A Good Marriage (2014)

Director Peter Askin brought to life a thrilling American film A Good Marriage (2014) based on Stephen King’s novella of the same name from the collection Full Dark, No Stars. Bob and Darcy Anderson are happily married with two grown children. One evening while Bob is away on business, Darcy goes into the garage to search for batteries and stumbles upon pornographic magazines filled with sadomasochistic images. Digging deeper into Bob’s belongings, she discovers a hidden compartment behind the garage’s baseboard containing ID cards belonging to Marjorie Duvall – a victim of notorious serial killer ‘Beadie’. Shocked, Darcy does some online research and finds that Bob was in close proximity to most of Beadie’s murders based on his business records.

To her horror, she also notices that Duvall is wearing identical earrings as the ones Bob recently gave her for their anniversary. After observing a young woman exiting a diner, Bob tails her in his car. Later, upon returning home, he confronts Darcy about her discovery. In a composed manner, he reveals his madness to her, recounting how as teenagers, he and his sadistic friend Brian Delahanty (aka ‘BD’) plotted a school shooting. However, their plan was thwarted when Delahanty was struck by a vehicle. According to Bob, BD had ‘planted seeds’ in him that caused his violent impulses. He admits that after starting a family with Darcy, his murderous alter ego faded and he did not feel compelled to kill for many years. Bob pleads with Darcy to move past this for the sake of their children, before drifting off to sleep.