13. Sledgehammer - Misery (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiVG-zzYy60 Writer Paul Sheldon has the misfortune to crash his car and break his legs. He has an even bigger misfortune to be rescued by his psycho number one fan - a homocidal, angel of death nurse called Annie Wilkes. He tries to escape from her clutches and in a pant wettingly scary scene, she puts a block of wood between his ankles and smashes them to smithereens - "Trust me, it's for the best." Cue all the film's viewers wincing in horror and checking their own ankles are okay.
Clare Simpson
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My first film watched was Carrie aged 2 on my dad's knee. Educated at The University of St Andrews and Trinity College Dublin. Fan of Arthouse, Exploitation, Horror, Euro Trash, Giallo, New French Extremism. Weaned at the bosom of a Russ Meyer starlet. The bleaker, artier or sleazier the better!
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