6.5
The Idiot
1946
“Buy now. Pay later.”
Needful Things (1993)
August 27, 19932h 1mEN
6.2
600 votes
Overview
A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.
Director
Fraser Clarke HestonWriters
Where to Watch
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Rent
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
$15.2M
Production Companies
New Line CinemaCastle Rock Entertainment
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John Chard
6.0The young carpenter from Nazareth? I know him well. Promising young man. He died badly. Needful Things is directed by Fraser C. Heston and is adapted for the screen by W.D. Richter from the novel of the same name written by Stephen King. It stars Max von Sydow, Ed Harris, Bonnie Bedelia, J. T. Walsh and Amanda Plummer. The community of Castle Rock in Maine is all a tizzy when a new curio gift shop called Needful Things opens its doors. The proprietor is the mysterious Leland Gaunt (Sydow), who agrees to part with special goods in return for the buyer playing pranks on somebody in the comm…
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Wuchak
6.0**_What if the devil literally came to town?_** What would happen if satan actually visited an American town, albeit undercover? In this case it's a small New England coastal village (shot in British Columbia). Ed Harris plays the main protagonist while Bonnie Bedelia appears as his girlfriend, and Max Von Sydow is on hand as the mysterious shopkeeper who moves into town and causes havoc by selling the villagers their most deepest desires for the price of a "deed." So, what would happen if the devil came to town? Would he make it a heathen paradise? A fun, hedonistic haven? Not bloody likel…
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GenerationofSwine
3.0Well.... it has a really good cast, I have to give it that. Max Von Sidow SHOULD have been an Oscar favorite and Ed Harris is always watchable. ... but this is a King adaptation and, IDK, maybe it's because like so many others I read the book first... ... but this stinks. It's higher budget than some of the adaptations of his book, but doe the most part it just falls short time and again. Maybe it would have worked as a miniseries, but as a movie... stay away.