Something Wicked This Way Comes

Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) is a dark fantasy thriller directed by Jack Clayton — watch online on iFILM. When a mysterious carnival rolls into a quiet Illinois town one October night, two teenage boys realize its owner has far more to offer than sideshows.

Mr. Dark, played with chilling precision by Jonathan Pryce, grants the townspeople their deepest wishes. The lonely, the aging, the lost — all get exactly what they asked for. The cost comes later, and it is never fair. Meanwhile, the boys' father, a weary library janitor played by Jason Robards, holds the one weapon Mr. Dark cannot buy: genuine joy.

Ray Bradbury himself wrote the screenplay, adapting his own 1962 novel for Walt Disney Productions. The film walks a rare line — adventure for younger viewers, genuine dread for the rest. Stream Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) online on iFILM.