Misery February 20, 2011

Stephen King's cautionary tale of fame and idolatry transforms onstage into a masterpiece of escalating suspense in this frightening tale of entrapment and psychotic behavior. Annie Wilkes is an unbalanced devotee of romance novels written by Paul Sheldon, providing her with a much-needed escape from her pathetic life and her secret, violent past. After Annie rescues the injured Sheldon from a car accident, she seizes the opportunity to nurse her favorite writer back to health, but her tender loving care soon turns to terrorism as she demands that Sheldon write his latest novel according to her wish-fulfillment fantasies.