Based on a novel by horror-meister Stephen King, Needful Things is set in a tiny New England town and refers to the name of a new second hand shop that is owned by a peculiar old man who, instead of demanding money to pay for his goods, requires that customers play practical jokes on each other. It doesn’t take long before simple pranks take a serious and deadly turn and soon the townsfolk are hell-bent on destroying each other while the curio shop owner looks on with devilish amusement.