绝望

在驱车穿越奈维达沙漠前往盐湖的途中，皮特•杰克森（Henry Thomas 饰）及其妻子玛丽（Annabeth Gish 饰）因汽车爆胎缘故被克里警官逮捕。克里将夫妇俩带往绝望镇，杰克森恐惧地发现，这个镇上遍布着尸体。当他们意识到自己身处危险之中时，邪恶的克里终于露出狰狞面孔，将皮特射杀。 　　在监狱中，玛丽遇见卡沃一家、当地人汤姆（Charles Durning 饰）以及作家约翰（Tom Skerritt 饰）。他们计划逃出这个杀人魔窟，并且借助卡沃夫妇小儿子大卫（Shane Haboucha 饰）的神奇力量，众人更得知150年前曾在绝望镇发生的一起惨剧……En route to Lake Tahoe for a much anticipated vacation, the Carver family is arrested for blowing out all four tires on their camper. Collie Entragian is the arresting officer, the self-made sheriff of a town called Desperation, Nevada, and the quintessential bad cop. Unbeknownst to the Carvers, Entragian regularly sniffs out passerbys on this stretch of road, and in fact has done in nearly every resident of his hometown. He can also change form and summon the help of creepy creatures, including scorpions, snakes and spiders.