Gerald 's Game ( film ) - wikipedia Gerald 's Game ( film ) This article is about the 2017 Netflix film. For information about the Pixar animated short, see Geri 's Game. Gerald 's Game Film poster Directed by Mike Flanagan Produced by Trevor Macy Written by Jeff Howard Mike Flanagan Based on Gerald 's Game by Stephen King Starring Carla Gugino Bruce Greenwood Music by The Newton Brothers Cinematography Michael Fimognari Edited by Mike Flanagan Production company Intrepid Pictures Distributed by Netflix Release date September 24, 2017 ( 2017 - 09 - 24 ) ( Fantastic Fest ) September 29, 2017 ( 2017 - 09 - 29 ) ( United States ) Running time 103 minutes Country United States Language English Gerald 's Game is a 2017 American psychological horror film directed and edited by Mike Flanagan and written by Jeff Howard and Flanagan. It is based on Stephen King 's novel of the same name. The film stars Carla Gugino and Bruce Greenwood. It was released on September 29, 2017, by Netflix. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Release 5 Reception 6 See also 7 References 8 External links Plot Jessie and Gerald arrive at an isolated lake house in Fairhope, Alabama, for some time away. While he takes a Viagra, Jessie feeds a stray dog outside, but when re-entering the house notices the door is left ajar. Jessie changes into a new night dress, placing the tag on a shelf above the bed, and practices sexy poses. Gerald takes a second Viagra and leaves his glass of water on the same shelf. He restrains Jessie with one handcuff on each wrist locked to the bedposts ; she seems a bit surprised by this, but goes along. He begins to enact a stranger rape fantasy, telling her to scream for help, knowing no one will hear. She half heartedly plays along but soon becomes uncomfortable, telling him to stop and uncuff her ; he replies, `` What if I wo n't ? '' After a heated argument where he accuses her of not even trying to rekindle their relationship, Gerald dies of a heart attack, falling onto the floor, leaving Jessie in handcuffs. The dog enters and Jessie tries to scare it away, but it bites a chunk out of Gerald 's arm and eats it. Gerald stands up and begins talking, but Jessie notices his body remains on the floor. He taunts Jessie about the truths of their strained marriage and his erectile dysfunctions. He then informs her that she has wasted hours already doing nothing, and she is beginning to suffer from de-hydration and fatigue. Jessie miraculously pulls a hand out of a cuff and breaks free. She gloats to Gerald, but then turns around and tells herself, the one still trapped, that it is easy to escape. Gerald and the self - assured Jessie tell things about herself and Gerald that she never had the courage to acknowledge. They trigger her to remember the glass of water above the bed, which she is able to reach but can not bring all the way to her mouth. The hallucinations remind her of the tag she put on the shelf, which she rolls into a straw in order to reach the water. Jessie falls asleep, wakes up in the dark, and sees a tall, deformed, obscured figure who reveals a bag of various bones and trinkets. She closes her eyes saying `` You 're not real. '' But Gerald appears to say that the figure is Death waiting to take her. Gerald begins to call Jessie `` Mouse '', which unsettles her. This triggers a memory of her father, Tom, who affectionately referred to her as `` Mouse. '' She is 12 years old, vacationing at a lake house with her family. As Jessie and her father sit alone outside to watch a solar eclipse, he suggests she sit on his lap, as she did when she was younger. Once on his lap, he masturbates. The handcuffed Jessie awakes to intense pain due to her circulation being cut off and cramping. Gerald and the confident Jessie are skeptical about her claims that she dealt with the pressure of keeping such a secret, and her claims that it had nothing to do with her marriage, even though she married a man just like her father. Gerald teases Jessie about the disfigured man she saw, whom he calls `` the man made of moonlight '', and points out what he suspects is a bloody footprint on the floor. After the eclipse, her father tells her he was ashamed of what he did, and manipulates her into agreeing never to tell anyone. Jessie remembers cutting her hand that night, when she squeezed a glass too hard when her mother asked her about the eclipse. The adult Jessie smashes the water glass and cuts her wrist in a way that enables her to peel back the skin, allowing her bloody hand to slip through the cuff. She drags the bed to the key, unlocking her other hand. She drinks water and bandages herself, but then passes out on the floor from blood loss and fatigue. When she wakes, the `` man made of moonlight '' is at the end of the hall, and she gives him her wedding ring for his trinket bag. She makes to her car and drives away, but sees the man again in the back seat. The car crashes into a tree, but people from a nearby house come out. Six months later, Jessie is writing a letter to her 12 year old self, struggling to write with her hand that needed skin grafts. Voice overs and scenes describe how she had pretended to have amnesia over the whole ordeal of being trapped, avoiding painful questions. She used some of Gerald 's life insurance to start a foundation for victims of sexual abuse. But each night the `` man made of moonlight '' still appears before her as she falls asleep. Her wedding ring was never found in the house, and she learned from the news that a man who has acromegaly, causing disfiguration of his head, is a serial killer who dug up crypts, stealing bones and jewels, and occasionally eating the faces of male corpses. This explains why he did not harm Jessie in the house and also why Gerald 's face was disfigured. Jessie arrives at court as the moonlight man is being sentenced, and calls for his attention. Seeing also Gerald 's and Tom 's face where his face is, she says `` You 're so much smaller than I remember, '' and walks triumphantly out into the street with the sunlight gleaming down on her. Cast Carla Gugino as Jessie Burlingame, Gerald 's wife Chiara Aurelia as Young Jessie Bruce Greenwood as Gerald Burlingame, Jessie 's husband Carel Struycken as `` Moonlight Man '' / Raymond Andrew Joubert Henry Thomas as Tom, Jessie 's father Kate Siegel as Sally, Jessie 's mother Production On May 19, 2014, Deadline.com reported that Mike Flanagan had been set to direct a film adaptation of Stephen King 's suspense thriller novel Gerald 's Game, scripted by Jeff Howard. Trevor Macy would produce the film through Intrepid Pictures. In an interview with Rue Morgue in September 2016, Mike Flanagan reported that a film adaptation would premiere on Netflix. He did not state when the film would premiere or whether Stephen King would be involved. Carla Gugino and Bruce Greenwood were cast in the film to play Jessie and Gerald Burlingame, along with Henry Thomas, Carel Struycken, Kate Siegel, and Chiara Aurelia. Principal photography on the film began on October 17, 2016, in Mobile, Alabama. Release The film was released on September 29, 2017, by Netflix. Reception On the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 91 % based on 53 reviews, and an average rating of 7.5 / 10 with the consensus stating : `` Carla Gugino carries Gerald 's Game 's small - scale suspense with a career - defining performance ''. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the film has a score of 76 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating `` generally favorable reviews ''. Stephen King himself called the film `` hypnotic, horrifying and terrific '' after watching the rough cut. See also List of films featuring eclipses References Jump up ^ Fleming Jr, Mike ( May 19, 2017 ). `` Cannes : Stephen King Novel ' Gerald 's Game ' To Be Adapted By ' Oculus ' Helmer Mike Flanagan And Intrepid Pictures ''. Deadline.com. Retrieved October 18, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Mike Flanagan looks forward to doing justice to Stephen King ''. Rue Morgue. Archived from the original on October 15, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2016. ^ Jump up to : Jr, Mike Fleming ( October 17, 2016 ). `` Carla Gugino & Bruce Greenwood Star In Stephen King 's ' Gerald 's Game ' For Netflix ''. Deadline. Retrieved October 19, 2016. Jump up ^ Boyd, Jared ( October 18, 2016 ). `` Producer confirms Stephen King film production in Mobile ''. AL.com. Retrieved October 19, 2016. Jump up ^ S, C ( August 23, 2017 ). `` Netflix September 2017 Movie and TV Titles Announced ''. ComingSoon.net. Retrieved August 23, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Gerald 's Game ( 2017 ) ''. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 29, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Gerald 's Game reviews ''. Metacritic. Retrieved September 29, 2017. 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Question: who played moonlight man in gerald's game
Answer: Carel Struycken