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When I was eight I went with my Family to go see a special showing of something we thought would be scary…. Misery. Misery is terrifying because of the skill and persistence of the actors/actresses and the actions of this film really could have happened during the early nineties. When this movie was released Steven King was just coming off a mini Series called IT in November 1990 which had become a T.V. hit so this movie was well received. Misery was a book written by Steven king in 1987 which meant that the Source was already there to adapt into a movie. Once director Rob Reiner and screenplay writer William Goldman got on board the rest fell into place. The audience and I watches Kathy Bates, who plays Annie Wilkes and imagines what the

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