About this episode

Jason and Ali discuss the concept of desire through the lens of Stephen King's 'Needful Things'.

What would you pay for your ultimate object of desire? Just ask the evil shop owner in Stephen King's Needful Things (1993). Jason and Ali go shopping.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jason, Ali

Topics covered

• desire
• shopping
• horror
• Stephen King
• film analysis

Keywords

• desire
• Needful Things
• Stephen King
• horror
• shopping
• film

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Needful Things

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