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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780764010552
ISBN: 0764010557
Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Release Date: July 11, 2000
Running Time: 95 minutes
Sales Rank: 35123
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Theatrical Release Date: April 29, 1983
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Amazon.com:
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: - Spooky
An erie movie from the 80's. Look close at Mr. Dark. Does he look familiar? I'll leave that one up to you to find out who he is, and what other movie he has been in. A great halloween spooker of a movie!
Rating: - Very good
One of my daughter's fave from when she was younger. Great movie to add to your DVD collection.
Rating:  - Decent Adaptation of Ray Bradbury Novel; It Needs a Better Ending Though
"Something Wicked This Way Comes" starts brilliantly with the arrival of "Mr. Dark's carnival" in a small, quiet town. They are no ordinary carnival, however, because mysterious Mr. Dark (Jonathan Pryce) seems to know the desires hidden in the hearts of townspeople. In fact, he knows how to make them come true. You get what you want, but it comes with a price to pay.
The film captures the darkly poetic touch of Ray Bradbury's 1962 novel with believable descriptions of the lives of main ... Read More
Rating: - Good try--but it's Pryce's performance that saves this
SWTWC is a problematic film for me, because I want wholeheartedly to love it, but several things about it give me some reservations.
To start off, let's take it as a given that Ray Bradbury comes very close to being an unfilmable author. His writing creates a very special atmosphere that wafts off the page and envelopes the reader from the opening sentences. That alone is extremely difficult to recreate on film, though of course, atmospheric filmaking is certainly not impossible. Unfortunately, ... Read More
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 for everyone. ... Read More
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