Desperation

May 23, 2006

2h 11m

★ 5.5

In this town, there are no accidents.

Overview

When a sheriff arrests a writer, a family, a couple, and a hitchiker and throws them in a jail cell in the deserted town of Desperation, they must fight for their lives.

Genres

Drama

Fantasy

Horror

Thriller

Mystery

Production Companies

Touchstone Television

Sennet Entertainment

Desperation Trailers

Cast

John Edward Marinville

Tom Skerritt

Steve Ames

Steven Weber

Mary Jackson

Annabeth Gish

Tom Billingsley

Charles Durning

Ralph Carver

Matt Frewer

Peter Jackson

Henry Thomas

David Carver

Shane Haboucha

Cynthia Smith

Kelly Overton

Ellie Carver

Sylva Kelegian

Collie Entragian

Ron Perlman

Pie Carver

Sammi Hanratty

Shih

Ewan Chung

A young woman is assigned to teach school in a secluded valley whose inhabitants appear stern, secretive and anti-pleasure. Following two children who disappear to play in the woods, she finds that this is actually a community of extraterrestrials with mild paranormal powers who are attempting to repress and deny their heritage for fear of arousing prejudice and hatred in their human neighbors. Based on a series of novels by the late Zenna Henderson.

1.8

Warnings

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5.2

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5.2

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