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Zack Smith's avatar

No one’s mentioned the Rick and Morty parody with “Mr. Needful,” which twists the story around and around and around until somehow it ends with steroids and multiple vengeance beat downs

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emonxie's avatar

The trailer for this was a banger though, both for the heavy throes of Hall of the Mountain King and for the shots of a slow motion car wreck that I don't recall seeing appear in the film, though memory certainly could be shoddy. We had this for a couple weeks at the Oakley Drive In and aside from some backseat lovers, wasn't a lot filler.

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Camille Desmoulins's avatar

"I killed my wife. ...was that wrong?"

"Hey, these things happen."

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Johnny Socko's avatar

I remember very little about this film, but I do remember thinking that Fraser Heston had a pretty decent eye as a director. I also liked the version of "Treasure Island" he did for TNT network, starring Christian Bale as Jim, and of course, Fraser's dad chewing the scenery as Long John Silver.

I'm a little bit surprised that the younger Heston's directing career apparently went nowhere, and I have to wonder if there was some behind-the-scenes reason why he Never Worked in This Town Again.

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DR Darke's avatar

I—got about what I expected out of NEEDFUL THINGS, an okay but not especially inspired feature film based on Stephen King novel I liked but didn't love. Since I watched it on cable rather than paying to see it in the theater?

It was...fine. Solidly...fine.

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Kevin McArdle's avatar

This was not a great adaptation, but von Sydow and Walsh knock it all the way out of the park. They used to air an extended edition called "More Needful Things" on USA or TNT. Still didn't include Ace Merrill, which is an unforgivable error. In the book he rolls back into town and quickly becomes Gaunt's assistant and Keeton's catalyst/crony. Why wasn't there room for such a major character? Would have been great if they could have gotten Kiefer back to play him too.

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Ethan Luce's avatar

I love the book if only for how unrepentantly, horrifyingly dark the pay-off to Brian Rusk’s arc is. It’s super bleak even for a Stephen King book

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