Needful Things is a 1993 American horror thriller film based on Stephen King's 1991 novel of the same name. The film was directed by Fraser C. Heston, and stars Ed Harris, Max von Sydow, Bonnie Bedelia, and J. T. Walsh. Needful Things was released by Columbia Pictures on August 27, 1993. The film received mixed reviews, critics praised the performances and ending, but criticized its portrayal of its story and felt it inferior to its source material, while grossing $15.2 million.
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Leland Gaunt arrives in Castle Rock, Maine, and opens an shop called Needful Things where he exchanges items of great personal worth for "pranks" the customers must play on their neighbors. The first customer, a boy named Brian Rusk, receives a rare baseball card in return for throwing turkey muck onto Wilma Jerzyck's sheets as they dry on clothes lines. Wilma assumes her enemy Nettie Cobb is responsible. She confronts Nettie at her workplace, the Castle Rock Diner, and threatens Nettie's dog. Gaunt then makes Brian return to Wilma's house and throw apples at it, breaking the windows. Wilma thinks Nettie did it because she is well known for the apple pies she makes daily at the diner.
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