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Gerald's Game (2017) | Ranked Top 21% · CriticCrunch

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Gerald's Game

Movie2017·104 min

Gerald's Game

Directed by Mike Flanagan

Horror Thriller

A horror thriller film directed by Mike Flanagan.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 21%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

6.4/10

4K ratings

About Gerald's Game

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.

Pacing: Slow-burn (1 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Harrowing (9 of 9)
Complexity: Layered (6 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Intimate (1 of 9)
Spirit: Haunting (3 of 9)
Texture: Unsettling, Contemplative
Story Tags: trauma recovery, identity self discovery, isolation loneliness, sexual violence, isolated dwelling, wilderness, romantic partners, everyman, survival, siege bottle, slow burn reveal, ghost haunting, body horror

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How Gerald's Game Ranks

All movies

Top 21%

2010s movies

Top 17%

Horror movies

Top 21%

2010s Horror movies

Top 14%

Mike Flanagan films#5 of 8

Top 21% All movies.

the vibe

Gerald's Game Vibe

What it feels like

slow-burndarkharrowinglayeredseriousintimatehaunting

unsettling

contemplative

What it's about

survivalsiege bottleslow-burn revealtrauma recoveryidentity self discoveryisolation lonelinesseverymanromantic partnerssexual violencehauntingbody horrorisolated dwellingwilderness

pacing

slow-burn 1/9slow-burn 1/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

harrowing 9/9harrowing 9/9

complexity

layered 6/9layered 6/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

intimate 1/9intimate 1/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9

texture

unsettlinguneasy

Where to Watch Gerald's Game

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Details

Director: Mike Flanagan
Language: English

Cast

Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Carel Struycken

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