Jessie

Original title: Gerald's Game

2017
16
1h 43m

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6.5/10

135K

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Psychological Horror Psychological Thriller Drama Horror Thriller

A couple tries to spice up their marriage in a remote lake house. After the husband dies unexpectedly, the wife is left handcuffed to their bed frame and must fight to survive and break free... Read allA couple tries to spice up their marriage in a remote lake house. After the husband dies unexpectedly, the wife is left handcuffed to their bed frame and must fight to survive and break free.A couple tries to spice up their marriage in a remote lake house. After the husband dies unexpectedly, the wife is left handcuffed to their bed frame and must fight to survive and break free.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

135K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

1,671

366

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 wins & 5 nominations total

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Trivia
The book ("Midnight Mass") that Jessie throws at the dog in this movie was written by Kate Siegel's character from Pas un bruit (2016) which was also directed by Mike Flanagan. It has subsequently been made into a Netflix Mini Series written and directed by Flanagan.

Goofs
It is very unlikely that the car's airbags wouldn't deploy with such a hard crash.

Quotes
Gerald Burlingame: People are safe from ghouls and ghosts and the living dead in the daylight. And they're usually safe from them at night, if they're with others. But a person alone in the dark... women alone in the dark are like open doors, Jessie, and if they scream for help, who knows what might answer. Who knows what people see in the moment of their solitary death. Is it so hard to believe that some of them might have died of fear? No matter what the words on the death certificate say... died of fear... because they saw, at their bedside, the Moonlight Man. Maybe that's just what death looks like.
Jessie Burlingame: Not... real...
Gerald Burlingame: Then why did the dog leave?

Crazy credits
In each of the main credits' screen, a letter G, O, C or N is styled with the bright half-circle of the eclipse, which defines the color of the fonts: Letters to the left of that one are "lit up" in yellow, less bright the farther they are; the other letters are red. The remaining credits also have an unusual lighting, scrolling over a bright circle so that some letters are suddenly clearer.

Connections
Featured in FoundFlix: Gerald's Game (2017) Ending Explained + Analysis (2017)

Soundtracks
Bring It on Home to Me
Performed by Sam Cooke
Written by Sam Cooke
Courtesy of ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. and Sony Music Entertainment

User reviews449

Featured review

6/10

Moonbeams and bone bags

I quite admittedly avoided this one for a bit because I thought it would have to be masterfully finessed to keep this storyline contained in a single room while keeping my attention. I was not wrong... they just did in fact do it exceptionally well.

This movie is engrossing and atmospheric, throwing you head first into her mental and physical struggles. They do a great job of making you feel like you are, in part, experiencing it first hand. This is done with its clever editing along with the high caliber of acting. Both main characters did an exceptional job, truly. Especially the wife, high emotionally intensified scenes are not easy and she did them at great length and with prowess.

I would say my biggest gripe with this was the ending. It felt very "adapted from a book". It went from a storyline within action, to a spoon fed monologue narrating the aftermath for quite sometime in fact. I didn't dislike the way it actually ended, just the way it was executed. Overall this felt like something quite original and different, would recommend.