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Something Wicked This Way Comes
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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780764006951
Format: Color, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, NTSC
ISBN: 0764006959
Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Release Date: September 21, 1999
Running Time: 94 minutes
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Theatrical Release Date: April 29, 1983
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Editorial Review:
Ray Bradbury adapted his own novel for Something Wicked This Way Comes, Jack Clayton's beautiful rendering of the turn-of-the-century fantasy of a mysterious carnival that literally blows into a small town to taunt and tempt the inhabitants. Jonathan Pryce (Brazil), the handsome but demonic proprietor of Dark's Pandemonium Carnival, preys upon the vanities, the delusions, and the regrets of the townspeople by granting their wishes at the expense of their souls. Jason Robards, as the meek librarian Charles Halloway, becomes his unlikely nemesis when his son Will, with his best friend Jim Nightshade (a deliciously dark name in its own right), discovers the secret of Dark's nightmarish carnival. When they become hunted by Dark's minions (including Pam Grier as the beautiful and mysterious Dust Witch), Halloway must confront his own fears and regrets to save the boys. Clayton captures the idyll of childhood in the fall with rich autumnal colors, his camera gliding along with the energetic boys as they tear through field and forests. The climax, however, gets lost in a cacophony of competing special effects, imaginatively visualized but never very terrifying, as if producer Disney resisted the uneasy undercurrent of the story. It's more dark fantasy than horror, a nightmarish adventure filtered through the memory of a man remembering his childhood in mythic terms. --Sean Axmaker
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Something Wicked This Way Comes
Start with the fact that it's a Ray Bradbury story done by Disney. Mingle a battle of good and evil with all the hopes and fears of humanity. Wrap this in fine settings and costumes. Top it off with the presence of Jason Robards and Jonathan Pryce leading a very professional cast! The language is something that can tickle the ears: "By the pricking of my thumbs; Something wicked this way comes!" while the humor can be sly and comfortable. Yes, it's a family worthy film with something different ... Read More
Rating: - *Great Movie For Everyone!*
A chilling movie that will keep you on edge.One the family can enjoy.It has pure suspense that will keep you watching.
Rating: - great adaptation of Ray Bradbury's book
this is a great sci-fi movie of good and evil.it is also disney and only rated a pg.
Rating: - family movie
I have loved this movie ever since I was a kid, and was excited to see that it was in DVD. I got it and showed it to my own kids, and they love it as well. It's a good, somewhat scary, family Disney movie. I highly recommend it.
Rating: - A fine tribute to one of the master's of 20th century fiction
When this movie came out in '83 I thought it was one of the most magical films I'd ever seen. I still do.
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