--- title: 'Needful Things (1993)' type: 'film' director: 'Fraser Clarke Heston' released: '1993-01-01' runtime_minutes: 120 genres: - 'Comedy' - 'Horror' - 'Crime' - 'Thriller' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/needful-things-1993' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107665/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Needful Things (1993) 1993 · 120 min · Comedy, Horror, Crime, Thriller · United States ## Synopsis Needful Things is a 1993 American horror thriller film based on Stephen King's 1991 novel of the same name. The film was directed by Fraser C. Heston, and stars Ed Harris, Max von Sydow, Bonnie Bedelia, and J. T. Walsh. Needful Things was released by Columbia Pictures on August 27, 1993. The film received mixed reviews, critics praised the performances and ending, but criticized its portrayal of its story and felt it inferior to its source material, while grossing $15.2 million. ## Credits - **Director:** [Fraser Clarke Heston](https://cinepixo.com/people/fraser-clarke-heston) - **Screenplay:** [W. D. Richter](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-d-richter) - **Original Music Composer:** [Patrick Doyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-doyle) - **Producer:** [Peter Yates](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-yates) - **Director of Photography:** [Tony Westman](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-westman) ## Cast - [J. T. Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-t-walsh) - [Amanda Plummer](https://cinepixo.com/people/amanda-plummer) - [Bonnie Bedelia](https://cinepixo.com/people/bonnie-bedelia) - [Lochlyn Munro](https://cinepixo.com/people/lochlyn-munro) - [Gillian Barber](https://cinepixo.com/people/gillian-barber) - [W. Morgan Sheppard](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-morgan-sheppard) - [Ed Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-harris) as Alan Pangborn - [Don S. Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-s-davis) - [Max von Sydow](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-von-sydow) - [Ray McKinnon](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-mckinnon) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/needful-things-1993 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1660749); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.