Misery

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Paul and Amy crack open Misery, where Rob Reiner turns Stephen King’s nightmare of fame and obsession into a masterclass in tension. They unpack Kathy Bates’ Oscar-winning turn as Annie Wilkes, James Caan, and what the film says about fandom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The year is 1990.
0:02.6	She died. She just slipped away.
0:04.9	Slipped away?
0:07.3	Slipped away!
0:09.2	She didn't just slip away!
0:10.9	You did it!
0:13.6	You did it! You did it! You did it! You did it! You murdered my misery!
0:20.5	Annie!
0:20.7	The movie? Cockad Duty. It's misery. You did it! You murdered my misery! Annie!
0:21.7	The movie?
0:23.5	Cock of Duty.
0:24.6	It's misery.
0:37.3	Hello, everyone, and welcome to unspooled. Yes, welcome to Unspolled.
0:44.7	Yes, welcome to Unspooled, a podcast about good movies, critical hits, fan favorites, mustsies, and in case you missed them.
0:50.1	We have covered the AFI top 100, and now we are checking off movies from three major lists,
0:56.5	the Letterbox top 250 films with the most fans, the IMDB top 250, and the New York Times,
1:03.0	1,000 essential films. And we'll also be chasing our own curiosity, too, as we are in a month of horror. Now, I will say, misery does check off some of these boxes. We'll tell you more about
1:09.6	that in a second. I'm Paul Shear. I'm an actor,
1:12.1	writer, director. I'm also on tour in November. That's right. I'll be on the road with Jason
1:16.5	Manzukas, Rob Pheubel, E.D. Patterson, Mary Holland, Daniel Schneider, so many great people
1:20.4	doing improv in New York, Philly, DC, and more. So check out my website. And you know,
1:26.4	misery proves a very important point, which is
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