Stephen King Praises Extended Cut For One Of His Book Adaptations: "It Blew Me Away"

Stephen King praises the recently-resurfaced extended cut of one of his book adaptations, saying “it blew me away.” Released in 1993, the darkly comic horror film Needful Things failed to impress critics, and enjoyed an underwhelming box office run, grossing just $15.2 million. This relatively-maligned, financially-unsuccessful King adaptation has enjoyed an interesting second life, however. Legendarily, a 3-hour cut of the film was shown on cable TV a few times over the years, then disappeared (outside the pirate world) until being released in 2020 in standard definition as an extra on a German Blu-ray package. Finally in 2023, the “lost” TV cut arrived in up-scaled HD thanks to Kino Lorber, on a packed edition including the original theatrical version in 4K.