Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983VOTE NOW
| Buena Vista Distribution Company | Release Date: April 29, 1983 |
Starring:
Diane Ladd, Jack Dodson, Jake Dengel, Jason Robards, Jonathan Pryce, Mary Grace Canfield, Richard Davalos, Royal Dano, Shawn Carson, Vidal Peterson
Summary:
In a small American town, a diabolical circus and its demonic proprietor prey on the townsfolk.
Gorgeous production design lends to the growing sense of dread, and there are fine performances by Jason Robards, Jonathan Pryce, and child actors Vidal Peterson and Shawn Carson. [28 Oct 2005, p.7]
One of the more sophisticated of Disney's early '80s offerings; the direction by Jack Clayton ("The Innocents") is high-style, convulsively screamy. [16 Jun 1993, p.F8]
Something Wicked This Way Comes, the Walt Disney production of Ray Bradbury's 1962 novel, begins on such an overworked Norman Rockwell note that there seems little chance that anything exciting or unexpected will happen. So it's a happy surprise when the film...turns into a lively, entertaining tale combining boyishness and grown-up horror in equal measure.
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Except for several scary moments, notably the tarantula assault, Something Wicked is harmless -- but it is never bland. And it has Jason Robards in the pivotal role, the wise but timid father who will have to make his stand. [03 May 1983, p.B7]
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