Gerald’s Game
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 2017 |
| Country | United States |
| Director | Mike Flanagan |
| Cast | Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Carel Struycken, Henry Thomas, Kate Siegel |
| Genre | Horror |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | Gerald’s Game | – |
| Español | El juego de Gerald | El juego de Gerald |
| Français | Jessie | Jessie |
| Deutsch | Das Spiel | Das Spiel |
| Português | Jogo Perigoso | Jogo Perigoso |
| Italiano | Il gioco di Gerald | Il gioco di Gerald |
| Русский | Игра Джеральда | Igra Dzheralda |
| 中文（简体） | 杰罗德游戏 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 傑羅德遊戲 | – |
| 한국어 | 제럴드의 게임 | Jereoldeu-ui geim |
| ไทย | Gerald’s Game | Gerald’s Game |
| Tiếng Việt | Trò chơi của Gerald | Trò chơi của Gerald |
| Bahasa Indonesia | Gerald’s Game | Gerald’s Game |
| 日本語 | ジェラルドのゲーム | Jerarudo no gēmu |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which bodily captivity and buried trauma collide within forced self-liberation
■ Synopsis
A woman handcuffed to a bed after her husband’s sudden death is forced to confront survival, memory, and childhood trauma.
■ RECIPE Tags
#Captivity #TraumaReturn #SelfLiberation #SurvivalConsciousness #BuriedAbuse
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Physical confinement as psychological exposure
Reason: Bodily immobility forces the hidden interior to surface.
Related Film: Misery - Middle: Survival through confronting buried trauma
Reason: Escape becomes impossible without facing the past that shaped the present self.
Related Film: Room - Core: Liberation through self-recognition
Reason: The conclusion moves from victimized paralysis toward recovered agency.
Related Film: The Nightingale
■ Secondary Axes
- Domestic horror: Intimate space becomes the site where domination and fear are revealed.
Related Film: The Invisible Man - Trauma embodiment: The body carries the memory that consciousness has tried to suppress.
Related Film: The Babadook
■ Person
- Director: Mike Flanagan
- Cast: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Carel Struycken, Henry Thomas, Kate Siegel
■ Structural Tags
#CaptivityStructure #TraumaEmergence #AgencyRecovery
■ Attribute Tags
#AmericanFilm #2017Film #HorrorFilm
