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DVD Something Wicked This Way Comes
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
EXCELLENT; SUPERB, SCARY AND VERY, VERY WELL MADE...
This is one of the first books I read written by, who was later to become one of my very favorite writers, Ray Bradbury, and what an introduction it was! Scared the hell out of me and insinuated itself into my dreams for weeks afterwards. My imagination worked at full blast, conjuring up images of all the places and people Bradburty created, and when this wonderful book finally made it to the big screen, I wasn't disappointed.
The boys, Will Holloway and Jim Nightshade, are superb, as is Jason Robards as the tired old father still working late into the night at the library, guarded by the stone lions Mr. Holloway warned would prowl around the town one particularly windy night.
This movie belongs, however, to Jonathan Pryce, who takes and keeps command of the entire production. He is terrifying, remorseless and wonderful in his role, and very, very elegant which serves to lend even more horror to his madness. His voice and accent are fabulous and his walk, gestures, attire all work together to make him one of the more memorable Bradbury characters.
The various carnival creatures are so frightening and believable you are literally on the edge of your seat watching them...and wondering what they are capable of and what they will do next. No one, from the barber to the schoolteacher, is safe.
One of my favorite scenes is the one, late at night, in the library when Pryce, AKA Mr Dark of Cooger and Dark, hunts the boys...very, very scary stuff.
James Stacy is a sad figure; and very eloquent in his role as a former baseball great.
All in all, a fantastic journey into the mind of one of our finest science fiction writers and brought beautifully to the big screen by Disney, and now on DVD, this will become a Halloween fixture for all to enjoy!
"35! Time to start a family, build a fortune! 36! 37! 38!............
As Mr. Dark, Johnathan Pryce, rips pages one-by-one from the library book screaming out Mr. Halloway's last chance at youth.
This is a great atmospheric movie for remembering those leaf blown October days. When pumpkins were orange in the fields and the whisper of Halloween rang down the alley and through the school.
Ray Bradbury's evil carny novel brought to the screen by Disney under the Buena Vista name. It is the story of two boys, Jim Nightshade and Will Halloway...They were born one minute before(Will) and one minute after(Jim) Halloween...and the Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show that comes to Green Town, Illinois one Autumn day. This evil carnival promises dreams, youth and seductive wonders but really is out to destroy everything that it touches. The boys discover the secret of the carnival and learn the terrible price required.
I really liked Jason Robards as an actor and he carries this movie. The scene where he reaches into the drain and touches Will's finger is great. The movie doesn't carry the same horrifying chills that the book does, but it is one that evokes the climate and mood of that dying time of year.
I highly recommend reading the book as well. Especially read the book during the Autumn season...just be sure to leave the lights on. :-)
Lost in Translation
Quite simply, film is the wrong medium for this work of literature, and utterly fails to convey the philosophical depth of the book. Do yourself a big favor and read the book instead.
Ghost story meets paranormal mystery in Disney's PG family spookfest, a rare kid-friendly scary movie that still manages to frighten. American girls Lynn-Holly Johnson (Ice Castles) and little sister Kyle Richards move into a secluded British manor cradled in a mist-shrouded forest, home to a ghostly guardian angel and a decades-old mystery that still haunts the place. Director John Hough (whose Legend of Hell House is a classic of supernatural suspense) delivers all the right shiver-inducing ingredients: flashes of light, whispers in the wind, eerie visions of a blindfolded little girl lost (the long-lost daughter of withered widow Bette Davis) reaching out from mirrors, as if trapped behind them. Though tame by today's bloody standards and a flop on its original release in... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Vincent McEveety - John Hough DVD Release Date: Released the 03 August 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Disney's foray into big-budget science fiction, close on the heels of Star Wars, had some of the most impressive special effects to grace theater screens in the 1970s. Graced by handsome production design--most notably a glass and latticework interstellar craft that looks like a battleship crossed with a modern skyscraper--The Black Hole is in many ways the most beautiful science fiction film of its era. Unfortunately, the graceful and gorgeous picture is jarred by dialogue that wouldn't pass muster in a comic book and a silly conclusion that plays like a murky, dime-store knockoff of 2001. Too bad, because the visual realization of the film is a veritable haunted house of futuristic phenomena, from the cloaked zombie-like drones shuffling through corridors to... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Maximilian Schell - Anthony Perkins Director(s): Gary Nelson DVD Release Date: Released the 03 August 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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An impressive labor of love from independent writer-director Frank LaLoggia, this low-budget supernatural thriller was a sleeper hit in 1988, deservedly praised by critics and horror fans for its effective combination of ghostly terror and small-town charm. The influence of Steven Spielberg can be felt in the movie's imaginative scenario, but it's also got the affectionate appeal of autobiographical nostalgia, mixing details of LaLoggia's own youth in upstate New York with a frightening tale of Halloween horror. It begins when young Frankie (Lukas Haas) is locked in a grade-school cloakroom on Halloween night of 1962; he witnesses the ghostly image of a little girl and is nearly strangled to death by an unknown assailant. From that point forward, Frankie is convinced that the ghost is... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Lukas Haas - Len Cariou Director(s): Frank LaLoggia DVD Release Date: Released the 20 September 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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This is a wonderful film for all ages. It is a fantasy, but it's more than just a fantasy. It has elements of religion, philosophy, love and life. Tony Randall is wonderful in all 7 faces, and as himself once too. The stop motion monsters are cheesy, but that just adds to the charm of this film. If you have children, this is a wonderful film for them, too. No nudity, no swearing, no sex, nothing really objectionable. Oh, some fairly mild scares, but even that isn't really violent. A wonderful film. More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Tony Randall - Barbara Eden - Arthur O'Connell Director(s): George Pal DVD Release Date: Released the 03 October 2000 Usually ships in 24 hours
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