Needful Things (1993)

120 min · Modern-Day Fantasy, Mysterie, Thriller, comedy film, crime film, horror film, thriller film

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Directors

Fraser Clarke Heston

Cast

Max von Sydow, Ed Harris, Bonnie Bedelia, Amanda Plummer, J. T. Walsh, Ray McKinnon, Duncan Fraser, Valri Bromfield, Shane Meier, William Morgan Sheppard, Don S. Davis, Campbell Lane, Eric Schneider, Frank C. Turner, Gillian Barber, Deborah Wakeham, Tamsin Kelsey, Lochlyn Munro, Bill Croft, Dee Jay Jackson, Ann Warn Pegg, Gary Paller, Sarah Sawatsky, Robert Easton, Mike Chute, Lisa Blount

The story

Mysterious Leland Gaunt, claiming to be from Akron, Ohio, arrives in Castle Rock, Maine in a sinister-looking black car. He opens an antique store called "Needful Things". The store sells items of great personal worth to the residents.

Catalogue themes and tags

Antique Shop, Burst of Violence, Embezzlement, Ermordung, Hass, Juke Box, Kick in the Balls, Kleinstadt, Malice, Marriage Proposal, Murder of Wife, New England, Pferdewette, Pranks, Reverend, Rottweiler, Sherriff, Suicide Attempt, Zauberkraft, Thriller, Drama, Horror

Genres

Modern-Day Fantasy, Mysterie, Thriller, comedy film, crime film, horror film, thriller film

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