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For a film set primarily in this state, Mychael Danna used a traditional orchestra alongside Native American flutes for a track that plays over a man carrying his daughter home from the house of his mistress; that daughter is played by Christina Ricci. In a film set in this state, the camera holds on a drugged young woman passed out on a couch as her friend gets up, walks out of the room, and returns covered in blood. In another film primarily set in this state, the title event causes a downed (-5[1])power line to electrocute the Elijah Wood-played Mikey while his parents attend a (*) key party. Bryan Forbes adapted a Ira Levin novel set in this state, where Joanna discovers her fellow housewives are being replaced (10[1])by (-5[1])robots. (10[1])For 10 points, name this New England state, whose many suburbs are (10[1])used to depict the deterioration of the nuclear family in films like Thoroughbreds, The Ice Storm, and The Stepford Wives. ■END■ (0[1])

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