Ark. She later hangs herself out of guilt after taking part in the town-wide pranks and discovering that her fiancé has supposedly cheated on her with another woman. Film adaptation In 1993, a film adaptation of King's book directed by Fraser C. Heston and starring Max von Sydow, Ed Harris, Bonnie Bedelia and J. T. Walsh was released in theaters. It received generally negative reviews from critics, with an overall rating of 31% on Rotten Tomatoes. In popular culture The Rick and Morty episode "Something Ricked This Way Comes" features the Devil as the proprietor of a store named "Needful Things", which sells cursed items. See also 1991 in literature References External links Movie stills 1991 American novels American novels adapted into films American horror novels Novels by Stephen King Novels set in Maine Viking Press books