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Literature: Gerald's Game

A horror novel by Stephen King. The setup is rather High Concept — during a bondage game proposed by husband Gerald, things go south. Gerald himself ends up dead, and protagonist Jessie Burlingame finds herself in a whole heap of trouble when she's still handcuffed to the bed.

Definitely not to be confused with Geri's Game.

But you said these tropes sounded like fun:

Better Than Sex: When Jessie finally gets rid of the handcuffs, she feels ecstatic, and thinks that if sex was even half this good, people would be doing it on every street corner.
Bondage Is Bad: Surprisingly averted; it's the motivation that can be bad, yes, but not the act itself. Of course, you probably won't want to run off and play with some handcuffs right after reading this.
Chained to a Bed
Daddy's Girl: Jessie was like this... until her father sexually molested her.
Hearing Voices
Parental Incest: And not just confined to backstory either. No, King tackles this ugliness head on.
Looks Like Orlok: The creepy stranger, mostly.
Signature Style: Stream-of-consciousness writing? Italicized, parenthetical snatches of phrases representing the main character's little brainfarts? Multiple contexts for the same phrase, all of them disturbing? Must be a Stephen King book.