
Carrie(2013)
An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl is the object of relentless bullying at school and an oppressively religious mother at home.


“Buy now. Pay later.”
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.

Max von Sydow
Leland Gaunt

Ed Harris
Sheriff Alan Pangborn

Bonnie Bedelia
Polly Chalmers

J. T. Walsh
Danforth Keeton III

Valri Bromfield
Wilma Jerzyk

Ray McKinnon
Deputy Norris Ridgewick

Lisa Blount
Cora Rusk

Shane Meier
Brian Rusk

Duncan Fraser
Hugh Priest

William Morgan Sheppard
Father Meehan
Needful Things is a drama, horror film released in 1993 exploring themes of small town, sheriff, based on novel or book, pain, strangeness, manipulation. Directed by Fraser Clarke Heston, it stars Max von Sydow, Ed Harris, Bonnie Bedelia. 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.
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