Tom Mahout is a supporting antagonist of the Stephen King multiverse.
Serving as the secondary antagonist of the novel Gerald's Game, and it's film adaptation of the same name.
He was the sexually abusive father of Jessie Burlingame, and the father-in-law of Gerald Burlingame. He had a rocky relationship with his wife Sally that motivated him to sexually abuse Jessie. Jessie did not want join her mother and her siblings on the day of eclipse and wanted to stay with her father. Tom used this to his advantage and molested Jessie on the day of eclipse. He later manipulated her into believing this was her fault to keep her mouth shut.
Adaptation[]
Henry Thomas portrays the character in director Mike Flanagan's Netflix's adaptation of Gerald's Game (2017).
Trivia[]
- Tom and Gerald mostly served as the true main antagonists of the novel, as for Raymond had very short screen time in the film.