Episode #825: Needful Things (1993)
Added 2025-10-07 04:00:06 +0000 UTC“Wearing a Yankees cap in a Stephen King story, you know this kid’s toast!” - Steve
On this week’s episode, we’re kicking off our 2025 Halloween season with a wild episode discussing the Stephen King adaptation, Needful Things! How amazing is J.T. Walsh in this film? Would you buy something from this old shopkeep? Does Ed Harris defeat the Devil just by yelling? How is that kid hucking apples through a microwave door? And, now THAT is how you blow something up in a movie, folks! PLUS: Turns out Leland Gaunt loves the Spice Girls!
Needful Things stars Max von Sydow, Ed Harris, Bonnie Bedelia, Amanda Plummer, Ray McKinnon, Duncan Fraser, Valri Bromfield, Shane Thomas Meier, Don S. Davis, and the late, great J.T. Walsh as Dan Keeton; directed by Fraser C. Heston.
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Comments
This might be the most mediocre movie I still love. As noted, its a decent hangover movie.
Ed Harris
2025-10-23 14:45:00 +0000 UTC*Van Halen riff* Cucking with the devvviiillllll WHA HAAAA WAAAHHHAAAA OW!! YEAH EEE YYYYEEEEAAAHHH
James Bergquist
2025-10-13 20:39:16 +0000 UTC“Great turkey acting in this movie” was probably the first time that sentence has ever been uttered in human history.
Craig
2025-10-11 08:05:10 +0000 UTCStill need to see the movie, but the audiobook for Needful Things is awful. It's narrated by King, who's fine, but uses this terrible incidental music, including a really corny ass Elvis riff that's clearly played on a Casio.
Jamie
2025-10-09 17:04:34 +0000 UTC
