The Watchers

The Watchers Watch Misery (1990)


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This week on The Watchers, Andrea and Jodie are snowed in with Stephen King’s Misery, Rob Reiner’s chilling two-hander adaptation that won Kathy Bates her Oscar and taught us to fear typewriters, sledgehammers, and devoted fans bearing soup. We talk about King’s real-life inspiration for the story, the long and winding road to casting Paul Sheldon, and why this movie manages to be terrifying, funny, and oddly cozy all at once.

Next week, we’re moving from one devoted nurse with a questionable bedside manner to another, trading Annie Wilkes for Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

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Recommended Reading:

"Retrospective: 30 years later, ‘Misery’ still loves company" - Eddie Mouradian

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Thanks to Kitzy (@heykitzy) for the use of our theme song, "No Book Club."

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