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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 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 robots. For 10 points, name this New England state, whose many suburbs are used to depict the deterioration of the nuclear family in films like Thoroughbreds, The Ice Storm, and The Stepford Wives. ■END■

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