Let’s be Misery (1990)

I’m the famous hobbling scene,

I'm the typewriter, Sheldon hits her with.😂

I'm...

I'm Lauren Bacall slumming in a glorified cameo

I’m the suspension of disbelief required to envision James Caan writing romance novels.

I'm the prize sow that won all those trophies which would be later used as a weapon against that human pig. You're welcome.

I'm MISTER MAN

I’m Buster, probably out havin’ an affair somewhere.

I'm the very DEAD Misery Chastain.

I'm the missing "N" from Paul's typewriter.

I’m the junk food Annie crams down her throat while watching “Match Game”.

I'm the Spam in the meatloaf.

I’m the little ceramic penguin in the study and I always face due south, Paul!

🔨 I'm the hammer that breaks the ankles.

I'm the 🚬 cigarette and the 🍾 Dom Perignon.

I'm the non-smudging paper Paul requests from Annie, but he better start showing her some appreciation Mr. Man!

I'm the painkiller laced glass of wine that gets knocked over and the dashed hope.

I’m Annie’s Liberace records

I’m one big bastard of a check!

You POOP!

I’m Paul Sheldon’s daughter’s braces!

I'm the lunch server who is Paul's biggest fan.

I’m HEAVEN’S TO BETSY!

I’m the paper that smudges

I'm Paul Sheldon's bobby pin! I'm good for jiggling the keyhole and for ripping a hole in the mattress to stash Paul's painkillers.

I'm Jim's bench. Which if he's going to have in front of his store, people are going to sit on.

I'm the little ceramic penguin in the study [italic]always[/italic] faces due south!

I'm Annie's pig, Misery.

I'm the belabored explanation of hobbling before Annie goes forward.

I’m SLIPPED AWAY?!!!

I’m the rain. Sometimes I give Annie the blues.

I'm Annie's denim dress!

R29 I love that explanation. If you’ve never watched the movie and don’t know exactly what’s coming it really fills you with dread

I'm France Sternhagen's Virginia - an older woman with wit and spunk; a precursor to Sternhagen's Bunny MacDougal.

I’m “you want it?? EAT it! You sick, twisted fuck!!”

I’m the obvious dummy that falls on the typewriter instead of Bates.

I'm the lawnmower Annie uses to ride over the officer's head

I'm the snowstorm setting all of this in motion. Paul should have waited.

"If you want to avoid the fate of Paul Sheldon: Drive Subaru."

I’m the French and Saunders parody

Related to R3 I'm Bette Midler's assertion she was a fool to turn Misery down as the role "won an Oscar"

I'm the fascination when thinking of Better Midler's take on Annie. It would either be more terrifying or a camp classic.

I'm Liberace.

I'm Kevin's mullet.

I'm Novril. Paul will need to take me once Annie hobbles his feet.

☕ I'm the Taster's Choice, served at Paul's business luncheon with his manager/publisher Marcia Sindell (aka Lauren Bacall.)

I'm the single cigarette.

I'm the Viagra Paul is lucky wasn't around back then or you can bet Annie would have been pleasuring herself on his erect member while telling him what an icky dickie he has

Have any of you read the book? i did when it was first published. It scared me, repeatedly. Annie chopping off Paul's ankle, Annie, sawing off Paul's thumb with an electric knife, Paul's paranoid fantasy at the end that Annie is waiting for him in his NYC apartment. the novel is really very, very good.

R49 Yes, the novel is excellent. The film is a solid adaptation, but a lot of Paul’s inner monologue and the fascinating writing details simply couldn’t be carried over.

Oh, I like THAT tone, R34.

I'm the scrapbook showing that Annie has a very dark past..

I'm Annie's scrapbook that Paul finds in his attempt to escape.

I'm R53 who overlooked R52.

I’m the hollowed out rotary phone.

I'm Paul Sheldon's new novel titled 'Fast Cars'. I'm only read once and come to a fiery end thanks to Paul's generous use of swear words that was not to Annie's liking.

TBF Annie probably had more than one scrapbook R54!

I'm the improbability of a bee sting putting Misery into a coma which people mistake for death. What is this, Days Of Our Lives?!

I rewatched this during the pandemic, and it was surprisingly still so good.

I'm "Misery Chastain," a truly glorious name for a fictional character, specifically a fictional character that exists within an already fictional story.

I’m the newspaper articles in the scrapbook. Pause and you’ll see I’m made of the same paragraph repeated over and over again.

I’m Misery’s spirit. Annie doesn’t want me, SHE WANTS HER!