Movie Review: Misery (1990)

I'm on a Stephen King high right now, so I decided to review one of his best movie adaptations (in my mind). Misery is a 1990 horror/psychological thriller film starring Kathy Bates and James Caan. The plot of the movie is pretty simple (considering some of King's more intricate stories), basically James Caan is this author who gets into a car accident during a snowstorm. He's then rescued by someone who claims to be his number one fan (Kathy Bates). Her name is Annie Wilkes and she literally is one of the most demented people in film history. She is nice, then if you somehow piss her off, she goes off and becomes a raving lunatic. Kathy Bates plays this character so well, you actually think that she is Annie Wilkes. Her behavioral patterns are off the wall, and her character is just as twisted. I give credit to Stephen King, he is arguably one of the most creative people on planet earth. Some of the stuff he comes up with are disturbing, but others are the work of a pure genius. That's just what he is, a guy who thinks of something and then articulates it. Misery is also really good at not being grizzly horror, but more just kind of strange. There are some scenes where things happen that are just plain weird. Bates's character names her pig after one of the authors book characters. Overall, Misery is a great movie that chills and delivers a faithful adaptation to this horror novel. Three stars.