Gerald's Game (2017)

[Talleyrand]

Great book, but hopefully they chop off the end bit. Even by King's standards, that ending was awful.

[Monterey Jack]

Carla Gugino tied to a bed for two hours?

Anyways, BIG fan of Flanagan, so I'm definitely going to keep an eye out for its Netflix debut.

[Troll2fan]

Originally Posted by Talleyrand

Great book, but hopefully they chop off the end bit. Even by King's standards, that ending was awful.

Yes it was.

[Talleyrand]

Originally Posted by Troll2fan

Yes it was.

I remember reading the book, when

[Show spoiler]she is driving away and there were still pages left and I was like "why? it's over, and this actually ended quiet well by King's standards." As I kept reading that end sequence, I was actually wide-eyed with shock at what amounts to a "Dumbledore explains it all segment," it was literally the worst, most tacked-on ending of all time, except arguably the Harry Potter epilogue. As the reveals were made about who the ghost was, my sense of horror at the novel being ruined was far greater than anything else in the novel including the incestuous molestation, and in fact it was more horrible than anything else the King has come up with on purpose.

[WhiteTim]

King is a great writer but is crappy at endings

[dallywhitty]

Great book, although I genuinely can't remember how it ended.

[lesco]

Originally Posted by WhiteTim

King is a great writer but is crappy at endings

When in doubt, finish the story by blowing everything up in flames, as he did in five of his first six novels:
Carrie
Salem's Lot
The Shining
The Stand
Firestarter

Or don't even have an ending at all, because you can't think of one after twenty years of writing the story:
The Dark Tower

[Chaotic]

Ouija 2 is one of my favorite recent horror movies. I'm in.

[Troll2fan]

Originally Posted by lesco

When in doubt, finish the story by blowing everything up in flames, as he did in five of his first six novels:
Carrie
Salem's Lot
The Shining
The Stand
Firestarter

Or don't even have an ending at all, because you can't think of one after twenty years of writing the story:
The Dark Tower

I can't begin to express how let down I was with the ending of the DT saga.

[UltraMario9]

I was hoping for Frank Darabont, but I was a fan of Flanagan's Before I Wake (Haven't seen any of his other films) so I'm intrigued.

[s2mikey]

Originally Posted by WhiteTim

King is a great writer but is crappy at endings

Yep - totally true. He needs a "closer" like in baseball when they bring in the hard-throwing lefty to close the game out.

Mike Flanagan has been very solid so I expect this to be pretty good either way.