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A Balasaur Score of 53 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 33%, Metacritic 43/100. Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,887 1990s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes33%
Metacritic43/100
Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do.
630 audience votes
Key crew
- W.D. RichterScreenplay
- Fraser Clarke HestonDirector
- Patrick DoyleOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Max von SydowLeland Gaunt
- Ed HarrisSheriff Alan Pangborn
- Bonnie BedeliaPolly Chalmers
- J.T. WalshDanforth Keeton III
- Valri BromfieldWilma Jerzyk
- Ray McKinnonDeputy Norris Ridgewick
- Lisa BlountCora Rusk
- Shane MeierBrian Rusk
- Duncan FraserHugh Priest
- William Morgan SheppardFather Meehan
- Amanda PlummerNettie Cobb
- Don S. DavisReverend Rose
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Themes
small townsheriffbased on novel or bookpainstrangenessmanipulationmaliceprankdevildesireoccult