Needful Things (book)
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| Book: | Needful Things |
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| Author: | Stephen King |
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| Publisher: | Signet Book |
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Stephen King adaptations are strictly hit-or-miss propositions, and this supernatural thriller from 1993 is definitely a “miss,” based on one of King’s lesser novels and starring Max von Sydow as the evil proprietor of a small-town antique shop named “Needful Things.” That’s the place where anyone can go to find the one thing they cherish the most (the town’s aging jock finds his old, high-school letterman’s jacket there, for example), but of course there’s a price for such priceless keepsakes. Yep, that’s right…von Sydow is Satan, and his customers pay for…
