The Movie with Such Possibilities

The 1983 film adaptation of Ray Bradbury's stupendous chiller Something Wicked This Way Comes had so much going for it -- most notably the involvement of the maestro himself.  How, then, did such a disaster result that scenes were reshot and score composers swapped?

You may recall that the novel started out as a screenplay to star Gene Kelley, based on Bradbury's story "The Black Ferris."

Here are some previous Super Blog posts about Bradbury's novelistic masterwork:

https://markssuperblog.blogspot.com/2006/10/something-wicked-is-great-achievement_26.html

https://markssuperblog.blogspot.com/2015/10/something-wicked-this-way-comes-but-fun.html

https://markssuperblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/its-most-wonderful-time-of-year.html

https://markssuperblog.blogspot.com/2019/08/its-astounding-piece-of-americana.html

https://markssuperblog.blogspot.com/2019/08/celebrating-big-show-part-4.html

https://markssuperblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/something-wicked-this-way-comes.html

https://markssuperblog.blogspot.com/2006/10/secret-origin-of-something-wicked-this.html

But our topic today is a one-sheet for the film's video release.

How would you have fixed the film?  I would have dispensed with the whole "tornado eats the bad guys" and stuck with the freakin' REAL ENDING of the book -- less impressive to Hollywood types, but more true to the creeps which made the novel attractive in the FIRST place!

You can check out the Georges Delerue rejected score on Spock's Record Round-Up.  I for one wasn't impressed.

See you on Friday!