Needful Things (film)

Needful Things is a 1993 film about a mysterious new shop that opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.
 * Directed by Fraser Clarke Heston. Written by W. D. Richter, based on the novel by Stephen King.

Buy now. Pay later. (taglines)

Leland Gaunt

 * Kill them all. Let God sort them out.
 * The young carpenter from Nazareth? I knew him well. Promising young man. He died badly.
 * If it's too hot in here, Mr. Jewett, just say the word. I'm afraid I have a tendency to turn up the heat.
 * Oh yes, we're having fun now.
 * Don't be afraid of it, Hugh. Guns don't kill people. People kill people.
 * When I started out I was just a peddler moving across the blind face of a distant land. Moving, always moving. Always gone... and in the end I'd always offer weapons. And they'd always take them. Of course I was gone before they realized what they'd purchased.
 * Oh. You know, there are days I really hate this job. This is not my best work, not by a long shot. Oh, sure, a few murders and a couple of rather lovely explosions. I would hardly call it a rousing success, but what the hell? I'll be back. In the meantime, you and Polly, you are two terrific kids, and you'll marry her. Trust me. She's a lovely girl, Alan. You'll have a wonderful family. Oh, by the way, give my regards to your grandson. Bob will be his name, International Trade his game. I'll see him in Jakarta, 2053. August 14. 10a.m. A nice, sunny day. We'll make headlines.

Sheriff Alan J. Pangborn

 * [trying to break up an argument between Deputy Norris and Buster] You know, guys, I moved here and I thought, Great! I'm outta the big city and I'm finally in a place where everybody isn't gonna be crawling up everybody's asshole every day! A place where maybe my biggest nightmare is gonna be getting some goddamn cat out of a tree! But forget that! EVERYBODY IS INSANE, EVERYWHERE!

Dialogue

 * Buster Keeton: I just killed my wife. Is that bad?
 * Leland Gaunt: Hey, these things happen.


 * Nettie Cobb: You killed my doggy, you bitch!
 * Wilma Jerzyck: You broke my microwave, you crazy fuck!


 * Father Meehan: If there's a devil in this town, it's that damned Reverend Willie Rose!
 * Sheriff Pangborn: [about Leland Gaunt] You believe me now, Father? You still think he's a decent man? The Devil just blew up your damn church!
 * Father Meehan: That's not the Devil. It's those God-damned Baptists!

Taglines

 * Buy now. Pay later.
 * Now it's time to pay!
 * The town of Castle Rock just made a deal with the Devil... Now it's time to pay!

Cast

 * Max von Sydow - Leland Gaunt
 * Ed Harris - Sheriff Alan J. Pangborn
 * Bonnie Bedelia - Polly Chalmers
 * Amanda Plummer - Netitia 'Nettie' Cobb
 * J. T. Walsh - Danforth 'Buster' Keeton III
 * Ray McKinnon - Deputy Norris Ridgewick
 * Valri Bromfield - Wilma Wadlowski Jerzyck
 * Shane Meier - Brian Rusk
 * W. Morgan Sheppard - Father Meehan
 * Don S. Davis - Reverend Rose
 * Gillian Barber - Myrtle Keeton
 * Lochlyn Munro - John LaPointe
 * Campbell Lane - Frank Jewett
 * Frank C. Turner - Pete Jerzyck