Needful Things

Needful Things (1993)

  • 27% of critics liked it
    (22 reviews)

  • 47% of users liked it
    (16,500 ratings)

Satan opens an antique shop in a small town and lures the residents into evil actions in this supernatural chiller. Based on a novel by the prolific Stephen King, the film bears many of the author's trademarks, such as the New England setting and the focus on regular people tempted by the forces of… More

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R, 2 hr.
Directed By
Fraser Clarke Heston
Genres
Horror
In Theaters
Aug 27, 1993 Wide
On DVD
Dec 22, 1998
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Stefan Birgir Stefansson, sbs.is

    any movie that has the devil laughing to ave maria must be worth something

  • Jake Euker, F5 (Wichita, KS)

    Overlong, over-produced Stephen King byproduct. Forget it along with Firestarter, In the Mouth of Madness, Maximum Overdrive, and all the others.

  • Rob Vaux, Flipside Movie Emporium

    Max von Sydow has some good lines, but he delivers them in an utter vacuum.

  • Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum

    I needed to get out of this thing long before the insipid finale.

  • Ryan Cracknell, Apollo Guide

    Save your soul for something more important.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • AJ V


    Could you imagine having a store where you can get just what you really need? But then it turns out to be evil? Awesome, right? Watch this movie, based on a King novel, it's really cool, and I highly recommend it.

  • Sophie B


    Ed Harris did a good job. ... ...

  • Dean !


    Disappointed to say the least. I've not read the book but I'm a big fan of Stephen King and so many of his stories have gone on to be great films....despite what a lot seem to think? This is very average though and pretty straight forward. A good cast line up with a lot of… More

  • Martin S


    It was fun. One of the better Stephen King books made in to film i would think

  • Conner R


    I actually really like this and think it captures what made the novel so great, you get the sense of a community going crazy. Ed Harris is the perfect Sheriff Pangborn and by far the shining moment of the entire movie, but it's also a very well made movie. The attention to detail… More

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