Tag: Misery
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10 Best Kathy Bates Movies, Ranked
Kathy Bates is undoubtedly one of the most skilled and talented actresses in the industry today, with a successful career spanning over 50 years. Before pursuing acting, the star studied theatre and later moved to New York City to create her dream career. Her breakthrough role came in the form of a movie adaptation of…
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Stephen King’s Favorite Adaptations of His Works Aren’t Horror Movies
Having written over 70 books and hundreds of short stories, Stephen King has provided the source material for dozens of movies over the past five decades. From classics like The Shining, Carrie, and Misery, to contemporary hits like It and Gerald’s Game, and a few infamous entries like Maximum Overdrive and The Lawnmower Man, King’s…
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Every ‘Leprechaun’ Movie, Ranked From Worst to Best
The horror genre has gifted the world some of the most iconic villains. Whether it is slasher superstars Michael Myers and Freddy Krueger, or more unsettling characters in Annie Wilkes from Misery and Patrick Bateman from American Psycho, the genre is responsible for creating some of the most recognizable characters in cinema. One of the…
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51 Directors’ Favorite Horror Movies: Bong Joon Ho, Quentin Tarantino, Guillermo del Toro, and More
[Editor’s note: The following list was originally published October 15, 2019 and has been updated with new entries multiple times since.]Whether you’re looking for a scary movie to watch on Halloween or conjuring up the creeps some other time of year, there’s no better way to score top-tier recommendations than to ask other movie-lovers about…
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Celebrate Lauren Bacall’s 98th Birthday by Reliving Her Campy Viral Coffee Commercials
To have coffee or to not have coffee, that is the question answered by discontinued decaffeinated instant coffee brand High Point Coffee, who tapped Lauren Bacall as a spokesperson in the 1980s.The resurfaced commercials put screen legend and “To Have and Have Not” actress Bacall in a new light: Hilariously slinging instant coffee as the…
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There Was More To Kathy Bates’ Misery Character Than The Audience Saw On Screen
“Misery” was Kathy Bates’ first big film. Rob Reiner’s adaptation of the hit Stephen King novel came in 1990, early on in Bates’ five-decade career. “Misery” would precede “Fried Green Tomatoes,” King adaptation “Dolores Claiborne,” “Titanic,” and other films she’d become known for; arguably, her recent five-year run (in various roles) on Ryan Murphy and…
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James Caan Dead: New Hollywood Icon and Beloved ‘Godfather’ and ‘Misery’ Star Was 82
James Caan is dead at the age of 82, his official Twitter feed confirmed on Thursday. “The Godfather” actor shot to superstardom after playing the doomed Sonny Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 adaptation of the Mario Puzo novel, but he gained fans across decades. Not many actors could simulate being shot with dozens of…
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Stephen King Slams ‘Transformers,’ Says It’s the Only Movie He Walked Out of as an Adult
Stephen King is one of the most celebrated horror authors of all time, and many of his books have been turned into classic films. From “Stand By Me” and “The Shawshank Redemption” to “Carrie” and “Misery,” King has been an almost constant presence at the multiplex since he began publishing books in the 1970s. King…
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Mark Duplass Wished Creep 2 Turned Out Better
Every time some seen-it-all critic declares a subgenre to be dead, a movie comes along that makes them look foolish. For many who bemoaned the demise of found footage, “Creep” revitalized it as a mode of storytelling. The low-simmer psychological horror emerged from the mind of director-cowriter-costar Patrick Brice (“There’s Someone Inside Your House”), a…