Misery (1990)
After an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his biggest fan. Her obsession takes a dark turn when she holds him captive in her remote Colorado home and forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off.
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#102325
THE HUMAN SCREAM
"James Kahn from misery that they're looping in there."
— Josh
Comparing the sound of a goat's scream to a man screaming from the movie Misery.
Oct 23, 2025
#100825
Short Stuff: The Call is Coming... FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE
"in college after we saw the movie misery my roommates and i at the dollar theater the alps theater in athens georgia"
— Chuck
Referenced in a personal anecdote about being scared after watching the movie.
Oct 8, 2025
#031720
Chopsticks > Forks
"We watched Misery the other day, still holds up."
— Josh
Josh and Chuck discuss watching the movie Misery and how well it holds up, praising the performances of Kathy Bates and James Caan.
Mar 17, 2020
#112012
Should we be designing our children?
"Man, I wonder if she was, was it called cobbled? Cobbled? Was that in misery?"
— Chuck
Chuck tries to remember the term for what Kathy Bates' character did to break someone's ankles in the movie Misery.
Nov 20, 2012
#060211
How Fear Works
"Like, coming home from the movie, what was the one with the author, the James Kahn? Oh, Misery. Misery."
— Chuck
Chuck mentions watching Misery and then scaring his roommate Eddie afterward by unscrewing light bulbs and hiding in closets.
Jun 2, 2011
Cast
Kathy Bates
Annie Wilkes
James Caan
Paul Sheldon
Richard Farnsworth
Buster
Lauren Bacall
Marcia Sindell
Frances Sternhagen
Virginia
Graham Jarvis
Libby
Jerry Potter
Pete
Thomas Brunelle
Anchorman
June Christopher
Anchorwoman
Julie Payne
Reporter #1
Archie Hahn
Reporter #2
Gregory Snegoff
Reporter #3
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