• Release Date:
  August 29th, 2006
• Genre:
  Horror
• Edition:
  Widescreen Edition DVD
• Format:
  DVD
• Disc Aspect Ratio:
  • 1.85:1 (Theatre Wide-Screen)
• MPAA Rating:
  R Restricted
• Runtime:
  2 hours 11 minutes
• Studio:
  Lions Gate
• UPC:
  031398196396
• Number of Discs:
  1
• Disc Sides:
  1
• Production Year:
  2006

Masters of Horror creator Mick Garris joins forces with literary horror icon Stephen King for this, the pair's sixth onscreen collaboration. In the wind-swept Nevada town of Desperation, a malevolent sheriff (Ron Perlman) delivers arrestees to a jail cell from which, by all accounts, no one has emerged alive. The streets are littered with the corpses of dead residents, and it appears that a sinister supernatural force has tightened its deadly grip on the once-thriving community. Arrested by the sinister lawman and subsequently thrown behind bars, a vacationing family, a traveling writer (Tom Skeritt), and a drifting hitchhiker (Steven Weber) narrowly thwart death by escaping their cold metal confines. Upon coming into contact with a mysterious prepubescent boy named David (Shane Haboucha) who seems to possesses an eerie insight into the ancient evil that haunts the town, the brave group boldly determines to solve the combat the evil that has infected this desolate landscape. Despite some notable help from the surviving town veteran (Charles Durning) and the dejected female half of a married couple (Annabeth Gish) who recently incurred the wrath of the nefarious sheriff, this unlikely band of weakened mortals seems no match for the powerful evil that now inhabits the town of Desperation. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

• Special Features
  • cc
  • 16x9 widescreen version
  • 5.1 Dolby Digital audio
  • 2.0 Dolby Digital audio
  • Audio commentary with director Mick Garris, actor Ron Perlman, and producer Mark Sennett
  • English and Spanish subtitles
  • "Postcards From Bangor ME" - featuring Stephen King
  • Trailers

• Region
  1
• Languages
  • Unknown
• Display Format
  • Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Audio
  • Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel
  • Dolby Digital Stereo

• Chapters
  • Disc #1 -- Desperation
  • 1. Stephen King's Desperation/Main Titles [9:28]
  • 2. Welcome to Desperation [9:27]
  • 3. Number One Fan [13:41]
  • 4. One Big, Happy Family [7:11]
  • 5. Searching for the Boss [7:49]
  • 6. Escape [6:01]
  • 7. What Happened Here? [7:04]
  • 8. Moment of Faith [2:42]
  • 9. Looking for Others [3:49]
  • 10. Town History [5:05]
  • 11. The Real History [12:53]
  • 12. "God Brought Us Here" [8:47]
  • 13. Coward [9:38]
  • 14. The Power of Prayer [4:58]
  • 15. Sealing the Mind [10:21]
  • 16. God Is Love [6:29]
  • 17. End Credits [3:51]
  • 1. Welcome to Storyville [1:53]
  • 1. Surfacing Ideas [2:28]
  • 1. Traveling Through the Process [2:20]
  • 1. All the Way to the Scream [2:57]

• Menu
  • Disc #1 -- Desperation
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  • Scenes
  • Setup
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  • Audio Commentary With Director Mick Garris Featuring Guest Commentary by Ron Perlman and Executive Producer Mark Sennett: Off
  • 5.1 Dolby Digital Audio
  • 2.0 Dolby Stereo Surround
  • Subtitles: English
  • Subtitles: Español
  • Subtitles: None
  • Special Features
  • Postcards From Bangor, ME
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  • Trailer
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