Something Wicked This Way Comes
FantasyMysteryThriller
6.424/10
|US
|en
|95 min
Release Date: 1983-04-29
Overview - In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr. Dark can make them. Can two young boys overcome the worst the devil himself can deal out?
Production Companies
Walt Disney ProductionsBryna Productions
User Reviews
John Chard
7/10
By the pricking of my thumbs... Beset by production issues, Disney being horrified by the horror of the piece and etc, Something Wicked This Way Comes proved to be a most divisive picture. Yet it's actually a spooky family friendly horror yarn. Plot sees the Pandemonium Carnival roll into a small American town and mysteriously grant the residents their wishes. Of course it's a "too good to b...
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r96sk
7/10
It might not be as great as it could've been, but I did enjoy watching <em>'Something Wicked This Way Comes'</em>. Jonathan Pryce definitely carries events as Mr. Dark, who is a character that suits him very nicely. I'm a fan of Pryce from other films, so it's little surprise that I like him here. Jason Robards is good too, if a little muttered throughout. The child actors, meanwhile, are passa...
