Stephen King's Desperation
Stephen King's Desperation is a 2006 American made-for-TV horror film based on Stephen King's 1996 novel of the same name. King himself wrote the teleplay. The film was directed by frequent King collaborator Mick Garris and stars Ron Perlman, Tom Skerritt, Steven Weber and Annabeth Gish.
Plot
In the Nevada desert, a couple, Peter and Mary Jackson, are driving just as a sheriff, Collie Entragian, stops them. He soon learns they possess marijuana, though Entragian may have planted it. He takes them to jail. After entering the police station, they see a little girl dead on the floor, and Entragian shoots and kills Peter. Mary is thrown in a jail cell along with a young boy, David Carver, his parents, Ralph and Ellen, and an old man, Tom Billingsley. The little girl is the Carver's daughter, named Pie. In the meantime, in the police station, David kneels and prays to God, his practice since a drunk driver struck his best friend, Brian.
More details
author | Stephen King |
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director | Mick Garris |
genre | drama fantasy horror thriller |
keywords | belong best friend break buzzard capture dig drive drunk driver edit escaped prisoner evil spirit flee force guard dog jail cell kill little girl marijuana mountain lion old footage old man photo album police station possess pray rid soap surround trap vicious dog wait young boy |
musicBy | Nicholas Pike |
publisher | American Broadcasting Company |
recordedAt | Arizona |