Misery (1990)

Paul Sheldon (James Caan) is a writer who has just finished his latest manuscript at a lodge in Colorado, where he writes all of his novels. Driving back home in a snow storm, he gets in a major car accident. Luckily he is rescued by his number one fan, Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates), who happens to be a nurse and promises to take good care of him. Things go terribly wrong when it turns out that Annie is, well, crazy. REALLY crazy. She never told anyone where she was taking him, and he can't leave.

Kathy Bates is amazing in this. She seems all sweet at first, but then flips out when she learns that Sheldon has killed off her favorite character from his novels. She alternates between goofiness and violence, and screaming...I can't describe it. You just have to watch it. But she is SO good. Other favorite characters are Buster and Virginia, the sheriff who thinks Sheldon is still alive somewhere and his wife/deputy. They are so cute together. But, back to Kathy Bates. She is seriously fantastic. She won Best Actress for this role and she deserved it 100%.

This film has a lot of suspense and some good laughs here and there, but mostly it leaves you feeling creeped out. Oh, and one word: Hobbling. Holy crap. This is the perfect film to ease us into the October horror film season (everybody has October horror movie marathons, right? Or is it just me?). Misery is streamable on Netflix, so give it a go!