10 Horror Movies That Got Scarier YEARS Later

Now, there's no denying that Misery has always been absolutely terrifying, largely thanks to Kathy Bates' Oscar-winning performance as Annie Wilkes, an obsessive fan of author Paul Sheldon (James Caan) who ends up holding him captive.

But when Stephen King penned the original 1987 novel on which the movie is based, he surely couldn't have anticipated how "toxic fandom" would become a widely discussed concept in mainstream pop-culture some three decades later.

Annie is an exaggerated reflection of anyone who's ever made their favourite piece of pop-culture their entire personality, to the extent that they become genuinely unhinged when said franchise does something they don't like.

Look at Star Wars fans' volcanic reaction to The Last Jedi or the overwhelming petitioning for HBO to reshoot the reviled final season of Game of Thrones, both of which spilled over into some fans harassing the cast and crew involved.

With social media making it so incredibly easy for overzealous fans to spew their bile into the world - and potentially even in the direction of the actual creatives - Misery's depiction of disturbed fanaticism feels arguably far realer and lot less far-fetched than it did in 1990.