. We're Post Malone stans, too. Everything else on the album is phenomenal, but that song sounds like a bad TV commercial. But dammit, like every bad Super Bowl commercial out there, it makes us want to pull on some Levi's 501s. [Read More](   [Timothée Chalamet’s Favorite Costar? A Damn Good Necklace.]( [Timothée Chalamet’s Favorite Costar? A Damn Good Necklace.]( From Little Women to Dune: Part Two, the biggest constant in the actor’s prolific past five years has been a chic piece of neckwear. [Read More]( [Camp-Collar Shirts Are Essential for Summer. Here Are 24 of the Best Ones.]( [Camp-Collar Shirts Are Essential for Summer. Here Are 24 of the Best Ones.]( Solid, striped, and everything in between. [Read More](     [It's Time to Pop the Top on Canned Cocktails]( [It's Time to Pop the Top on Canned Cocktails]( Nothing will ever quite replace the experience of being served a perfectly made cocktail to order—whether at a serious bar or at your friend’s dinner party. And there are still plenty of prepackaged drinks to avoid. But we discovered a profusion of flavorful options worth adding to your drinking—and hosting—repertoire. [Read More](   [⛳ Unleash Your A-Game with Our Golf Getaway Sweepstakes!]( [LiveIntent Logo]( [AdChoices Logo]( [How satisfied are you with the content of this newsletter?]( Follow Us [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Notice]( | [CA Notice at Collection]( Esquire is a publication of Hearst Magazines. ©2024 Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This email was sent by Hearst Magazines, 300 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019-3779