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.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 5 nominations
- Judge
- (as Gwendolyn Mulamba)
- Court Clerk
- (as James Flanagan)
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- TriviaThe book ("Midnight Mass") that Jessie throws at the dog in this movie was written by Kate Siegel's character from Hush (2016) which was also directed by Mike Flanagan. It has subsequently been made into a Netflix Mini Series written and directed by Flanagan.
- GoofsIt 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 creditsIn 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.
- ConnectionsFeatured in FoundFlix: Gerald's Game (2017) Ending Explained + Analysis (2017)
It was darker than I expected, but in a good way. Great cast all round, especially Carla Gugino, and a really well-paced, well thought out story. I haven't read any negative reviews on here but I am surprised it's not higher rated on IMDB. Might have contributed to why I waited so long to watch it, and I wish I hadn't.
*Mild spoilers ahead if you like to know a bit about what you're in for....*
Remarkably similar to 127 hours. Even the escape is just as gruesome, so if you're squeamish be prepared to look away.
It's a happy / satisfying ending thank goodness, which I wasn't really expecting but was very grateful for.
I only wish there hadn't been so many flashbacks. I would have preferred more real time storytelling from Jess to keep the audience focussed in the room. And the eclipse thing was a bit overdone.
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- Also known as
- Trò Chơi Tình Ái
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- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1