Misery
Movie • 1990 • Drama
ReportNovelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the "number one fan" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also somewhat unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged and at her mercy.
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Is someone stalked?
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A woman describes watching a man and following him, not seen.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Anonymous
It is revealed in the movie that the antagonist killed infants.
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Addiction
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The main antagonist gives the protagonist pain pills called Norvil.
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Is there addiction?
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This is a deviation from the book, in which Paul becomes addicted to the Novril pills Annie gives him. In the movie, Paul “cheeks” the pills and secretly stores them in his mattress, rarely actually taking them.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Another deviation from the book, in which Paul is implied to be drunk when he crashes his car (not the case in the movie.) Here, champagne and wine are consumed in moderation.
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In the Novel a rat dies via trap.
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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ilikemackerel
A slightly early scene in which the main character cannot move while another uses a shaving knife for his neck and face hair. There’s no blood or cuts shown but it is anxiety inducing.
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Is someone burned alive?
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A woman's clothing catches a small fire but she defuses it quickly.
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Is someone buried alive?
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Someone in a book is mentioned, not a real person.
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Does a head get squashed?
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Someone head is hit by a typewriter and a small statue.
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Not strictly Achilles, but Annie does smash Paul’s ankles with a hammer.
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Does someone break a bone?
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xxlivlovesmusicxx
a character breaks her hostages ankles with a sledgehammer- not too graphic but can be hard to watch with the yelling and anticipation
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Does someone have a seizure?
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After the protagonist's legs are broken, he seems to go into a seizure-like state.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Not really, I guy is kicked in the under carriage.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Whateverdude
The author’s feet get broken badly. Pretty graphic
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Is someone tortured?
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xxlivlovesmusicxx
the plot revolves around an author being held captive by his ‘biggest fan’ who goes onto torture him by breaking his ankles, force feeding him pills and more acts of psychoticness
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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RowanOakley
In the book, at least, Annie kills her roommate by causing her to trip on the stairs.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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sapphicswords
Not to the death, but after a car crash the protagonist’s car rolls down a hill and gets severely injured.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Paul attempts to gouge out Annie’s eyes, leaving her with a bloodied face.
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Does a kid die?
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There are mentions of child death in news paper articles about the main antagonist.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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No, but there is a failed attempt to poison someone by overdosing them on pills. They (un)fortunately do not ingest the drink.
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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It’s implied via newspaper clippings that Annie killed her parents before the start of the story.
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Does someone cheat?
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ilikemackerel
No cheating, the sheriff’s wife just likes to make jokes about him cheating on her. It’s all very lighthearted
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Gross
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A guy pees into a container while immobilized.
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Don't know why someone marked this 'yes'. Misery came out in 1990. 9/11 happened in 2001.
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Law Enforcement
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Is there incarceration?
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A major character was acquitted of a crime due to lack of evidence, so no incarceration is shown, but only spoken of
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Not an artifact, but the only copy of his manuscript is destroyed
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Are needles/syringes used?
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A syringe is injected into a characters arm in two scenes. Pretty graphic too.
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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ilikemackerel
Slight spoilers but at the end of the movie the main character is shown to experience PTSD symptoms (how could he not) and even have delusions/flashbacks of what he went through, while assumed by others that he had already gotten over it.
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ilikemackerel
No but the main character repeatedly re-injures himself (he doesn’t want to but assumes that he’ll be fine/has no other choice) while nearly immobilized and it’s quite painful to watch.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Annie’s poor mental health is frequently scapegoated as the reason she’s violent and cruel. (“is: “psycho”, “crazy”, etc” )
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is there misophonia?
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Marcie
When the author is eating with Annie he clicks his tongue once really aggressively which sounds a bit like smacking lips.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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RowanOakley
No, but the book the movie is based on comments on the antagonist's weight and appearance a lot.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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skillwithaquill24
Not in those exact words, but Annie admits she thinks about shooting herself.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Most of the movie takes place in one room that the protagonist cannot leave due to his injuries.
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There is no actual suicide, but the main antagonist speaks about taking their and the protagonist's lives together.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Some.
Funnily though, Annie, the captor, avoids all curse words and even forces her captive to remove all swear words from his manuscript.
Funnily though, Annie, the captor, avoids all curse words and even forces her captive to remove all swear words from his manuscript.
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Does a pregnant person die?
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ilikemackerel
Not explicitly nor is it really certain if any pregnant women died, but in one scene it could be implied that that might have happened when talking about a maternity nurse having committed murders.
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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RowanOakley
No, but the antagonist is a fat woman, and in the book, her weight is commented on a lot, as well as her overall appearance.
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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sapphicswords
Annie calls Paul a cocksucker towards the end of the film. Not necessarily a slur, but it’s a very derogatory term for gay men.
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Is there hate speech?
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Annie uses an anti-Italian slur when discussing the Sistine Chapel.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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RowanOakley
Both the book and movie make lots of use of the "mentally ill=violent" trope, as is typical for horror.
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Are there n-words?
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RowanOakley
In the book, not in the movie; it's used once.
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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SiRenfield
Annie claims that God is influencing her actions a few times
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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RowanOakley
Not in the movie; in the book, the narrator comments about masturbating, and if I recall correctly, the antagonist threatens to cut off/burn his penis.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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Not specifically crying but he’s yelling in pain while she calls him a crybaby.
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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The ending is happy, though the protagonist goes through hell to get there.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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xxlivlovesmusicxx
the protagonist gets injured in a car crash, when the antagonist finds him and the plot begins
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Is there blood/gore?
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ilikemackerel
Multiple instances of such, primarily at the beginning/end of movie. There are also many instances in which the main character is in pain because of his injuries or even re-injures himself accidentally.
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Is there gun violence?
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rutgerhauerfan
Annie shoots the sheriff from behind, just when he discovers Paul and Paul thinks he might be saved.
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