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Gerald's Game (2017)

★ 6.4 · 3,909 ratings on TMDB

Some games you play. Some you survive.

Gerald's Game poster★ 6.4

When her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie (who is handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house) faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choice.

DirectorMike Flanagan
CastAdalyn Jones, Bruce Greenwood, Bryce Harper, Carel Struycken, Carla Gugino, Chiara Aurelia
GenresHorror, Thriller
The emergence reading

Gerald's Game keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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