Today, I happened to see the movie "Misery" on HBO. Kathy Bates won an Oscar for playing her psycho character Anne Wilkes and I must say that she surely deserves this honor.
Paul Sheldon (James Caan), the famous author of the "Misery" series of books, meets with a car accident during a blizzard and is rescued by a sweet and hospitable nurse Annie, who also happens to be the fan of his Misery series. Eventhough he happens to be suffering from multiple fractures and wounds, she takes care of him, also reminding politely that the road to town is covered with snow and even the phone lines are dead.
She happens to read the manuscript of the last book of his series and finds out that the lead character Misery is dead and buried. Kathy Bates gives a performance of her lifetime as the cold-blooded dragon nurse Annie. She slowly isolates him from the rest the world and refuses to inform anyone that he is still alive, leaving his agent and the local Sheriff to wonder if he is still alive or gone missing.
Most of the story revolves around the isolated impeccably clean house of Annie, where she forces Paul to burn the only existing copy of the manuscript and then start afresh - as she infamously claims "I am your number one fan," she goes through the chapters and makes him take the storyline according to how she wants. In fact, Paul is now writing to keep her happy, and thus staying alive.
If you like horror movies, then "Misery" won't disappoint you. Also, you come across a sow named "Misery" in this movie - and that is her name offscreen too!
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