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Something Wicked This Way Comes

1983·95 min

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Directed by Jack Clayton

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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?

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Charles Halloway

Mr. Dark

Mrs. Nightshade

Tom Fury

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Stephen H. Burum

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Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) is about 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?

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Jack Clayton directed Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983).

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