A successful author finds his relief at being rescued from a near-fatal car crash is severely tempered by the discovery that his saviour is a fan with psychopathic tendencies. The situation takes a turn for the worse when she discovers he has killed off her favourite character - and sets about coercing him to do a rewrite in nightmarish fashion. Oscar-winning thriller, starring James Caan, Kathy Bates and Lauren Bacall.

After an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his biggest fan. Her obsession takes a dark turn when she holds him captive in her remote Colorado home and forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off.