33 Things You Missed in Misery (1990)

Did you notice what was actually on the typewriter text in Misery? Stay tuned for everything you might have missed!
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THE TIDE HAS COME. Despite the copious amounts of newspapers that appear on the screen during Misery's runtime, there aren't many easter eggs hidden in the text, as we've come to expect in 100+ episodes of Things You Missed. But that doesn't mean there aren't plenty of other details to note.
The movie is filled with nods to Stephen King's 1987 novel, which is the basis for this adaptation, as well as Misery's Return, the novel within the novel written by lead character Paul Sheldon. I'll be pointing out the cover art to titles only mentioned in the book; interesting license plate text; connections to real-life Stephen King publications like Cujo, IT, and more; and moment inspired from movies by legendary directors like Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window and Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.
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About Misery
James Caan and Academy Award® winner* Kathy Bates star in the bone-shattering thriller Misery, adapted from the novel by Stephen King. As Paul (Caan) recuperates from his injuries in the secluded cabin of his benefactor Annie (Bates), he begins to discover that beneath the seemingly kind and naive exterior of his self-described "number one fan" lurks a mind that is cunning, unhinged, and bent on keeping her favorite writer as her personal prisoner for the rest of his "cock-a-doodie" life ... and Sheldon must engage his savior-turned-captor in a battle of wills that will push them both to the brink.
About Things You Missed
These videos point out some of the little details you may have missed in your favorite horror franchises as I analyse their meaning and why they are noteworthy. I'll breakdown every small detail, easter egg, reference, connection, motif, cameo, callback and homage that I can find! Typically, I'll cover Things You Missed in horror movies, and Things You Missed in horror film trailers.
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[@xcrystalsunshine]

Kathy Bates was born for this character: perfection

[@mummymorag2168]

Love her in AHS, she is so awesome!

[@xcrystalsunshine]

@Walkin' Tall yes. I loved the movie and the book. She was great in it too

[@xcrystalsunshine]

@@mummymorag2168 yes!

[@xcrystalsunshine]

@Dr Phil me too

[@1984nique]

I absolutely love Kathy Bates!🥰

[@ScarletCandlelight]

Love how you censered your shirt I had a friend back in high school that did that to a lot of his clothing so he could get away with it

[@CZsWorld]

How many profane shirts did he own?

[@lesliecalvert3458]

I went to Catholic school and got detention for over a month because i wore a sex pistols shirt to school under my uniform shirt...took off my uniform shirt after last bell rang on way out of the building yet that one shirt warranted 6 weeks of detention...pretty sure the school was more upset over my shirt then let's say even God was...

[@G17x]

@@lesliecalvert3458 Oh yeah no doubt, school be acting like God really got mad over every single shit. Like c'mon😂

[@fishsmell2570]

@@lesliecalvert3458 they did it for your own good. Hopefully they saved you from a life destroyed by sin.

[@dontdiscriminatehateeveryo9263]

Funny hearing young people talk about getting suspended nowadays lol. My dad got suspended for 10 days for having his hair too long. This was decades ago and his hair wasn't long but at the time for boys it couldn't touch your ears so it didn't have to be long to be considered too long. Stupid for schools to want kids to be individuals while also wanting them to all dress the same.

[@sethkinle2254]

When King was first writing Misery it was a short story called The Annie Wilkes Edition. It ended with her using his flesh to bind the final book and feeding what was left to her pig.

[@BreezyStreamy]

Whoa! That's awesome.

[@JulesM434]

Misery was the story that made me interested with King's stories, its still my favorite cause of how chilling the idea is

[@CarsonDouglas]

Stephen King is just a good writer. Creator. He books turn to iconic screen plays.

[@senorPachuChay]

this is cool, man. these are legit actual things i missed, and not just some dead-obvious easter-eggs like in some other channels.

[@gretchen8100]

Same here - & I've probably seen Misery a few dozen times 😂

[@latrolettteeeeeee]

my buttcheeks are cute. meoooow

[@AlexPerez-tv1zg]

Imagine actually being named Misery like Poor girl

[@livingcorpse5664]

The bullies would make sure to make her live up to her namesake.

[@TheTheninjagummybear]

I had an OC as a child called misery. She wasn't a person, though, she was a terrible horse.

[@AlexPerez-tv1zg]

@@TheTheninjagummybear what 😀

[@elijah_js]

I DONT WANT A POOR GIRL I WANT HER YOU KILLED MY MISERY

[@Rykiz_Vidz]

@@TheTheninjagummybear u good?

[@AbandonedMines11]

I love that Dutch angle that was used to film the house from the outside in that one stormy night scene. It’s a very creepy effect! Subscribed, man!

[@ocelot4589]

here before Screen Rant

[@CZsWorld]

Now that's fast

[@Caeljharden]

The leeches scene in Stand By Me traumatized me as a child. I refused to get in water after that lol

[@metrohunter-qy4fz]

That poor kid

[@jummyran]

Be bad for a female also

[@chatanugadotorg]

Great look at the movie. Misery is one of my favorite thrillers and Stephen King adaptations. You touched on one thing that I've often wondered, and that was whether or not she spilled the glass of wine intentionally. I never noticed in the shot before that it would have been from her angle looking in through the keyhole. I would make sense too since she had the TV turned on and cranked up loud enough that she could have sneaked downstairs to look in on him with the TV covering any sounds.

[@spectronog]

95% OF ONLY SEE MOVIES 1 TIME. PEOPLE LIKE CZWORLD SEE MOVIES 100 TIMES

[@CZsWorld]

Usually I'll see it about twice to make a video 😆

[@G17x]

@@CZsWorld Really? I thought you would watch more

[@Digitalhunny]

@@G17x - Thinking he's a 'Master of the pause & rewind' features. 😂😂 If not, how else would he discover all those lil hidden gems? OMFG! CZ... IS A WIZARD!🤯

[@mummymorag2168]

But your really dedicated, really putting so much into your work, by reading the books and movies! You should be proud of yourself, it's not often people say thanks for putting all the effort and hard work into something you are so passionate about. I really look forward to seeing your vidoes, so well done, take the win, you deserve the thanks and praise 😁😁😁

[@cybercorn5966]

@@CZsWorld change your ugly emo hair cuz the rest of you is :) then your hair is like this weird mop

[@Jenny73415]

Could you do a Things you Missed on Silence of the Lambs?

[@CZsWorld]

Ohh good suggestion!

[@foxdoesnothing1192]

@@CZsWorld omgosh yes please!!!!

[@Kazahana225]

Yes! Pleeeeease!

[@PolyBiBadger]

Yesssss doing that film and Red Dragon would be good

[@dontdiscriminatehateeveryo9263]

One of the best films ever! I'm not the kind to watch a movie multiple times but that's one that I will. It is still as good today as it was when it came out which doesn't happen often. No CGI or anything like that to distract from the movie. I hope nobody ever decides to remake that. No possible way they could do it better than its already been done.

[@Whiteshell204]

*my little ceramic penguin in the study always faces due south* 🐧

[@JoshNieporte]

That ceramic penguin is just a no-good dirty birdy.

[@solidsnake6673]

Funny enough in the book the book paul publishes at the end is misery's return, I think that in the book Paul probably felt like it was some sort of obligation he had to fulfill

[@foxdoesnothing1192]

That last point in the movie has always gotten me the most. I never saw the movie until I was an adult, with CPTSD. I have been in his spot, where it takes time to get your brain to see what is really there. For me, this is the "scariest" part of the movie. I can honestly relate to the hallucinations, it hits people on a real note. Love the video, as always!

[@DogPerson626]

My favorite part of CZsWorld is how interactive he is with his audience, since he hearts and reply’s to lot of comments, like my comment calling him the ghostface who hasn’t been caught yet (although, saying that means I caught him, hmmmm).

[@JohnJacksonJohnson]

Plus, the penguin might be a slight tongue-in-cheek reference to another publishing company. Viking Press's parent company, since 1975, has been Penguin Random House. Like Viking, Bantam Books, the publishing company of "The Wolf of Wall Street", is owned by Penguin Random House.

[@Asheematay]

Am I the only who likes hearing his voice❤️

[@strawberrycream2974]

Nope. Your not alone.

[@CZsWorld]

Yes

[@Asheematay]

CZsWorld 😱😱

[@Digitalhunny]

@@CZsWorld - Actually, his voice is _SO_ good that he _should_ consider, narrating & other forms of voice work!

[@melindayzaguirre576]

I fall asleep to some of these videos... Lol

[@reviewer49642]

My family wanted me to watch this so I did but got scared and walked out of the room when the women and the man screams at around the 25 minute mark. That was when I was like 9 or 10. I'm 15 now and i'll give it another watch.

[@patri6kd3mps3y8]

Thanks for sharing 😂

[@tatum5747]

I’ll neverr live down how perfect Kathy Bates was for this movie. Nobody could’ve done the role of Annie better than her.

[@newyorkyankees81]

Rose o' donnell could play Annie.

[@vickirosstudor490]

My favorite line - “Oh Paul, sorry for prattling away and making you feel all oogey”.

[@Moonlover_]

WOO! I love getting a notification for this channel!

[@CZsWorld]

I'm glad notifications are going out! 💀

[@tortinoshotpizzarolls9600]

@@CZsWorld I would love more Stephen king more u missed

[@lesliecalvert3458]

Misery is so underrated...this movie made me love Kathy Bates..shes such an amazing actress...hard to believe the same sweet woman scared of the world in fried green tomatoes is this amazing insane lady in misery...amazing talent..i loved the 2nd season of castle rock because it was the back story of Annie Wilkes and both actresses were phenomenal in their portrayal of Annie Wilkes and her daughter joy...really an amazing cast and seeing Timothy Robbins walk back into shawshank prison was epic

[@ampflipflop8409]

The paramore misery business song has been confirmed to be based off this movie

[@wish8349]

Bro, he better be happy that he didn't get the Kathy bates in About Schmidt

[@kiki0girlify]

Remember, as a kid, seeing bits and pieces of misery through my parents semi-closed door and was scared so bad that when I saw a woman with the same hair and started crying she said hi to my parents

[@KC______]

How many things can you find in "Bound", starring Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, and Joe Pantoliano? This also has many Hitchcockian twists.

[@crimsonffire]

Kathy bates as an actor does crazy so bloody well. She deserved and earned that Oscar, great actor she is also hilarious.

[@cythatnerd]

2:49 so you finally acknowledge the fact that you are Abe from Clone High!

[@strawberrycream2974]

Desperately in need of a haircut, huh?

[@CZsWorld]

YES

[@strawberrycream2974]

@@CZsWorld 😂

[@Halloween931]

No lol it looks dope Bro

[@foxdoesnothing1192]

@@CZsWorld It adds to ur emo look

[@mummymorag2168]

We all are! God, I miss hairdressers being open!😡😡😡

[@AxelordSMIJES]

Omg that scene in Stand By Me STILL makes me wince at 40 yrs old. Every. Simgle. Time. I first saw it as a 6 or 7 yr old and it has never not been uncomfortable.

[@dylanbroomes5597]

I have never clicked so fast

[@CZsWorld]

Don't hurt yourself now.

[@dylanbroomes5597]

@@CZsWorld lol

[@babystone42]

God I love Kathy Bates. She's funny, intelligent, and an incredible actress. THIS VIDEO IS ALSO CRIMINALLY UNDERVIEWED

[@BrienBear]

I started laughing at the stand by me scene. I was 8 when that came out and I remember being scared af to go swimming in any open areas for a while. Thanks for the laugh.

[@crescento7002]

I love how this video came out when I borrowed the book from my friend to read it. You're mind reader, Zac!

[@englishclasschaug]

Clicked watch so fast!!!

[@CZsWorld]

Happy to have you here 💀

[@XxQozEMotoxX]

Bro that The Prodigy-The Fat of the Land reference at 3:15. 😂 Firestarter

[@TheLastVampireSong]

I haven't checked your channel in a while and I'm glad cause I can enjoy my lunch with good entertainment. What I love the most in your videos is that you don't go superficial about the "things you missed", unlike many spam channels who just collect what other people have found and the obvious ones just to reach a minute count quote. You on the other hand have a reason to include each item on the list, input your own thoughts, specially if there's no certainty of why the item was placed in the movie. And as an audience we can tell you have watched multiple times the movie and maybe even read the novels, also, that you love horror. That makes these videos so much more than just background noise. I purposely like to watch them with popcorn or snacks cause it's just as entertaining as the movies themselves, so they help with the ambience.

[@fangirltrash1173]

Just me who thinks his hair makes him looks like a young emo Harry Styles

[@Father_of_Death]

"Misery" and "The Graduate" are both connected. "The Graduate" was produced by Embassy Pictures who would later give Rob Reiner his directorial debut with "This is Spinal Tap." Then Embassy would be divided into three parts, Nelson Entertainment the company that backed and financed "Misery" held the rights to Embassy's video library as it had acquired the company in 1986 and launched its own label on the ashes. Both the Embassy video library and the Castle Rock Entertainment library up until 1994 were casualties of the Crédit Lyonnais Bank Hollywood scandal. To make a long story short both libraries ended up being distributed by MGM beginning in January 1999.

[@thesouthernaquarius6101]

When you said “than I’m not the emo Abraham Lincoln” I about spit my coffee out🤣

[@klandgraf6956]

Anyone else notice that the guy on the cover of the Misery books looks like Stephen King

[@Deadlierquill96]

I just watched the movie today I’ve never seen the book but I thought that when she was freaking out about misery dying I thought her pet pig had died but then I remembered that the character in the book was called misery and she named the pig after it

[@Chris08TT]

Love when I find channels to binge on,,,,, my new favorite channel. Been looking for something for a while,,,,only seen 3 but im hooked.

[@caldorrainbow1212]

:30 The man on the cover of Misery's Return is Stephen King

[@foxdoesnothing1192]

omg what?!?!? that's hilarious and awesome lol

[@AShardOfChaos]

Im so glad i wasnt the only one to notice that! I had to pause it just to be sure i wasnt seeing things!

[@0nly_198]

youre a god for the paramore reference

[@NikNoles]

I normally dont like these kinds of videos but you did a great job

[@aallerton]

Finally I found a youtuber who deals with things that really interest me! Thank you!

[@aoifehester7028]

petition for zac to get a desk cowboy version of himself!!!

[@jaybestboy8099]

I love things you missed!

[@CZsWorld]

💀🤍

[@Mahoney1]

You're right about the movie being so much tamer than the book. The book scared me so much, I couldn't sleep with it in my room!!

[@sophiagarra591]

Even though i dont know this movie ,ill check it out tommorrow ^^

[@CZsWorld]

Hope you like it!

[@itsuki1564]

I know you did say you might not do this, but please do things you missed in "stand by me" its my fav movie!

[@Blackbirdofheaven]

Emo Abraham Lincoln 😭 😂 love this

[@diamondredstone491]

I swear you are underrated I hope your channel goes I'm always going to support you!

[@thewolfpack7009]

1:25 that reminds me of Patrick’s death in the IT book.

[@PAMPEP411]

Sheldons line “in some way, he helped me” is also like amanda’s line in the police station while Dr Gorden watches

[@Spade734]

Had your videos in my recommended for a while, decided to click one and I love it! And I'm sorry but emo Abraham Lincoln is an amazing description 😂

[@annielane5621]

Kathy Bates what great in this movie. Because of her I read the book and scared myself. Kathy was also great in Dolores Claiborne.

[@henrikpersson1962]

It's a thirty years old movie, but it feels like it was yesterday.

[@AlexanderSkrjabin]

Unclear to me if Annie reads the script Paul just has written or the already published copy she proudly bought in town.

[@lnspector]

That Tyler1 clip was priceless. Caught me way too off guard!

[@brianshawkey2910]

I have learned so much about this movie/story watching these last two videos. Nice work man!

[@skylerjames3457]

I just made this connection, but possibly the whole "my trauma made me truly appreciate being alive" part could inspire the motive for John Kramer in the Saw movies. Like perhaps they expanded on that?

[@RusticB]

I love your videos so much, bro!

[@mimi2the4]

Just found your channel and love it. I am a huge King fan, and your insights are very interesting...

[@clmgreen7465]

when shes still In school I can just imagine the conversation kid: hey what's ur name? misery: I'm misery kid: you mean ur in misery? misery: no thts me misery kid: I don't know what meme your referencing girl misery: thts my name..misery kid: ooookkk see ya! * runs off *

[@kenhollis6197]

Misery would have been lucky enough to be in school in the blessed days before memes were a thing.

[@xlnuniex]

Love that you choose to stick a piece of black tape on your shirt instead of just changing your shirt

[@vova47]

Philip Stone detail was interesting. Good actor, I wonder if he worked with Reiner before.

[@marykcherry]

Thanks so much for your video, I love this movie so much and love your insight.

[@larrydirtybird]

One of the things you missed about the newspaper clippings in Annie’s scrapbook is that they repeat themselves. After the second or third paragraph, those paragraphs are repeated again. In just about every article.

[@BigAL68xyz]

They do that a lot when showing newspaper clippings in movies.

[@billyloomisotherdaughter]

Miseey is my favorite movie. I watch it all day

[@IAmDjMainEvent]

Been waiting for you to upload this. Thanks 🙏🏾

[@donovan3476]

Always an intelligent, in-depth and atypical movie analysis. Bravo!

[@austinkruse7610]

Can you do the Sinister movies

[@CZsWorld]

Probably will at some point.

[@nickmattio3397]

In a way Annie was Paul’s Jigsaw, she wanted Paul to play her game of Misery and he won, mostly...

[@eastlink20]

That T1 clip had me rollin

[@BipolarBowler]

I liked the hard work put into this

[@tonypeppermint5329]

Always love learning about the little details.

[@txmerity]

1:30 wow that was some hard fall

[@Sweetestsadist]

Hearing Danny Glover referred to as "Detective Tapp" rather than "Detective Murtagh" is the most poignant generational gap experience I've ever had.

[@queen2105]

That's because Tapp is from the horror film franchise and Murtaugh is from the action film franchise :) And this channel is about horror movies ;)

[@queen2105]

10:50 The guy from the cover reminds me of someone 😄

[@Anastasia2048]

CZsWorld is my number one fan.

[@Chloe-un7qv]

Great video, the one that introduced me to your channel. Look forward to future videos.

[@moorejim13]

I love you CZ you spooky, crypt keeper!

[@dumbernews]

Man this was a great one to cover thank you

[@thestraycat514]

Your videos are always great, but this one is amazing!

[@RickyRatte]

1:58 so it was all a game, Annie Wilks was just another Jigsaw killer confirmed

[@jcb0249]

11:00 That's a Bacon Press, (*apparently being used as a doorstop) used in a skillet when cooking bacon to keep it from curling up. I used to have one, just saying.

[@rockingbeat]

Just finished reading the book, devouring any related content now

[@UnitTheory]

damn i had no clue that was rob riner in the helicopter lol

[@Nazareth07.]

Stand by me, even though it wasnt a horror movie, was amazing.

[@desi1790]

yes it was, movie is pretty on on to the book great cast, great soundtrack

[@ItWILLbeWONDERFUL_THERE]

Thanks for the Liberace clarification. I was wondering why they played that music when Cathy Bates won.

[@reed6445]

Yesterday was my birthday, and I got a typewriter. But after watching Misery, I’m not sure I want it. Lol.

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodUnclePete]

Any chance you will ever cover Christine? The book is Amazing as is the movie. I'm sure there is a ton to learn about Roland LeBay and Arnie.

[@renamon5658]

Can you please do a video on the children of the corn

[@davidk6158]

About Time you upload a New video!!! I still wish we knew more about you! by doing live chats or doing a video about things we dont know about you!! Do you have a patreon page

[@BMarie774]

I got so excited when I saw this thumbnail!

[@dankeith72]

I am so glad that you are back.

[@ThePurpleElliot]

I finished reading the book and watched the film just a day before this video came out?!? Spooky