Is Something Wicked This Way Comes actually good?

Something Wicked This Way Comes sits in the 70.5% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 70.5% of them.

How does Something Wicked This Way Comes compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Something Wicked This Way Comes lands in the 67.2% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is Something Wicked This Way Comes's score based on?

93 calibrated reviewers stand behind Something Wicked This Way Comes's score.

1983

global pct

70.5

Film · 1983 · Films · 1980s

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Name: Something Wicked This Way Comes
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1983

Scored from 93 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

70.5%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

67.2%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

87.2%

AI-adjusted percentile

93 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Something Wicked This Way Comes is a 1983 fantasy, mystery and thriller film.

The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them. Only 93 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 95 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 366 of whom clear the calibration test.

Is Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 93
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1980s

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