Back in September of last year it was announced that Netflix had given the go ahead to an adaptation of Stephen King’s 1992 novel Gerald’s Game from director Mike Flanagan (Oculus, Ouija: Origin of Evil), and now King has revealed on Twitter that he’s seen a rough cut of the film, and “it’s gonna freak you out.”
Saw a rough cut of Mike Flanagan's GERALD'S GAME yesterday. Horrifying, hypnotic, terrific. It's gonna freak you out.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) February 11, 2017
Gerald’s Game sees “Gerald and Jessie Burlingame head to their summer home on a warm weekday in October for a romantic interlude that involves adult games. After being handcuffed to her bedposts, Jessie tires of her husband’s games, until things take an unexpectedly tragic turn. She’s left handcuffed, trapped and alone as painful memories from her childhood bedevil her. Her only company is a hungry stray dog, the voices that populate her mind, and possibly someone watching her from the corner of the dark bedroom.”
Carla Gugino (Wayward Pines) and Bruce Greenwood (Star Trek) lead the cast of the film as Jessie and Gerald Burlingame, while Henry Thomas (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), Carel Struycken (The Addams Family), Kate Siegel (Hush), and Chiara Aurelia (Agent Carter) also feature.
Look for Gerald’s Game to arrive on Netflix later this year.
Originally published February 16, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.
