15 Most Critically Adored Stephen King Adaptations

Rating: 89%

Talk about your visceral thrillers. Misery isn't actually a horror movie in the ghosts and ghouls sense of the genre, but its horrific implications build on Kathy Bates' exceptional performance and the horrible familiarity of her obsession.

This is not a world where portals might open to other dimensions, but that doesn't mean the simple awfulness of ankles being smashed with sledgehammers isn't just as provocative.