Needful Things (1993)

Name: Needful Things
Director: Fraser Clarke Heston
Genre: Drama, Horror
Released: 1993
Duration: 121 min

"Buy now. Pay later."

ThumbScore

👍 70%Google users liked it ⓘ

Critics Score

🎬 39% (RT: 35%, MC: 43)

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Director

Fraser Clarke Heston

Runtime

2h 1m

Country

United States of America

Language

English

TMDB Rating

6.2/10 (594 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes

35%

Metacritic

Cast

Max von Sydow as Leland Gaunt · 78% avg

Ed Harris as Sheriff Alan Pangborn · 73% avg

Bonnie Bedelia as Polly Chalmers · 74% avg

J. T. Walsh as Danforth Keeton III · 81% avg

Valri Bromfield as Wilma Jerzyk

Ray McKinnon as Deputy Norris Ridgewick · 73% avg

Lisa Blount as Cora Rusk · 77% avg

Shane Meier as Brian Rusk

Is Needful Things good?

Most people think so. 70% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 39%, but audiences disagreed.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre

#2342 / 3335 · Drama

Rank in its year

#82 / 95 · 1993

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected. Wikipedia ↗