Episode 90: Gerald's Game (2017)

The Hello, Sidney Podcast

Sidney

Tv & Film

5 • 828 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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In this episode, Sidney kicks off Mike Flanagan month by breaking down the movie that marks his first collaboration with Stephen King, Gerald's Game (2017).

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0:00.0	Hello? Hello, Sydney. What is up, you spooky bitches? We're back and we got another episode here of the Hello City podcast, a podcast for horror lovers where we discuss any and all things horror. And's me your girl sydney happy wednesday how's
0:22.2	everybody doing what's everybody been up to what has everybody been watching if you guys listen to my
0:26.4	american psycho episode you know that i actually filmed this episode before i filmed that episode because
0:30.8	i will be on vacation but obviously i still got to deliver content to you guys no fucking
0:35.5	question especially because this episode
0:38.8	marks a very important month because this month is our Lord and Savior month, aka Mike Flanagan
0:45.3	month. And the reason that we're doing that is because it is our Lord and Savior Mike Flanagan's
0:49.0	birth month. And his birthday is on May 20th. And he deserves a whole month of celebration because again he's literally
0:55.6	our lord and savior why wouldn't we celebrate him for a whole month and that starts today so happy
1:00.9	mike flanagan month this is going to be one of my favorite months i can already tell because you
1:05.3	guys just know how much i fucking love this man and by the time you guys hear this i will be in
1:09.3	portugal and i'll actually have been in
1:10.9	portugal for like a week at this point and i'm going to be there for like 10 whole days so i don't
1:15.1	have any new updates or anything to give you guys so we're just going to get straight to the point
1:19.6	because today we're talking about a movie called gerald's game and gerald's game came out in
1:24.9	2017 i believe it went straight to Netflix. If I'm not mistaken,
1:30.1	like I don't think this one had a theatrical release. I'm pretty sure it's a Netflix original.
1:33.7	And this film is based on Stephen King's 1992 novel, Gerald's Game. And this is actually going to
1:38.5	mark the beginning of a very beautiful partnership between Mike Flanagan and Stephen King.
1:43.5	Mike Flanagan had been a lifelong Stephen King fan, and he was chosen to adapt this book.
1:49.6	And ever since he's been adapting Stephen King work, and I truly don't fucking trust anybody
1:54.5	else, to be honest.
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