Desperation

Nevada highway. August dusk. A blood-flecked badge. A novelist, a family, other strays—detained by a possessed small-town cop. Imprisoned, they discover the town's terrible secret and reckon with an implacable evil. A disposable Stephen King adaptation, from his blockbuster period.

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Mick Garris directed Desperation in 2006. See Mick Garris's full filmography, where to start with Mick Garris, or where to go after you've seen everything by Mick Garris.

Desperation was released in 2006 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 131 minutes.