There is only the one scene that I just can't watch in Misery.... [shudder]
I like Kathy Bates as an actress.... Loved her in the adaptation of Delores Claiborne too..
Some of Steven Kings stuff is actually not gory... Delores Claiborne isn't gory, neither is Tommyknockers or Thinner. I don't like gore either. (either one! ;~D)
Try those if you ever get the inkling to try one. DC and Thinner are really short stories.
There is only the one scene that I just can't watch in Misery.... [shudder] You talkin' about the hobblin' scene?...
When I saw it, even I got a little queesy...
It's not the gore that bothers me...I just don't like reading scary stuff just for the fun of it. And I don't find Steven King's writing very entertaining - don't like his character development, for one. I dunno...hard to put a finger on it.
BTW, THE most disturbing book I've ever read, bar none, was The Talented Mr. Ripley. I think they recently made a movie of it, too. I've never been so bothered by a book in my life - the hero was a sort of anti-hero (a murderer, thief, you name it), and it was written from his point of view (though not an "I" book, as we used to call 'em). Creepy.