My brain is littered with trivia from the half-century relationship between Stephen King and Hollywood, and among my favorites is a strange connection between the author and director Sam Raimi. While the filmmaker has never taken the helm of a King movie , he’s had on-camera roles in two of adaptations: 1994’s The Stand and 1997’s The Shining. The film needed a trusted voice to support it, and it found one in Stephen King. Raimi continued,And then Stephen King happened to be in the theater in Cannes, the market. And while I personally think there are some legitimate points of comparison between Send Help and Misery, there are also considerable differences.