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Needful Things
MEANRANK
56/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 33, highest is Google on 82. Critics average 38, everyone else 60.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A mysterious new antique shop called "Needful Things" opens in a small Maine town. The proprietor, Leland Gaunt, offers perfect, deeply desired items to the residents for a surprisingly low price—and one small, extra favor. These favors are seemingly harmless pranks that sow seeds of suspicion and anger among the neighbors, turning the peaceful town into a violent battleground as old grudges are violently rekindled.
Details
- Director
- Fraser Clarke Heston
- Writer
- W.D. Richter
- Based on
- Needful Things by Stephen King
- Released
- 27 August 1993
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $15.2M
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