Misery
Movie • 1990 • Drama
ReportNovelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the "number one fan" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also somewhat unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged and at her mercy.
This movie contains 45 potentially triggering events.
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Abandonment
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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jacobauer
While no literal abusive parents, much of the emotional horror is reminiscent of emotional parental abuse, particularly her rant about feeding and dressing Paul and receiving no thanks for it.
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Is someone stalked?
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Anonymous
A woman describes watching a man and following him, not seen.
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Anonymous
It is revealed in the movie that the antagonist killed infants.
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Addiction
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Anonymous
The main antagonist gives the protagonist pain pills called Norvil.
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Is there addiction?
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This is a deviation from the book, in which Paul becomes addicted to the Novril pills Annie gives him. In the movie, Paul “cheeks” the pills and secretly stores them in his mattress, rarely actually taking them.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Another deviation from the book, in which Paul is implied to be drunk when he crashes his car (not the case in the movie.) Here, champagne and wine are consumed in moderation.
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In the Novel a rat dies via trap.
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Assault
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monshtar
-- SPOILER --
Yes, it is retaliatory violence after prolonged kidnapping, torture, physical assault, psychological abuse, etc. while trying to escape.
Yes, it is retaliatory violence after prolonged kidnapping, torture, physical assault, psychological abuse, etc. while trying to escape.
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Is someone restrained?
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monshtar
Yes, in multiple ways as the central theme is around a kidnapping.
Physically held down, mechanically restrained to a bed, chemically sedated multiple times (regular tablets and multiple injections), significant assault to prevent mobility.
Physically held down, mechanically restrained to a bed, chemically sedated multiple times (regular tablets and multiple injections), significant assault to prevent mobility.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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ilikemackerel
A slightly early scene in which the main character cannot move while another uses a shaving knife for his neck and face hair. There’s no blood or cuts shown but it is anxiety inducing.
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Is someone choked?
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monshtar
In a physical altercation, an attempt is made to choke out one party.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Anonymous
A woman's clothing catches a small fire but she defuses it quickly.
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Is someone buried alive?
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Anonymous
Someone in a book is mentioned, not a real person.
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Does a head get squashed?
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Anonymous
Someone head is hit by a typewriter and a small statue.
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Not strictly Achilles, but Annie does smash Paul’s ankles with a hammer.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Not really, I guy is kicked in the under carriage.
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Does someone break a bone?
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xxlivlovesmusicxx
a character breaks her hostages ankles with a sledgehammer- not too graphic but can be hard to watch with the yelling and anticipation
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Anonymous
After the protagonist's legs are broken, he seems to go into a seizure-like state.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Whateverdude
The author’s feet get broken badly. Pretty graphic
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Is someone tortured?
93 supporters
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xxlivlovesmusicxx
the plot revolves around an author being held captive by his ‘biggest fan’ who goes onto torture him by breaking his ankles, force feeding him pills and more acts of psychoticness
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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RowanOakley
In the book, at least, Annie kills her roommate by causing her to trip on the stairs.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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sapphicswords
Not to the death, but after a car crash the protagonist’s car rolls down a hill and gets severely injured.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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skillwithaquill24
Paul attempts to gouge out Annie’s eyes, leaving her with a bloodied face.
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Is someone stabbed?
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monshtar
There are multiple instances of involuntary injections
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Children
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Does a kid die?
61 supporters
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There are mentions of child death in news paper articles about the main antagonist.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Anonymous
No, but there is a failed attempt to poison someone by overdosing them on pills. They (un)fortunately do not ingest the drink.
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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It’s implied via newspaper clippings that Annie killed her parents before the start of the story.
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Does someone cheat?
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ilikemackerel
No cheating, the sheriff’s wife just likes to make jokes about him cheating on her. It’s all very lighthearted
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Fear
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Safe
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Anonymous
A guy pees into a container while immobilized.
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Anonymous
Don't know why someone marked this 'yes'. Misery came out in 1990. 9/11 happened in 2001.
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Law Enforcement
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Is there incarceration?
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Anonymous
A major character was acquitted of a crime due to lack of evidence, so no incarceration is shown, but only spoken of
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Anonymous
Not an artifact, but the only copy of his manuscript is destroyed
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Anonymous
A syringe is injected into a characters arm in two scenes. Pretty graphic too.
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
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monshtar
A character describes experiencing low mood in the rain.
The sadistic main character's abusive, obsessive, manipulative, assaultive, criminal behaviour is framed to be due to a mental illness.
The sadistic main character's abusive, obsessive, manipulative, assaultive, criminal behaviour is framed to be due to a mental illness.
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ilikemackerel
No but the main character repeatedly re-injures himself (he doesn’t want to but assumes that he’ll be fine/has no other choice) while nearly immobilized and it’s quite painful to watch.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
35 supporters
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skillwithaquill24
Annie’s poor mental health is frequently scapegoated as the reason she’s violent and cruel. (“is: “psycho”, “crazy”, etc” )
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monshtar
A character talks about and prepares firearms with the intention to murder-suicide and had to be talked down.
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Is there misophonia?
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Marcie
When the author is eating with Annie he clicks his tongue once really aggressively which sounds a bit like smacking lips.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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skillwithaquill24
Not in those exact words, but Annie admits she thinks about shooting herself.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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RowanOakley
No, but the book the movie is based on comments on the antagonist's weight and appearance a lot.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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trashmouthtozier
Most of the movie takes place in one room that the protagonist cannot leave due to his injuries.
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Anonymous
There is no actual suicide, but the main antagonist speaks about taking their and the protagonist's lives together.
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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ilikemackerel
Slight spoilers but at the end of the movie the main character is shown to experience PTSD symptoms (how could he not) and even have delusions/flashbacks of what he went through, while assumed by others that he had already gotten over it.
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Noxious
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Anonymous
Some.
Funnily though, Annie, the captor, avoids all curse words and even forces her captive to remove all swear words from his manuscript.
Funnily though, Annie, the captor, avoids all curse words and even forces her captive to remove all swear words from his manuscript.
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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monshtar
Mentioned in newspaper clippings
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Does a pregnant person die?
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ilikemackerel
Not explicitly nor is it really certain if any pregnant women died, but in one scene it could be implied that that might have happened when talking about a maternity nurse having committed murders.
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
49 supporters
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sapphicswords
Annie calls Paul a cocksucker towards the end of the film. Not necessarily a slur, but it’s a very derogatory term for gay men.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
41 supporters
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RowanOakley
Both the book and movie make lots of use of the "mentally ill=violent" trope, as is typical for horror.
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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RowanOakley
In the book, not in the movie; it's used once.
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Are there fat jokes?
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RowanOakley
No, but the antagonist is a fat woman, and in the book, her weight is commented on a lot, as well as her overall appearance.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
28 supporters
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monshtar
You could argue this is the case for people with a major mental illness
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Is there hate speech?
32 supporters
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Annie uses an anti-Italian slur when discussing the Sistine Chapel.
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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SiRenfield
Annie claims that God is influencing her actions a few times
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is there sexual content?
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RowanOakley
Not in the movie; in the book, the narrator comments about masturbating, and if I recall correctly, the antagonist threatens to cut off/burn his penis.
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
21 supporters
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Marcie
Not specifically crying but he’s yelling in pain while she calls him a crybaby.
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Sickness
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Social
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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RowanOakley
The ending is happy, though the protagonist goes through hell to get there.
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Vehicular
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Does a car crash?
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xxlivlovesmusicxx
the protagonist gets injured in a car crash, when the antagonist finds him and the plot begins
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
60 supporters
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ilikemackerel
Multiple instances of such, primarily at the beginning/end of movie. There are also many instances in which the main character is in pain because of his injuries or even re-injures himself accidentally.
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Is there gun violence?
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rutgerhauerfan
Annie shoots the sheriff from behind, just when he discovers Paul and Paul thinks he might be saved.
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