Secret Window

Secret Window

Secret Window is a book/movie written originally by Stephen King. David Koepp wrote the screenplay, and then directed the movie. This movie is not your regular run of the mill movie; it's about a man who is accused of plagiarism by a strange man, who begins to haunt him. This is a great movie because it has a lot of twists and turns that the reader/viewer wouldn't expect. Throughout the movie the main character changes immensely and the viewer sees what's going on.

In the movie Secret Window, The main character (Morton Rainey) is in the process of getting a divorce from his wife. The wife (Amy Rainey) has a new boyfriend (Ted Milner) whom Morton Rainey doesn't like and vice versa. Morton Rainey moves to a remote beach house to be alone and write a novel (he is an author). One day a man (John Shooter) knocks on Morton's door claiming that Morton stole the ending to his story. Morton tells John that he is a liar and that he can prove that he wrote his story first. John Shooter doesn't believe Morton and threatens him. He gives Morton a time frame to prove his innocence or else he was going to have to do something about the problem. A man ends up dead after Morton went to the police, to tell them about John Shooter. Morton's dog is killed and Morton's house that he bought is burnt down. The house his wife and her boyfriend live in. During all this, Morton's wife and boyfriend are trying to get Morton to sign the divorce papers, so they can all move on with their lives. After many plot twists you realize that John Shooter isn't real, that its Morton Rainey's alter ego that he created a long time ago. John Shooter does what Morton really desires inside. At the end of the movie, Morton's wife and boyfriend are at Morton's beach house, where "Kill Her" is written on the wall. Morton a.k.a John Shooter kills both his wife and her boyfriend. Morton Rainy gets away with murder.

This movie was a great movie because of the ending, and how it proves you should expect the unexpected. I believe Morton's motives can be traced to his wife being the main reason for his alter ego. It seems that if his wife didn't cheat on him with her current boyfriend, then he wouldn't have gone crazy. He shouldn't be the only guilty one though. He had the perfect life, successful author, beautiful