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Mike Flanagan on Building the Prom Scene in 'Carrie'

Flanagan collaborated with a VFX supervisor to create the catastrophic prom sequence for Prime Video's adaptation; constructing the cinematic Everest of horror.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThis just in: Al Jazeera reports Ukraine struck a Russian fuel site hours after the Trump-Putin diesel deal. Back with the Screening Room.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWelcome back. Hey Gerald says it knows everything about me, which is rude, because my own mom still doesn't know where I live.

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIndieWire says Mike Flanagan and his VFX supervisor built the deadly prom for Prime Video's Carrie, and I love every prom movie ever made!

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPer /Film, Marvel Television announced a spy series called Zodiac. My sequel pitch: Zodiac 2, where the spy gets sentenced by Smudge Judge Spray.

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