Synopsis
Needful Things (1993) is a supernatural horror drawn from Stephen King's novel, ready to watch online on iFILM. A new shop opens in sleepy Castle Rock, and somehow it always stocks the one thing each customer secretly longs for.
The owner, Leland Gaunt, charges next to nothing in cash but asks for a small favor on top: play a petty trick on a neighbor. One by one the townsfolk agree, never noticing those little pranks are stacking up into a slaughter. Old wounds reopen, trust collapses, and only Sheriff Alan Pangborn, played by Ed Harris, sees who's really pulling the strings. Max von Sydow makes Gaunt quietly terrifying, never once raising his voice.
This was the directing debut of Fraser Clarke Heston, son of Charlton Heston, arriving when King adaptations were everywhere. Two hours on how cheaply human spite can be bought. Stream Needful Things (1993) online on iFILM.
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