When you hear about Stephen King’s IT, what do you usually think of? Tim Curry? Clowns? Balloons? Fear? Maybe this?
The 1986 book IT gave people a fear of clowns, as did the 1990 TV series…and now the first movie in this set is about to do it all over again.
Unless you have been hiding under a rock, you’ll know that the remake of IT has been in the works for several years and it was a real rollercoaster of a ride…but finally, 27 years after the TV series was released….IT has returned.
I love horror, and I have been hyped for this movie ever since the announcement the remake was out of pre-production (I wanted to see a scarier movie…don’t get me wrong the TV miniseries is great, but still I felt it needed something more) and there have been some great things to promote the movie, including an 8-bit game and a minisite dedicated to The Loser’s Club. Something else that caught my eye was a social media account by Pennywise, a fan who really knows her stuff when it comes to this franchise and is well worth a look and follow….I honestly thought that she was official PR it comes over that good!
The movie is about a group of bullied outcasts called The Losers Club. They notice that the children of Derry are disappearing and discover there is an evil under Derry in the form of Pennywise the Dancing Clown. Pennywise preys on their fears.
This movie is brilliant, but you will be disappointed if you were expecting anything similar to the miniseries as there are more things faithful to the book. The kids gave an awesome performance, as did the few adults you see too….but Bill Skarsgård’s performance as Pennywise truly steals the show. Pennywise the clown this time around is cuter, more child-like…and because of this, IT is even creepier. This movie is not the scariest that I’ve seen, but the creepiness of Pennywise makes the movie so much better and gives it the edge that it needs. The one thing I did wonder about the movie was if it was originally going to be shot in 3D or going to be made into 3D as the title sequence and quite a few of the shots in the movie looked like they were made for 3D so maybe this will be made into a 3D movie sometime in the future. I watched this movie 3 times on release day (including the Midnight screening) and I loved the movie more with each viewng. I was also able to get this awesome poster at the Midnight screening:
You’ll float too!! You’ll float too!! YOU’LL FLOAT TOO!!
This movie is so good, I honestly think this is the movie of the year for me. If you love horror, go see this and have a blast…but if you have coulrophobia then perhaps you should be wary….roll on Chapter 2!!
IT Chapter 1 is in cinemas now and is rated 15