Genre: Thriller, Drama, Horror, Demonic Possession, Suspense, Psychos, Cult Classic, Occult, Devil
Tagline: Now it's time to pay!
Plot: Everyone needs something, and Leland Gaunt, the owner of the newly opened store called Needful Things, has arrived in Castle Rock to fill those needs. On the surface, Castle Rock is a sleepy Maine town, but underneath there is a network of longing and restrained hostilities -- the perfect place for a unique curio shop with a little something extra. By revealing choice items, such as a lost figurine or cherished varsity jacket, to individual townsfolk, Gaunt persuades his customers to play dangerous pranks on their unsuspecting neighbors. This price proves more costly as the film unfolds; first two women fight to the death and later one man believes the entire town is out to get him. Sheriff Pangborn is the lone force determined to uncover Gaunt's secret power and save his community from the ultimate
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 What started out as a good Stephen King novel became this overlong and dull mess which has a couple of nifty scenes, but on a whole doesn't work.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
Great low-key horror film does an excellent job of capturing the ethical and religious elements that are evident in most of Stephen King's novels—but doesn't exactly translate the particular novel it's based upon very well. ... Despite some flaws, it's an intelligent horror film, well worth catching, and one of the few worthwhile flicks from the awful early 1990s when the genre was on life support.-- (eSplatter.com)
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| Written by |
Stephen King
The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Shining |
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Stealth, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Home for the Holidays |
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| Music By |
Patrick Doyle
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Bridget Jones's Diary, Gosford Park |
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