Gerald's Game is a 2017 American psychological horror thriller film directed and edited by Mike Flanagan, from a screenplay by Flanagan with Jeff Howard. It is based on Stephen King's 1992 novel of the same name, long thought to be unfilmable. The film stars Carla Gugino and Bruce Greenwood as a married couple who arrive at an isolated house for a holiday. When the husband dies of a sudden heart attack, his wife, left handcuffed to the bed without the key and with little hope of rescue, must find a way to survive, all while battling her inner demons.

Plot

Jessie and Gerald Burlingame arrive at an isolated lake house in Fairhope, Alabama, for a romantic getaway. While Gerald takes Viagra, Jessie offers raw Kobe steak to a stray dog before her husband leads her to the bedroom, leaving the door to the house open. Hoping to rekindle their relationship, she changes into a new slip, and he handcuffs her to the bedposts to enact a rape fantasy. She tells him to stop, leading to a heated argument, and Gerald dies of a heart attack, leaving Jessie trapped in the handcuffs.