Misery (1990) – Nightly Storyteller
Opening Monologue The night was calm—or so I thought. A hush had fallen over the neighborhood, the kind of silence that presses against your eardrums until you start hearing things you’re not sure are real. I tried to speak, to share my thoughts as I always do, but the words stuck. The necklace—cursed, alive, whatever it has become—throbbed like a warning siren against my chest. My monologue was cut short, strangled in my throat. A reminder: I may be the voice, but I am not in control. It made me think of captivity, of what it means to be trapped by forces beyond your will. Which brings us to tonight’s film… --- The Movie – Misery (1990) Rob Reiner’s Misery, adapted from Stephen King’s novel, is not your typical monster movie—at least not in the supernatural sense. Instead, it delivers a monster that feels terrifyingly human: Annie Wilkes. James Caan plays Paul Sheldon, a novelist who finds himself in Annie’s “care” after a car crash. At first, she’s his savior. But quickly...