Why did Annie do that to the babies??

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thunderokc — 11 years ago(April 26, 2014 12:13 AM)

If a baby won't behave and continue to unreasonably cry, its justicable to kill it.

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emolosesgirl — 11 years ago(May 19, 2014 01:45 AM)

Thanks for mentioning that she was bipolar. I missed that on my first watch through, but picked up on it after you said it.
Not that it excuses things, but it does add to the issues.

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Beautifully_Twisted — 9 years ago(April 23, 2016 05:42 AM)

Hardly anyone with bipolar is even remotely that mental or deranged. Do some research on mental illness, please.
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Pantstrovich — 9 years ago(November 05, 2016 04:57 AM)

I completely agree.

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Pantstrovich — 9 years ago(November 05, 2016 04:55 AM)

I don't think you know much about the things you are talking about here. People running their mouths constantly about mental illnesses they have no education about is a lot of the reason people with mental illnesses get such inadequate care.
And sadomasochism? Sadism, yeah, probably, but when did she enjoy receiving pain of any sort?

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Splarne — 12 years ago(January 24, 2014 06:18 AM)

she thought she was working at an abortion clinic.

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thunderokc — 11 years ago(April 26, 2014 12:16 AM)

Your post didn't end it.

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Michael71 — 11 years ago(April 13, 2014 11:22 AM)

In the Extras for the film the Director said Annie was abused as a child, so thats the whole story behind it its why she went crazy!

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fiatlux-1 — 11 years ago(May 08, 2014 09:29 PM)

That doesn't explain much. Millions of people are abused as children, they don't grow up to be a baby killer & kidnap authors.
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Chara_Angel — 11 years ago(August 07, 2014 02:29 PM)

In the book, she kills them because she feels bad for them, I think.
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fiatlux-1 — 10 years ago(November 11, 2015 05:16 PM)

Given what we read & SEE of Annie Wilkes in the novel and filmI find it darn near impossible to believe that Annie's murders had anything at all to do with sympathy.
She was an evil, narcissistic psychopath. It was ALL about her.
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
Penfold, shush.

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Pantstrovich — 9 years ago(November 05, 2016 05:01 AM)

I agree with this.
I figured something along the lines of narcissistic personality disorder, which is a type of what people call psychopathy.
Granted that this was fiction either way, so I'm not sure how much King or anyone else researched the psychology of it all.

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Pantstrovich — 9 years ago(November 05, 2016 05:04 AM)

Yup, and I think it's safe to say that the majority of us (child abuse survivors) are sick of this stereotype.
A lot of child abuse victims more often become doormats for other abusers to take advantage of; not the other way around.

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fiatlux-1 — 10 years ago(November 11, 2015 04:56 PM)

Watching the film again, I realized that Annie was a serial killer of not just babies: She kills a nursing student (no doubt because she outstripped Annie, who felt she 'deserved' to be Top Student, what a twisted witch) and even doctors who were in a coma.
THEN moves on to babies!
Terrible.
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
Penfold, shush.

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antonasmodeus — 10 years ago(November 11, 2015 05:30 PM)

Annie wasn't called a "Dragon Lady" for nothing!

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bastasch8647 — 9 years ago(April 27, 2016 01:14 AM)

In one narrow sense, she's the adult version of the evil blonde child in
The Bad Seed

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sonofbeach-sheet — 9 years ago(May 01, 2016 07:52 PM)

The Annie character was based partly on Texas nurse Genene Jones, who in the early 1980's was convicted of multiple infanticides.

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lrdcharlton — 9 years ago(June 03, 2016 08:15 PM)

I wouldn't say that as Rhoda did not have the emotions or motives that a person like Anne would have. Rhoda lacked compassion and had more..cold emotionless mode. She was strictly killing people for gain or to protect herself. She was killed people for "practical" reasons not nessessarily out of hate or emotional reasons. I think Annie is driven by something more emotional.