Needful Things
Amanda Plummer, Bonnie Bedelia, Duncan Fraser
Stephen King adaptations are strictly hit-or-miss propositions, and this supernatural thriller from 1993 is definitely a "miss," based on one of King's lesser novels and starring Max von Sydow as the ...( read more
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Directed by: Amanda Plummer, Bonnie Bedelia, Duncan Fraser, Ed Harris, Fraser C. Heston, Fraser Heston, J.T. Walsh, Lochlyn Munro, Max von Sydow, Ray McKinnon
Released: August 27, 1993
DVD Released: December 22, 1998
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December 1, 2008while better than most stephen king adaptations it's still only... good. good is better than crap though. interesting story as well. enjoyed watching ed harris as the cop
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August 3, 2008Whimsical good fun. Certainly not on the same level of quality as Carrie, The Shining or 1408, but a good, solid romp through the horror genre. Lots of fun to be had here, if you let yourself.
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December 13, 2007Yet more of Stephen King's brand of Twilight Zone hokeyness is transferred to the silver screen, and it's a similarly lame experience. Max Von Sydow slums it as a shop keeper who sells the usual small town stereotypes their hearts desire in return fo.r pranks that set the townsfo... ...( read more )
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September 15, 2007Dude, the guy in this movie is one of the greatest villains ever. Demanding favors and playing people off against each other; he didn't even need to be supernatural in origin for him to be frightening. The villain isn't so much him though, as it is human pettiness, greed and weak... ...( read more )
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June 24, 2007All this Stephen King "set in a small New England town" stuff can get a bit humdrum after a while, but this is one of the better "the devil comes to town..." stories.
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June 10, 2009Like they say; some King adaptations hit, others miss. This one does hit! I loved the book when I read it, loved the m?vie too. Very good.
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July 19, 2007Who posted the plot, it is the plot kinda but it's mainly some guy bad mouthing the movie.
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