Desperation
May 23, 2006 | IMDB 5.5
131 min Watch NowDrama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller, Mystery
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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