Kathy Bates, who broke out with her role in Rob Reiner 's 1990 horror classic Misery, is mourning the director who she credits with changing her life.

Following the shocking news of Rob Reiner's death, actress Kathy Bates shares her devastation and memories of his brilliance.

Renowned cultural figures from Hollywood and beyond pay tribute to director Rob Reiner, who was killed with his wife on December 14 in an apparent homicide. After Reiner’s death, his friends Larry David and Billy Crystal were seen at his home, per People, with Crystal looking on the edge of tears.

The couple reportedly had their throat slits after a heated argument, with their son Nick being named as a person of interest in the murders.

Misery, the film adaptation of the Stephen King novel of the same name, first landed in theaters on November 30, 1990. Starring James Caan as popular novelist Paul Sheldon and Kathy Bates as an obsessive fan of his work,

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Rob Reiner directed some of the most consequential films in pop culture that won him plenty of accolades. Except for one of the biggest. Though his movies, from “Stand By Me” to “When Harry Met Sally…,” were critically and commercially beloved, Reiner was never nominated for a best director Academy Award.

We’re resurfacing this look back at Misery in celebration of the singular career of Rob Reiner, a filmmaker whose run of genre-defining classics reshaped American cinema, and who tragically passed away earlier this week. Few films capture Reiner's knack for marrying craft, tension, and character as ruthlessly — and memorably — as this adaptation.

Kathy Bates is "horrified" and "absolutely devastated" after hearing the "terrible news" of Rob Reiner's death after the Misery moviemaker and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were killed in an "apparent homicide" at their home in Los Angeles.