Something Wicked This Way Comes. 1983.
In a small American town, a carnival arrives and begins to prey on it's townsfolk by granting wishes that have a sinister twist.
Based on the book by Ray Bradbury and produced by Walt Disney productions(no you didn't read that wrong), Jack Clayton brings the imagination to screen. This does have it's dark moments, from Johnathan Pryce, proprietor of Dark's pandemonium carnival who can be quite scary at times and never know what he is planning. Jason Robards plays the town librarian and father to one of the boys and tries to put a stop the dark forces and Pam Grier as the spider woman. Vidal Peterson and Shawn Carson play Will and Jim the two friends who get caught up with Mr Dark. Even though this was a PG rated film this actually scared me when I was younger and re-watching it years later still has it's moments to make you jump
There is a decent narration from Arthur Hill who does a introduction to the town and as the adult Will.
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