Misery (DVD) Reviews

I didn't find the film anywhere as good as the book. I understand that in most cases a film has to be condensed but many of the key parts were unfortunately not included. Nothing in the film portrayed any instance of Paul Sheldon having his thumb sliced off by Annie and her electric knife! Nither did he get his foot ...

When famous author Paul Sheldon completes his new book earlier than expected, he decides to leave the quiet hotel he has been staying in and return home. Unfortunately, on the way, he gets caught in a blizzard and crashes the car. When he comes to, he finds he has been rescued by an uber-fan of his books called Annie Wilkes. Annie is a nurse and ...

Now I know this movie is getting on a bit now, released back in 1990. Based upon Stephen King's novel of the same name with screenplay from William Goldman. World famous novel writer Paul Sheldon had just completed his latest novel and was travelling to his holiday home when an accident occurs in a snow storm on route. Luck (or not) for ...

- MISERY - Released in 1990, written by Stephen King and directed by Rob Rein. 'Misery' stars Kathy Bates and James Caan. - Genre Thriller/Horror, Running time 100 minutes and BBFC Rating: 18. - Paul Sheldon (James Caan) is a very successful writer. He has used the heroine called 'Misery' in ...

Stephen King’s novels have always seemed stupid to me. If any of you don’t know, I hate films that can’t happen in every day life. Take The Green Mile for instance. An awful film that left me feeling stupid. Stupid that I’d watched such a thing. But, Stephen King seems to have taken time out of writing shit novels, ...

Stephen King novels generally don't fare too well when adapted to the screen be it the cinema or the small screen. Sure there are exceptions like The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile but for every one of those there's an 'IT'. The recent release of Dreamcatcher was also a crushing disappointment after it's spooky ...

Paul Sheldon (James Caan)is a popular writer who is the author of a string of hit books about a girl called Misery, however he has now killed her off and is ust finishing his first novel after Misery. On the way home there is a bad storm and he has an accident. Luckily his biggest Misery fan Annie (Kathy Bates) finds him and takes him home. ...

Misery, is the story of a writer who finds himself the captive of his self-proclaimed “No. 1 fan” The hero has not finished a novel to her liking, and now she has him in her grip and he is writing under a particularly painful and violent decline. Misery involves a writer named Paul Sheldon who has been procuring his talent for ...

Watching this movie will make you cringe in a few places but it will also make you laugh as well,I would personally class it more as a physcological thriller rather than a horror movie because there isn't really any blood and guts kind of stuff.I suppose it is in the horror category as it's based on a Stephen King book. Anyway read on and ...

Misery. A fantastic film which is based upon the hugely popular Stephen King novel. I saw this film about 2 years ago, and haven't got bored of it yet. The film is about a deranged woman, who rescues the writer of a popular book series, entitled 'Misery.' She is the book's biggest fan, and also knows everything about the ...

Adaptations of Stephen King movies have been pretty much hit and miss over the years, going from the sublime(Shawshank Redmption, Green Mile) to the plain useless(IT, Pet Semetary). Misery falls somewhere in between those two boundaries, certainly not being a bad movie, but at the same time not hitting the high notes which it perhaps ought to have ...

Misery is the movie adaptation of Kings book of the same name. Its a great movie, which is mostly loyal to the book, and is the better for it. For those of you who arent familiar with the story......Paul Sheldon (played by James Woods) is the famous author of the cheesy romance novels about Misery Chastain and her adventures. One ...

Misery is the brilliant movie based on the book. A famous writer has a nasty accident in the snow and an obsessed fan comes to the rescue. Unfortunately for him, this particular fan has a few screws loose and hold him captive in her house. (Incredibly obessessed with the guy!) He tries to escape but then she ...

As Steven King movies go, this is one of the best. I don't really rate Steven King but this is a well written book that has been made into a good movie. The story starts with a writer that takes time out in the 'sticks' away from the city. He gets caught in some bad weather and crashes his car. A woman comes to the rescue ...

Misery" is an awesome, disturbing meditation on obsession. Through the main character's struggles, we see him confronted with obsession gone wrong, and the result is a terrifying film. The movie begins with Paul Sheldon, a writer, finishing a manuscript at a remote lodge in Colorado. He leaves, gets on the road, and his car goes ...

Stephen King's book finds itself on the silver screen in one of the better translations of his work. James Caan plays the lead role as the writer of the Misery books, the principal character of which he plans to kill off in the last novel of the series. After flinging his car off the road and into a snowdrift, he gets ...

This a Stephen King film based on his book of the same title. Kathy Bates plays a brilliant part as the obsessed woman who rescues her favourite author from a car accident. He is nursed by this woman who is obsessed to the point of insanity and as you can expect from Stephen King some very weird things happen. I aren't going ...