Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983 · Movie · PG · 95 min · ★ 6.4 · 64% critics
A mysterious circus arrives in a small American town, offering people their deepest wishes—but every gift comes with a dark catch. When two boys glimpse what’s really behind the midway, they’re forced into a tense struggle to protect themselves and their neighbors from a sinister ringmaster’s influence.
Based on Something Wicked This Way Comes
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Details
- Years
- 1983
- Release date
- 1983-04-29
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 64/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (203 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a spooky, family-leaning carnival tale with eerie mood, moral temptations, and steady suspense, in the vein of The Witches or Gremlins; Not for you if you need fast pacing or intense horror.
Pros: spooky autumn atmosphere; intriguing wish-fulfillment premise; memorable villain | Cons: uneven pacing; toned-down scares; messy studio meddling
Themes
- witch
- dreams
- based on novel or book
- elephant
- lightning
- circus
- child murder
- maze
- spider
- clown
- black magic
- carnival
- +7 more
Cast & crew
Jason Robards
as Charles Halloway
Jonathan Pryce
as Mr. Dark
Diane Ladd
as Mrs. Nightshade
Royal Dano
as Tom Fury
Vidal Peterson
as Will Halloway
Shawn Carson
as Jim Nightshade
Mary Grace Canfield
as Miss Foley
Richard Davalos
as Mr. Crosetti
Jake Dengel
as Mr. Tetley
Jack Dodson
as Dr. Douglas
Directed by Jack Clayton