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.
Casts Tom Skerritt, Steven Weber, Annabeth Gish, Charles Durning, Matt Frewer, Henry Thomas, Shane Haboucha, Kelly Overton, Sylva Kelegian, Ron Perlman
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Frenzy
Girl at the Window
Hannibal Rising
American Psycho
First Blood
Tarnation
Little Children
The Contract
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Basement
The Thieving Headmistress
Soft Targets
Shockers: The Visitor
Parent's Night
Simon
The Sinners
The Legacy of the Bones
If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day
The Badge
Breakdown
SIMILAR MOVIES
Frenzy
IMDB 7.1 | May , 1972
London is terrorized by a vicious sex killer known as The Necktie Murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. He goes on the run, determined to prove his innocence.Girl at the Window
IMDB 5.7 | Aug , 2022
A troubled teenage girl who’s struggling to cope with the accidental death of her father suspects that the mysterious killer stalking her hometown is not only her neighbour but her mother’s new romantic interest.Hannibal Rising
IMDB 6.2 | Feb , 2007
The story of the early, murderous roots of the cannibalistic killer, Hannibal Lecter – from his hard-scrabble Lithuanian childhood, where he witnesses the repulsive lengths to which hungry soldiers will go to satiate themselves, through his sojourn in France, where as a medical student he hones his appetite for the kill.American Psycho
IMDB 7.4 | Apr , 2000
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.First Blood
IMDB 7.5 | Oct , 1982
When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.Tarnation
IMDB 6.9 | Oct , 2003
Filmmaker Jonathan Caouette's documentary on growing up with his schizophrenic mother -- a mixture of snapshots, Super-8, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, and more -- culled from 19 years of his life.Little Children
IMDB 7.1 | Oct , 2006
The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations.The Contract
IMDB 5.7 | Apr , 2006
Attempting to recover from a recent family trauma by escaping into the woods for a peaceful hiking trip, an ex-lawman and his young son stumble across a dangerous contract killer.The Ox-Bow Incident
IMDB 7.7 | Mar , 1943
A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing them over to the law or lynching them on the spot.The Basement
IMDB 4.2 | Sep , 2018
A seemingly innocent man is abducted by a notorious L.A. serial killer, who forces his victims to switch roles with him so that he can enact his own capture, torture and murder.The Thieving Headmistress
IMDB 7 | Jun , 2006
A Headmistress steals from her own school. As a young girl Colleen McCabe asks a priest in confessional "What is sin?" Thirty years later she is found out for practising it. An ex-nun,she leaves the convent because she becomes disillusioned with spiritual matters and goes into teaching, being appointed headmistress of the John Rigby School in London. Along with a small coterie of chosen staff members to act as her spies,she misappropriates half a million pounds from school funds which she spends on luxury goods and a trip on the Orient Express. Meanwhile the school suffers,having to use ancient text books and pupils as cleaners. She is tried,although admitted to hospital for depression on the trial day, and sentenced to five years in jail, later reduced to four. The film alternates dramatized scenes of Colleen's misbehaviour with interviews with those who knew her.Soft Targets
IMDB 0 | Oct , 1982
Stephen Poliakoff's parody of the spy-thriller genre. A Russian diplomat becomes convinced that he is at the centre of a Foreign Office plot.Shockers: The Visitor
IMDB 3.5 | Oct , 1999
Four 20-somethings are coasting through life in a fashionable part of London. A misunderstanding leads to the introduction of a stranger into their home, who starts to take control...Parent's Night
IMDB 5.4 | Jan , 2000
When a new pupil arrives at a comprehensive school, he decides to take his video camera to film the bullies at work.Simon
IMDB 3.9 | Jul , 2016
An investigative Journalist thinks she's found a killer, and breaks into his place to find the evidence. Only when he come's back it becomes a game of cat and mouse with deadly consequences.The Sinners
IMDB 6 | Oct , 2013
Two homicide detectives investigates the murder of a woman ...The Legacy of the Bones
IMDB 6.6 | Dec , 2019
Inspector Amaia Salazar must return to the Baztan valley in order to solve a series of suicides that seem to follow a similar pattern.If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day
IMDB 0 | Jun , 2014
A partly dramatised account of the lives of four Allied servicemen ahead of D-Day, the programme told their story through their final letters home before the assault.The Badge
IMDB 5.9 | Sep , 2002
A sheriff begins an investigation into the death of a local transsexual after hearing that high ranking politicians may have been involved. Although he is homophobic, his investigation causes him to be rejected by others, forcing him to seek help from the people he once despised.Breakdown
IMDB 6.9 | May , 1997
On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break when a passing truck driver offers Amy a ride to a nearby café to call for help. Meanwhile, Jeff is able to fix the car and make his way to the café, but Amy isn't there. He tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never seen Jeff or his wife before. Jeff then begins a desperate, frenzied search for Amy.