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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DVD Release Date: December 22, 1998
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August 26, 2009Stephen King adaptations're usually not worth a shit ("Misery" and "Apt Pupil" being the exceptions) with awful Kubrick's "Shining" in front row and I can understand King's frustrations he expressed in many occasions throughout the years. Is it really so difficult to catch the es...( read more)
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July 17, 2009Set in the small township of Castle Rock - a fictional location created by Stephen King - 'Needful Things' is the tale of an antiques shop run by Leland Gaunt, the Devil himself, played by Max Von Sydow. As the proprietor of the New England business, Gaunt gets his claws into the...( read more)
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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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October 29, 2009I LOVE how The Devil comes to town & turns everybody against each other
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September 16, 2009Horrifying and merciless. An OK Stephen King adaptation which could have been better, but the film delivers the goods.
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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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