8 Disturbing Stephen King Book Moments That Were Cut From The Films

8. Misery: Paul Sheldon's Grisly Amputations

That scene in Misery where Kathy Bates' deranged Annie Wilkes smashes Paul Sheldon's feet with a sledgehammer is gut-wrenching stuff. The viewer really feels it in the pit of their stomach and comes away with a newfound appreciation for walking unaided.

Naturally, you spare a thought for poor Paul, suffering a bone-shattering fate at the hands of a madwoman, but things could be worse - just ask his counterpart in the novel.

In the book, Annie doesn't subject his feet to a hammering. Oh no. She slices one of them clean off with an axe before cauterising the wound with a blowtorch.

A helpless Paul later tells her he's struggling to complete the novel she's forcing him to write because his typewriter is missing a letter, and he ends up also missing a thumb for his efforts.

Now this is the stuff of misery.