Based on a short story by Stephen King, a man and his family return to his home town, but he is then harassed by teenagers that died when he was a kid.
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.
A small village off the mainland is about to receive a huge winter storm. It won't be just another storm for them. A strange visitor named Andre Linoge comes to the small village and gives ... See full summary »
Stars:
Becky Ann Baker,
Kathleen Chalfant,
Adam Zolotin
Taken from the Stephen King short story about a school teacher's return to his home town where his brother was killed by hoods, the hoods died in the freak train wreck along with his brother. Now they have "come back" to haunt him. One by one 'til they're all back! Written by
Eric Creed
The production of this film was shut down at one point due to an intense electrical storm. See more »
Goofs
After the greasers run Billy off the road, two men fishing from the bridge run over to help him, and they have two tackle boxes beside them. A few seconds later when the greasers drive away over the bridge, only one of the tackle boxes is still there. See more »
Quotes
Jim Norman:
[after Vinnie takes out a switchblade]
Do you wanna give that to me?
Vinnie Vincent:
Oh I'd LOVE to give it to you.
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STCM is surely an underrated masterpiece written by Stephen King (SK)and excellently directed to become one of the most greatest horror film within SK movies. Most of SK movies is exceptional, they were great ( STCM, FIRESTARTER, SHINING, CARRIE, MISERY, ....) but some is definitely bad, i mean it's bad but it's so good to watch (MANGLER, STCM2, STCM3, ..) But i am disagree with the rating given, for i think this movie should be a given a higher rating at least 7.0. This is because the movie is so good, the plot line, climax and also the acting performances showed by Tim Matheson are really convincing.
Overall i rate this movie 10 out of 10 (Excellent)
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STCM is surely an underrated masterpiece written by Stephen King (SK)and excellently directed to become one of the most greatest horror film within SK movies. Most of SK movies is exceptional, they were great ( STCM, FIRESTARTER, SHINING, CARRIE, MISERY, ....) but some is definitely bad, i mean it's bad but it's so good to watch (MANGLER, STCM2, STCM3, ..) But i am disagree with the rating given, for i think this movie should be a given a higher rating at least 7.0. This is because the movie is so good, the plot line, climax and also the acting performances showed by Tim Matheson are really convincing.
Overall i rate this movie 10 out of 10 (Excellent)