Stephen King’s Scariest Psychological Thriller Was 35 Years Ahead of Its Time
Image: Castle Rock Entertainment Misery, Rob Reiner’s film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, premiered on November 30, 1990. The movie pairs James Caan’s Paul Sheldon — a celebrated romance novelist — with Kathy Bates’s Annie Wilkes, an increasingly dangerous admirer. At its core, the film dissects how adulation can curdle into control and the very...






