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A darkly playful supernatural horror about a devil's shop that exploits human desire and greed to tear apart a small town from within.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
Max von Sydow
Leland Gaunt
Ed Harris
Sheriff Alan Pangborn
Bonnie Bedelia
Polly Chalmers
J.T. Walsh
Danforth Keeton III
Valri Bromfield
Wilma Jerzyk
Ray McKinnon
Deputy Norris Ridgewick
Lisa Blount
Cora Rusk
Shane Meier
Brian Rusk
Duncan Fraser
Hugh Priest
William Morgan Sheppard
Father Meehan
Amanda Plummer
Nettie Cobb
Don S. Davis
Reverend Rose
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