Stephen King’s Gerald’s Game Still Leaves Netflix Viewers Feeling Physically ShakenStephen King has written many disturbing stories over the years, but one of his most psychologically intense novels continues to unsettle audiences decades after it was first published. In 1992, King released Gerald’s Game, a novel built around a terrifyingly simple situation that slowly spirals into something far darker. When Netflix adapted the story in 2017, viewers quickly discovered that its horror did not rely on loud jump scares or excessive spectacle. Instead, it trapped them in one woman’s fear, trauma, and desperate fight to survive. Directed by Mike Flanagan,...
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