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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 01/18/2018
... 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 05/26/2011
The script shoves the religious overtones down our throat almost mercilessly... Go to Full Review
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Wyckliffe H. @wyckliffe Oct 21 Don't waste your time... See more 04/17/2023 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 01/26/2023 A really effective adaptation with a great cast. See more paul s 09/26/2022 One of if not the best Stephen King adaptation. See more georgan g 03/12/2022 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 10/15/2021 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 Read all reviews
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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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