Misery (1990)

Stephen King Addresses Baby Reindeer’s Similarities To His Own Novel Misery & Its Movie Adaptation

Stephen King comments on Baby Reindeer‘s similarities to Misery, his hit novel and accompanying movie adaptation. Released on Netflix last ...

Netflix’s New Thriller Show Is An Even More Brutal Version Of This Classic 34-Year-Old Stephen King Movie

Netflix’s New Thriller Show Is An Even More Brutal Version Of This Classic 34-Year-Old Stephen King Movie

Baby Reindeer, Netflix’s latest thriller miniseries, proves how a small act of kindness between strangers can spiral out of control. ...

20 Best Female Horror Movie Villains

20 Best Female Horror Movie Villains

Horror movie villains come in all forms, but there’s something to be said about some of the genre’s best female ...

Kathy Bates’ 10 Best Movies, Ranked

Kathy Bates’ 10 Best Movies, Ranked

Kathy Bates is celebrated as one of Hollywood’s finest actresses of her generation, known for her standout performances in several ...

Why Misery Changed Stephen King’s Most Brutal Scene From The Book

Why Misery Changed Stephen King’s Most Brutal Scene From The Book

Although the 1990 movie Misery features a disturbingly brutal scene between Annie and Paul, the Stephen King book contains an ...

Misery: Annie Wilke’s 5 Funniest Quotes (& 5 Of The Scariest)

Misery: Annie Wilke’s 5 Funniest Quotes (& 5 Of The Scariest)

Stephen King’s Misery is widely regarded as one of his more amusing but still terrifying slow-burn chiller stories. It’s especially ...

The 10 Best James Caan Movies, According To Letterboxd

The 10 Best James Caan Movies, According To Letterboxd

Legendary actor James Caan, who was most famous for his role in The Godfather with a career full of other great films, passed ...

How Castle Rock’s Annie Wilkes is Different From Kathy Bates in Misery

How Castle Rock’s Annie Wilkes is Different From Kathy Bates in Misery

Castle Rock season 2’s protagonist is none other than Annie Wilkes, the villain of Stephen King’s novel Misery. Annie was ...

Kathy Bates’ Horror Movie Roles Before American Horror Story

Kathy Bates’ Horror Movie Roles Before American Horror Story

Kathy Bates is an incredibly versatile actress whose iconic roles in horror anthology American Horror Story are just one of ...

How Stephen King’s Real Life Inspired Misery In Surprising Ways

How Stephen King’s Real Life Inspired Misery In Surprising Ways

Horror, as a genre, is a powerful vehicle for metaphor as it allows people to safely explore their deepest fears ...

Stephen King’s Favorite Characters From His Books (& Why He Loves Them)

Stephen King’s Favorite Characters From His Books (& Why He Loves Them)

Stephen King has written a variety of characters in his horror novels and short stories, but only a few are ...

Why Jack Nicholson Didn’t Star in Stephen King’s Misery

Why Jack Nicholson Didn’t Star in Stephen King’s Misery

James Caan earned acclaim for playing Paul Sheldon in Misery, but it turns out that Jack Nicholson almost starred in ...

Top 5 Movies That Scared the Hell Out of Me

Top 5 Movies That Scared the Hell Out of Me

Let’s get right to it: This is a list of the top 5 movies that, for whatever reason, just scared ...

Misery: 10 Differences Between The Book And The Film

Misery: 10 Differences Between The Book And The Film

Another entry to the exceptionally long list of Stephen King adaptations turned into exceptionally good films; Misery is one of ...

Misery: 10 Actors Considered To Play Paul

Misery: 10 Actors Considered To Play Paul

When Rob Reiner began work on a film adaptation of Stephen King’s Misery, the lead role of Paul Sheldon was ...

12 Movie Maniacs Based On Real People

While many horror movies are thrilling and terrifying in equal measure, the majority of people who watch them are able to ...

Misery’s Infamous Hobbling Scene Is MUCH Worse in Stephen King’s Book

Misery’s Infamous Hobbling Scene Is MUCH Worse in Stephen King’s Book

The infamous Misery hobbling scene where Annie Wilkes breaks Paul Sheldon’s ankles with a sledgehammer is the stuff of cinematic ...

This Is The Only Stephen King Horror Movie That Won An Oscar

This Is The Only Stephen King Horror Movie That Won An Oscar

Stephen King’s novels and short stories have made the jump to other media for years, most notably to the big ...

Kathy Bates vs. Lizzy Caplan: Who Was The Better Annie Wilkes (& Why)

Kathy Bates vs. Lizzy Caplan: Who Was The Better Annie Wilkes (& Why)

Stephen King’s psychological horror novel Misery was adapted into a movie in 1990 and starred Kathy Bates as the terrifyingly unhinged woman ...

Stephen King’s Ending Problem Explained: Why They’re So Bad

Stephen King’s Ending Problem Explained: Why They’re So Bad

Warning: spoilers for some of Stephen King’s novels. Stephen King is best known as the “King of Horror” and one of ...