I haven't seen the movie but I've read the book.
It was ok. Could've been better.
It was the whole "kid praying to God" subplot that I didn't care for.
If that hadn't been a part of the book, it all would've been so much better in my opinion.
As for the movie, I've heard mostly negative things about it.
Any Stephen King story, especially one with a large cast of characters like Desperation, almost never turns out right in movie form.
I would like to see Ron Perlman as Collie Entragian though.
After I read the book and heard he was cast in the role, he was the first person I thought could pull it off.
In the book, he's referred to as a "blood gorgon". (but he's really posessed by Tak)
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I really think they should make Desperation's sister book,
The Regulators into a film.
That story was ten times better than Desperation!
It's just like Desperation, all the characters in it even have the same names but the names are given to different people.
It's about
Tak, the malevolent entity in Desperation, who possesses a young autistic boy who lives on Poplar Street.
The boy/Tak, is able to make his favorite characters from the TV show Motokops 2200 physically come to life and terrorize the other residents of Poplar St.
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I actually bought Desperation and The Regulators in hardcover for $5.00 for the both of them.
A local bookstore was going out of business and had a special deal. That was like $50 worth of books for $5.
If you put the two books together side by side, it forms one big scene.
Here it is:
If you liked Desperation, you'll love The Regulators.