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Desperation

2006 ·2h 11m · ★ 5.5 (226)

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.

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Director

Mick Garris Mick Garris
9 horror films in catalog
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Critters 2 1988
Psycho IV: The Beginning
Psycho IV: The Beginning 1990
Sleepwalkers
Sleepwalkers 1992
Quicksilver Highway
Quicksilver Highway 1997
Riding the Bullet
Riding the Bullet 2004
Desperation
Desperation 2006
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Valerie on the Stairs 2006
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Chocolate 2006
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Nightmare Cinema 2018

Cast

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
57
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
50
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
43
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
100
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
18
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
67
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
33
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
14
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
100
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Content Warnings

Body HorrorDehumanizationTorture
Phobia triggers

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TMDB Keywords

adaptationbased on novel or bookhighwaynevadapsychopathsheriff

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