Film · 1993 · Films · 1990s
Needful Things
Two parallel scores from 121 z-qualifying reviewers and 121 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).
Z-normalized corrects for reviewer bias (every reviewer re-centered onto their personal scale). Raw average uses simple mean across the broader pool including stddev=0 reviewers.
Where this title sits
Z-normalized percentile · 4,082 peers in Films · 1990s
| Mean reviewer z-score | -0.298 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 5.91 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 5.91 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | -0.448 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 121 / 121 |
Summary
A mysterious shopkeeper named Leland Gaunt opens a curio store called Needful Things in the small town of Castle Rock, Maine, offering each customer the one item they desire most. His prices seem cheap, but every purchase requires a small prank against another townsperson, and as the favors escalate, long-simmering grudges erupt into violence that threatens to consume the town. The local sheriff races to uncover Gaunt's true nature before Castle Rock destroys itself.
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The math, in this order
121 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = -0.298. DB2 raw mean = 5.91.
90% CI-floor = -0.448. Thin samples penalized.
Global 26.5 / cohort 24.2. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1990s
