After all, if wholesome Disney was willing to bookend its constant family programming on The Disney Channel with horror titles, could the genre really be all that evil?ĭisney even went so far as to broadcast Halloween specials during the fall months, including their classic The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. That’s why I secretly did the dance of joy when Disney decided to throw their hats in the horror ring with Watcher in the Woods (1980) and Something Wicked This Way Comes (filmed in 1982, released in ‘83). Scary and suspenseful, it is a timeless classic in the American canon.A failure upon release, Ray Bradbury’s “Something Wicked This Way Comes” is a timeless treasure that has cemented its place in genre history.Īs a child of the ‘80s, it was a constant struggle for me to reconcile my love of horror with my parents’ Puritanical suspicion of anything dark or gothic in the age of the Satanic Panic. Two boys will discover the secret of its smoke, mazes, and mirrors two friends who will soon know all too well the heavy cost of wishes.and the stuff of nightmares.įew novels have endured in the heart and memory as has Ray Bradbury's unparalleled literary masterpiece Something Wicked This Way Comes.
A calliope's shrill siren song beckons to all with a seductive promise of dreams and youth regained.
The carnival rolls in sometime after midnight, ushering in Halloween a week early. Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois, to destroy every life touched by its strange and sinister mystery. One of Ray Bradbury's best-known and most popular novels, Something Wicked This Way Comes, now featuring a new introduction and material about its longstanding influence on culture and genre.įor those who still dream and remember, for those yet to experience the hypnotic power of its dark poetry, step inside.
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