Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
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Movie Info
Cast
as Charles Halloway
as Mr. Dark
as Will Halloway
as Mrs. Nightshade
as Jim Nightshade
as Dust Witch
as Tom Fury
as Miss Foley
as Mr. Crosetti
as Mr. Crosetti
as Mr. Tetley
as Mr. Douglas
as Mr. Cooger
as Mrs. Halloway
as Ed the Bartender
as Young Miss Foley
as Little Person No. 1
as Little Person No. 2
as Young Miss Foley
as Teenage Couple
as Teenage Couple
as Young Ed
as Cooger as a Young Man
as Townswoman
as Narrator
as Cooger as a Child
Critic Reviews for Something Wicked This Way Comes
All Critics (26) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (15) | Rotten (11) | DVD (1)
Possibilities for a dark, child's view fantasy set in rural America of yore are visible throughout the $20 million production but various elements have not entirely congealed into a unified achievement.
The plot concerns a mysterious carnival outside a small town in the early 1900s that grants the wishes of the town's citizens, with dark consequences.
A lively, entertaining tale combining boyishness and grown-up horror in equal measure.
Book-based '80s movie about an evil carnival is scary.
Even amidst readily apparent imperfections, "Wicked" still holds a melancholy grip. That's because its supernatural elements are really but a grace note to the symphony of its everyday drama, whose elegant, elegiac qualities have diminished little.
Along with The Watcher in the Woods, it may be Disney's only honest-to-God effort to tell us a horror story.
Audience Reviews for Something Wicked This Way Comes
In the age of slasher horror and torture porn this tale of a traveling carnival that's trade is misfortune seems light, but still is resonant for it's moral lessons. Perhaps the best Ray Bradbury tale on film, all ominous and creepy, and better meant for adolescents.
Super Reviewer
I'm sure Something Wicked This Way Comes would have worked on me had I seen it at the proper age, but unfortunately I didn't. The film isn't altogether a mess. It's directed by Jack Clayton, has a score from James Horner, and features both Pam Grier and Jonathan Pryce in leading roles. What's not to love? Well it has a couple of annoying child actors in it for starters. Second, the meat of the story doesn't kick in until toward the end of the second act. It definitely gets dark, but not quite as wicked as its title promises. It feels more family-friendly than anything, and I think that's its major weakness. It has plenty going for it, but not enough for something really memorable or captivating. Worth a rent, but not much else I'm afraid.
Super Reviewer
Cute movie in the company of "The Lady in White" and "Stand By Me". Buddies deal with a mysterious carnival that visits town. I was expecting a little more wicked... but it is more family friendly than horror.
Super Reviewer
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