Gerald's Game with Ruined's Alison Leiby and Halle Kiefer
Episode 190, Aug 02, 2023, 08:00 AM
Today's episode of The Kingcast brings in two new guests, the co-hosts of the popular podcast Ruined, Alison Leiby and Halle Kiefer, to talk about Gerald's Game, with a focus on Mike Flanagan's 2017 outstanding adaptation starring Carla Gugino and Bruce Greenwood. Topics covered: horror calluses, Terrifier 2 (for some reason), our own survival instincts (or lack thereof), small town open door policies, and, of course, the differences between the book and the movie.
Back in 1992, Stephen King released Gerald's Game, a novel about a traumatized woman named Jessie Burlingame who finds herself alone in a cabin, handcuffed to the headboard of a bed, with only her past and current traumas to keep her company. If she's going to survive this, she's going to have to listen to her inner voice and confront a past trauma that could very well hold the key to her freedom.