Netflix's Gerald 's Game is a Stephen King movie that many fans felt was unfilmable, especially because of the shocking Gerald 's Game ending. However, frequent King collaborator Mike Flanagan found a way to make the story into a film. Based on King's 1992 novel of the same name, on the surface, it's a bit different King's usual Maine-set horror fare. In Gerald 's Game , Jessie (Carla Gugino) ends up stuck handcuffed to a bed in a remote house after her husband Gerald (Bruce Greenwood) dies of a ... When her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie -- handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house -- faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choice. Gerald 's Game is the 31st book published by Stephen King; it was his 26th novel, and the 21st novel written under his own name. The book was released by Viking in May of 1992. The novel, along with Dolores Claiborne, was originally conceived as part of a larger work to be entitled In the Path of the Eclipse. The story begins with Jessie Burlingame and her husband Gerald in the bedroom of their secluded cabin in western Maine, where they have gone for an off-beat romantic weekend. Gerald , a... Find out how and where to watch " Gerald 's Game " on Netflix and Prime Video today - including free options.
