Something Wicked This Way Comes

In Green Town, Illinois, two young boys, Will Halloway and Jim Nightshade, leave from an after-school detention for "whispering in class" and hurry home. The boys live next door to each other and were born a minute apart on Halloween. A lightning rod salesman named Tom Fury arrives and sells one to Jim, claiming that it will protect him from an upcoming storm. The carnival arrives and is set up overnight, led by the ominous Mr. Dark. Will and Jim notice that many of the residents seem oddly entranced by some of the attractions, such as Ed, a man who sees his missing arm and leg return in a mirror, and their teacher Miss Foley, who wishes to regain her youth.