Desperation vs Mermaid Down
Mermaid Down has the higher audience score (6.5/10 against 5.5/10 for Desperation). Mermaid Down is the shorter watch at 1h 31m compared with 2h 11m. Desperation is the older of the two (2006 against 2019). Both are fantasy, horror, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Desperation
Mermaid Down| Desperation | Mermaid Down | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.5/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 2006 | 2019 |
| Length | 2h 11m | 1h 31m |
| Genres | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Mick Garris | Jeffrey Grellman |
| Main cast | Kelly Overton, Ron Perlman, Henry Thomas, Alain Uy, Sammi Hanratty | Phillip Andre Botello, Jessica Honor Carleton, Burt Culver, Alexandra Bokova, Meggan Kaiser |
Synopsis
Desperation
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.
Mermaid Down
A mermaid is ripped from the Pacific, her tail is chopped off and she's thrown into a mental home where no one believes she is a mermaid.
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