I was wandering around the DVD collection of the Wellington City Library when I came across this DVD. I snatched it up and headed straight for the counter!
Misery is a movie which my friends and I rented back in high school and watched on a weekend. It is classified as a horror film. Which is strange, really, when you think about it, because it does not have zombies or chainsaw massacres, but when you finish watching the movie, you will know you have experienced a different sort of horror!
The story is about Paul Sheldon, a famous novelist, who has just finished his latest book and with the manuscript on hand, was returning to New York. He had a freak accident in the winter snow, however, but he was "luckily" saved by former nurse Annie Wilkes. Incidentally, she is also Paul Sheldon's number one fan! Surprise, surprise. She keeps Sheldon in her house while she reads up on the manuscript and... and... oh, I can't go on! I hate doing spoilers! Which is why some of my friends also hate my story-telling ability (or lack thereof). I go all excited about a story and work it up to an exciting level and then I would suddenly feel like not continuing the story anymore. Like what's happening now.
Anyway, that's good for you because you can pick up the DVD and watch it and enjoy! When we watched that film, we had friends over and one of them said he usually falls asleep so he asked that he be left alone if this happens and just wake him up when it's done. But they sat right through the movie, even eliciting shouts in all the proper moments. Heck, I know how the story goes and yet I also couldn't stop getting all worked up about the movie!
It's horror based on the human psyche. You can never truly know just how ugly human nature can get, given the right (or the wrong?) motivations.
Kathy Bates (as the nurse) really did an awesome job in this film. Whenever her name is mentioned, my high school friends always remember Misery and say, "you're my number one fan." And of course, kudos to Stephen King for this crafty film!
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