Needful Things (1993)

Leland Gaunt is een duivels antiquair, die zijn klanten precies die dingen uit hun jeugd bezorgt, die ze al jarenlang zoeken. Hij vraagt ogenschijnlijk kleine wederdiensten die echter uitgroeien tot de grootste gruwelijkheden. Zo smeert Brian Rusk kalkoenpoep op de schone was van Wilma Jerzyk en vervolgens wordt de hond van Netty Cobb gevild. Het toeval wil dat beide dames een gloeiend hekel aan elkaar hebben, met alle gevolgen vandien... De enige die tevreden is en niets nodig heeft van Gaunt is sheriff Alan Pangborn. Maar na een aantal moorden, een poging tot zelfmoord en een afgebrande kerk, besluit hij noodge...
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When a kindly and miraculous old gentleman comes to a small town in Maine he seems too good to be true. Could it be... Satan? Interesting parallel to Mark Twain's "Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg." Based on a story by Stephen King.

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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 supernatural evil. Here, the enticements toward bad behavior comes from the "Needful Things" shop, owned by new resident Leland Gaunt (Max von Sydow). Gaunt's shop offers an odd collection of goods, each of which happens to be the object of desire of a local resident. Instead of money, however, Gaunt demands that towns...
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people perform a series of simple pranks. He has a plan, and these actions escalate until the town is at violent war with itself. The residents are brought to life by a talented cast, led by von Sydow's suave devil and including Ed Harris as the local sheriff, J.T. Walsh as a corrupt politician, and Amanda Plummer as a seemingly innocent baker.
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