Carrie is an American horror media franchise, based on the 1974 novel of the same name by Stephen King. The series consists of four films, a Broadway musical and a television special. In the novel, a slightly overweight, shy, and usually bullied girl named Carietta "Carrie" Nadine White is being raised by Margaret, an unstable religious fanatic. The book describes an odd incident of her exhibiting signs of telekinesis as a child.