“Gerald’s Game” (** out of four) was a monotonous adaptation of Stephen King’s best-seller about a husband and wife (Bruce Greenwood and Carla Gucino) who vacation in their remote lake house. In an attempt to spice up their marriage, they begin to engage in S & M but he dies after she is handcuffed to the bed leading her on a bewildered fight for survival as she goes through a physical and emotional breakdown. Well-acted but unpleasant story becomes too cerebral and murky especially in its final third. Comparisons to “Misery” are apt but that one was much richer and more terrifying. King also co-wrote the screenplay for this but his fans would be best watching “It” instead.