Needful Things

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Needful Things is a horror novel by Stephen King about a sinister shop in a small Maine town whose mysterious proprietor trades cursed items for escalating acts of violence.

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Needful Things (film) 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf horror novel
novel
adaptedAs Needful Things (1993 film) NERFINISHED
author Stephen King
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coverArtist Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich NERFINISHED
describedAs the last Castle Rock story
featuresElement cursed objects
demonic bargain
small-town setting
filmAdaptationDirector Fraser C. Heston NERFINISHED
filmAdaptationStar Bonnie Bedelia NERFINISHED
Ed Harris NERFINISHED
Max von Sydow NERFINISHED
follows The Dark Half NERFINISHED
genre horror fiction
supernatural fiction
hasAntagonist Leland Gaunt NERFINISHED
hasCharacter Ace Merrill NERFINISHED
Alan Pangborn NERFINISHED
Danforth "Buster" Keeton NERFINISHED
Hugh Priest NERFINISHED
Leland Gaunt NERFINISHED
Nettie Cobb NERFINISHED
Polly Chalmers NERFINISHED
hasConflictType social conflict
supernatural conflict
hasFictionalLocation Needful Things shop NERFINISHED
hasISBN 0-670-83920-2
hasPageCount 690
hasSettingType fictional town
hasTheme corruption
greed
temptation
the cost of desire
violence
mediaType print
narrativePerspective third-person
notableFor depicting the destruction of Castle Rock
originalLanguage English
partOf Castle Rock stories NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1991
publisher The Viking Press
surface form: Viking Press
setIn Castle Rock, Maine NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfStory late 20th century
workByAuthor Stephen King NERFINISHED

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Stephen King bibliography containsWork Needful Things
Max von Sydow notableWork Needful Things
W. D. Richter notableWork Needful Things
this entity surface form: Needful Things (film)
W. D. Richter wroteScreenplayFor Needful Things
this entity surface form: Needful Things (film)
Amanda Plummer notableWork Needful Things
Amanda Plummer hasActedIn Needful Things
Dolores Claiborne precededBy Needful Things