SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES Tribute to Ray Bradbury and His Lifetime Love Affair with the Movies

Ray Bradbury’s enduring fascination with carnivals began at the age of 12 when a travelling show rolled through his boyhood home of Waukegan, Illinois. In this way the foundation for Something Wicked This Way Comes, a short story he wrote in 1962, was laid quite early in his life. Its 1982 film adaptation is “a lively, entertaining tale combining boyishness and grown-up horror in equal measure. In tiny Green Town, Illinois, the arrival of a highly unusual carnival triggers some strange events. The townspeople, at first entranced by the unexpected carnival troupe, are soon affected in increasingly sinister ways When two young boys figure out what the carnival is up to, they become the prey of its ringleader. One of their worst nightmares features about 100 tarantulas. Children of all ages, be forewarned.” -Janet Maslin, New York Times