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Stephen King's Desperation

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Humans (Tom Skerritt, Steven Weber, Annabeth Gish) must battle against a malevolent entity that has invaded a remote Nevada mining town.
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John Leonard New York Magazine/Vulture Jan 18, 2018
... what makes Desperation special-effective is writing, acting, direction, and the sense that these people know something. Go to Full Review
Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed May 26, 2011
The script shoves the religious overtones down our throat almost mercilessly... Go to Full Review
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Wyckliffe H. @wyckliffe Oct 21, 2025 Don't waste your time... See more Apr 17, 2023 Tom Skeritt (Alien) is good and there’s some Ka references for Dark Tower fans. Other than that I don’t remember being too fond of this movie. See more steve d @RT35616104 Jan 26, 2023 A really effective adaptation with a great cast. See more georgan g @RT98616417 Mar 12, 2022 Stephen King has quite a creative mind, but this script had *everything* scary thrown in. Spiders, snakes, demons, you name it. Just not the quality I have come to expect from King (& he wrote the screenplay!). See more Oct 15, 2021 it starts as an interesting horror flick. Then it turns into a revival meeting. "We must do what God tells us to do". Then it has a brief turn as a history lesson on the Chinese and the mining industry. And it then returns to a God fest. Whole bunch of praying and saved souls and blah blah. If it had stayed a horror flick, I would have liked it. Don't bother. See more Jun 17, 2020 Incredible fun. Largely underrated film, written by Stephen King, starring Ron Perlman, Tom Skerritt and Steven Weber (the Shining). A simple story that starts with a couple being framed for drug possession by a road patrol in the Nevada desert soon turns into something much deadlier and disturbing. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Humans (Tom Skerritt, Steven Weber, Annabeth Gish) must battle against a malevolent entity that has invaded a remote Nevada mining town.
Director
Mick Garris
Producer
Kelly Van Horn
Screenwriter
Stephen King
Production Co
New Line Cinema, American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Rating
TV-14 (V|L), R (Violence|Gruesome Images)
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 22, 2016
Runtime
2h 11m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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