Desperation
In this town, there are no accidents.
DramaFantasyHorrorThrillerMysterysheriffbased on novel or bookpsychopathnevadahighwayserial killeradaptation
A dark, paranoia-soaked thriller about strangers trapped by a psychopathic sheriff in a desolate town, blending horror and existential dread with supernatural undertones.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
Tom Skerritt
John Edward Marinville
Steven Weber
Steve Ames
Annabeth Gish
Mary Jackson
Charles Durning
Tom Billingsley
Matt Frewer
Ralph Carver
Henry Thomas
Peter Jackson
Shane Haboucha
David Carver
Kelly Overton
Cynthia Smith
Sylva Kelegian
Ellie Carver
Ron Perlman
Collie Entragian
Sammi Hanratty
Pie Carver
Ewan Chung
Shih
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