![]() The opening scene of a Norman Rockwell boys’ paradise of midwestern fields dotted with small towns suggest that all is right with the world. ![]() These autumn people of the carnival, who rise from the dust to tempt the souls of those yearning for something they do not have, pursue the boys through a narrative that is all the more suspenseful for combining the familiar landscape of a small town childhood with the eerie sounds and images of the evil that lies in wait for the unsuspecting.ĭisney’s production of Ray Bradbury’s book retains the poetry of the original in both the dialogue and visual landscape, making it an exceptionally haunting Halloween film. Hidden in the dark, the friends glimpse hints of the frightening truth about Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Show’s strange and horrific powers and realize that there is danger in their midst–danger that the adults around them ignore. Best friends Jim Nightshade and Will Halloway, who long to escape the confines of childhood and discover the excitement of being grown up, sneak out in the night to watch the newcomers set up their show on the outskirts of town. ![]() What could be a better Halloween read than the story Ray Bradbury judged the “best of all the things I have written”?Īs the weather turns crisp on the twenty-third of October, a carnival unexpectedly arrives in the seemingly idyllic Green Town. ![]()
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