It Movie
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The Master of Horror unleashes everything you were ever afraid of.
Derry, Maine is a quiet town, terrorized every 30 years by a horror known only as "It". The only victims of "It" are children. Through the form of a clown named Pennywise, "It" wakes up every 30 years and feeds. The adults of Derry act like "It" doesn't happen. Ironically they know about "It", but the events are too horrible to talk about. Seven outcasts, know as The Lucky Seven, Bill, Ben, Beverly, Eddie, Richie, Mike, and Stan are able to defeat "It" as children and make a pact to return and do battle again should the terror return. Now 30 years later, Mike Hanlon who stayed behind, is puzzled by a bizarre occurance of child murders. When he discovers that "It" has come back, he reunites what's left of The Lucky Seven, now in their middle ages to do battle once again, and "It" is ready. The Lucky Seven must now defeat "It" and cure Derry of "The Derry Disease".
| Harry Anderson | Richard 'Richie/Trashmouth' Tozier |
| Dennis Christopher | Eddie Kaspbrak |
| Richard Masur | Stanley 'Stan' Uris |
| Annette O'Toole | Beverly 'Bev/Bevvie' Marsh Rogan |
| Tim Reid | Michael 'Mike/Mikey' Hanlon |
| John Ritter | Ben 'Haystack' Hanscom |
| Richard Thomas | William 'Stuttering Bill' Denbrough |
| Tim Curry | Robert 'Bob' Gray/Pennywise the Dancing Clown/It |
| Jonathan Brandis | William 'Stuttering Bill' Denbrough - Age 12 |
| Brandon Crane | Ben 'Haystack' Hanscom - Age 12 |
| Adam Faraizl | Edward 'Eddie' Kaspbrak - Age 12 |
| Seth Green | Richard 'Richie' Tozier - Age 12 |
| Ben Heller | Stanley 'Stan' Uris - Age 12 |
| Emily Perkins | Beverly 'Bev' Marsh - Age 12 |
| Marlon Taylor | Michael 'Mike' Hanlon - Age 12 |
| Tommy Lee Wallace |
6.70 out of 10 (14174 votes)
Visitor Reviews
See a penny, pick it up... all the day you'll have BAD luck
posted on 21 Aug 2009At least you would seeing this movie, anyway. A terrific premise. An excellent musical score and the story is truly uplifting in some ways and totally psychological in other respects. I do think that some of the acting is drab, though. When I see John Ritter, he's John Ritter. He cannot do anything else but be himself. However, in some of the scenes, he does do a commendable job, but he needs to develop himself more.As with most of the Stephen King adaptions I've seen, the second part isn't as good as the first. This is usually the same with a 'sequel,'. I know it wasn't a sequel, but it was the final part of a story. The ending was rather good, I thought, but it didn't seem scary enough - the scenes that followed were satisfying - but I didn't like it when Eddie died - and I don't think many people would, either. Jonathan Brandis - who plays Bill - isn't convincing at all. He just plays himself like John Ritter. However, like Ritter, he does have his magical moments in the film. There are some good performances. Stan was a totally convincing character, child and adult. He's the only child besides Eddie, also as an adult, that I found commendable. Seth Green and Annette O' Toole are also quite good, too. Three hours is extraordinarily long for a film of this type and Tim Curry's appearances are all to brief, then the story isn't really about Pennywise the clown, well it is, but with children's beliefs and the terrors that they can face. Someone else mentioned that in the comments section and I'm just collaborating with that theory. Very good film. Underrated as well by some other people. My disappointments about the film? None, really. Except the beginning is rather too much drawn out. You aren't given a chance to really get into the film before you're whisked from one place to another. However, you soon get the drift of events, so I suppose it doesn't matter in the end. Tim Curry is bizarrely strange as IT and whenever I see him without his makeup, I do see Pennywise. One thing I hate about this film is Eddie's asthma condition. It isn't personal - but I just hate the way asthmatics wease and I know they feel the same - but hearing them makes my breathing erratic!! Top marks also must go to Henry Bowers - what a class villain besides Tim Curry. The perfect actor to play a menacing devil. Watch out for a cameo by Will B. Davis as the Cancer Man. Overall, excellent film
so-so version..better as allegory.
posted on 15 Aug 2009king's works, for some unknown reason, do not translate well into film: the shining might have been better, had nicholson not stolen the show; salem's lot and it were just average; the anthologies, no better. it, though it centered on children (small and large), still licked the sizzle needed for a movie that makes one jump at a frightful confrontation..i never felt that the actors young or adult, truly feared that which proposed to eat them alive..they seemed no more concerned than if they came upon a large hornets' nest: fearful and dangerous, but keep your distance, don't anger them, and no problemo.. what can make this story viable, is a point-of-view that the plot is told as an allegory of children dealing with child abuse..each of these suffers physical or emotional abuse at someone's hands: a parent, classmate, etc., and this story shows how they deal with it..most telling is the response of others who see but take no action to halt or discourage the mistreatment..in one scene, the girl member is roughly handled by her father in sight of a neighbor across the street..the girl and neighbor make eye contact, but the neighbor turns away, as if to say, it's not my business, it's his family's..the community has the same respose: police, newspaper, schools, etc. ..all know what's happening, yet none wish to step forward to challenge the abuser or offer protection to the victim..this tale works well as a parable of what children tolerate from those authority whom they continue to love and admire, even as they scream inwardly for the pain to stop..
They All Float Down Hear
posted on 12 Aug 200911 years later and I still can't believe it was just a TV movie. Although by todays standards the make up seems dated, it is still a suspenceful scary film. Pennywise is probably the scariest character ever created, simply because he comes across as a friendly clown that just loves to play with children, why wouldn't you trust him?
Good, but scary
posted on 31 Jul 2009This movie was pretty good. I think that the best things to happen to the movie were Tim Curry, Richard Thomas, John Ritter, Harry Anderson, and Seth Green.The only thing that I didn't like about the movie was Eddie's mother. Mrs. Kaspbrak is a definite candidate for a spokesperson on how not to treat a person with asthma (like having their child never get married or have a child, and living with their child when the kid may want to leave home and live on their own, but at least she let him get a decent job). If Eddie, instead of Stan, would have been the one to commit suicide, I wouldn't have blamed him (think about it, 40-something years old, still living with mom, and still being treated like a baby, I think that's a motive for suicide).All in all, the movie was pretty good. I recorded it on TV, and I think that they left out some of the best parts (like the little comedy routine that adult Richie does for his friends), but other than that, it was okay.
Under-rated and unappreciated.
posted on 28 Jul 2009Highly entertaining adaptation of King's beloved literary work. Far better than its ratings would suggest. I didn't want to like this movie. The cast was a motley crew at best, and the screenplay wasn't like the book. But what I found when I bought this movie was: it was better. INFINITELY BETTER! All the "fat" has been trimmed out of the screenplay and what is left is the core of King's story.DEFINITE SPOILERSOkay, before I start this, let me say, I don't care about the turtle (the other "good aliens"), the omitted sexuality or anything else King put into the novel. I read the novel over and over for years and I loved it, but as with all "adaptations," there will be changes. Accept it and move on.The smarmy casting threw me off a bit at first. I thought, "Jeeeeez." But I was delightfully surprised by the performances of the actors (both adult and child) in this artfully written and perpetrated attempt.It wasn't truly what I would classify as "horror," but the moments were tensely suspenseful, and the acting was top row.The story is of seven children, brought together once again as adults to face an ancient evil; an evil they have defeated once before.The town of Derry is more than just quiet. It has a history of mass disappearances and indifference concerning the untoward events which occur there. A mysterious shroud of forgetfulness lies over this town, and soon after leaving, most forget everything that happened. But Derry has one asset. It has Mike Hanlon (Tim Reid/Marlon Taylor-12), a dedicated friend to the other six, head librarian, "Lighthouse," and Keeper of Derry.A phone call to the rest of the "Lucky Seven" brings them together once again and, as they slowly begin to remember the things which happened all those years ago, also serves to outline and reshape their lives forever.Is the magick that brought them together so many years ago, still in them? Will they win against Pennywise a second time? Will they survive? This is a good movie. It's adequate as an adaptation, having been changed, as adaptations are; the very WORD adaptation comes from adapt, meaning to change to fit. It's decent as a horror movie; scary in places and has a consistent storyline. It's not what I'd call true horror, but more...suspense.The storyline and the performances of the child actors is what fully redeems this movie. These kids (among them is Seth Green!) are true talent. I was also quite impressed with the adult actors' performances.To get consistently good, believable performances out of this rather motley crew of comics and has-beens took directing genius on behalf of Tommy Lee Wallace. This come as a genuine surprise, considering everything else he's directed has just STUNK to high HEAVEN...(Halloween 3: Season of the Witch! *gags* the ABSOLUTE WORST of the series, by the way!) It's entertaining and gives you a feel of having history; roots, as it were. I did, however, find that they left out one significant detail. They never explained the relevance of the clown's repetitious, "They float down here."It's a good movie. Watch it. This movie gets a 7.8/10 on the "TV" scale, from...the Fiend :.
Elements of a Modern Classic
posted on 25 Jul 2009I first saw "It" when it aired on television in the summer of 1991. I was just 6 years old then, and attending summer camp. Needless to say, the film scared me badly, and it was the talk of the camp the next day among my fellow peers (it seemed everyone, from campers to counselors saw "It" that night). Since that first viewing, "It" captured me with it's humanity and horror, and I attempted many times to see the film again. Finally, a few years later, I rented a copy of "It" from a video store in the Hamptons, and it didn't cease to amaze me...Until now.I am 14 years old, and my tastes have greatly matured. As it was 5 years since I saw "It," and due to the fact that I was reading the novel by Stephen King, I decided to rent it once more. I was disgusted. I now realize what a terrible film "It" really is. The first scene, of Georgie being killed by Pennywise was truly laughable, although I did think that the simple camera work captured the horror of a clown standing and talking to a little boy beneath a sewer. Just writing this sentence makes me shiver.The book is wonderful, one of my favorite. It is a true horror masterpiece, and it won't be forgotten for a long time. This is due to a number of reasons. Basically, it is because, as a great author once said, it included "universal truths." These are themes that people, collectively, can relate to: love, pride, fear, etc. The book is a classic example of a genius at work. It perfectly captures the essense of many things: children, the 50's (to bad I wasn't alive to experience that decade), Small towns, fear, and ultimately capturing and 'facing' your fears. King was able to, within 1,000 pages, articulate to you, the reader, who these children were, and who they grew up to be. You don't feel the essence of the children, you FEEL the children themselves, as if they were real characters."It" is also a very philosophical book. I don't know if King consiously intended to write a book with philosophical themes, but it is. In the end, I believe, it all comes down to the universal truths. These thruths are the collective soul of the universe, the consiousness of OUR universe, and it is what makes art indurable. It is these thruths that decide which pieces of art will be taken in and forgotten, and which will stand the test of time.This book will undoubtedly stand the test of time, more then any other King novel I have read so far. The novel was also penetrated you psychologically. That is not an easy feat for an author to do. I am not easily scared, but "It" invaded my senses and put them into over-drive. I was S-C-A-R-E-D. Only "The Exorcist" managed to scare me during my older years as much, if not less. To be perfectly honest, when I was reading the "It" (FIRST INTERLUDE by Mike Hanlon, where the old man tells Mike of the voice he hears under the sink) at 3 in the morning, I cried. I really cried. That is how powerful the book is. And let's not forget what IT really is: the psychic energy of a town with a terbulant past. IT is Derry's essence. IT IS Derry, an entity of collective evil rolled into one being, able to change forms, in order to manipulate and EAT it's citizens.Well, the book goes beyond that: one step further. It is so powerful that when it is expressed in film format, no matter how terribly-done that film is, it will leave an effect on you. And that is why so many people cannot forget the film of "It." Because a man in Maine named Stephen King knows how to mess with your head...
Terrifying and atmospheric, though uneven at times.
posted on 07 Jul 2009"It" is a very well done adaption to Stephen King's novel about an evil, demon-like force that is personified by a creature in a clown costume, who is terrorizing and killing children in a town in Maine. A group of friends try to kill It, with many unsuccessful attempts.The friends emotions towards the events going on in their town are quite believable, and their overall attitudes are very likable. The sub-plots are enjoyable enough to make a whole story out of them, so even when it is not a horror film, it is watchable through its 3+ hour length.Despite the ending, which makes the rest of the story seem like a masterpiece, the movie is unusual and atmospherically intriguing. When you do see the clown, it is terrifying; when you don't, it is suspenseful; and when it's talked about after the movie is done, you'll be shaking with fear.7.5/10 Rating: Enjoy.
Don't let your kids watch if you want them to be traumatized.
posted on 04 Jul 2009A malevolent force in a small New England town takes the shape of a clown, but he's not clowning around. Instead, he terrifies youngsters and brings some to their untimely doom - until some wily kids fight back. The evil resurfaces 30 years later: meaner, angrier, deadlier. And friends who vividly remember youthful terrors reunite to battle IT.Originally this was a low-budget, 2 part TV mini-series that got put out onto video. This film actually tells little stories within 1 huge story. We would get treated to one little story before each commercial break. Each story including a child with a scary encounter with a "monster" clown.I first watched "IT" when I was very young and even now I still find it freaky. I sometimes try to watch my DVD version of "IT" late at night with all lights off and sometimes I have to turn the film off half way through because I am just so terrified by it. I'm sure this film traumatized me when I was a kid or something because no other movie freaks me out like this.This movie does a good job of staying entertaining during its 3 hour length but they somehow lost it in the last 30 minutes. The ending was just so terrible but then again...I can't think of a better way of ending the film so I guess there wasn't much that they could do about that.The acting is decent, I wouldn't say any awards should be given out although Tim Curry was awesome in the role of Pennywise the Clown (give that man an award, lol). Tim Curry actually didn't want to play the role of Pennywise due to the fact that he would be wearing heaps of make-up. He had already been in a few movies just before this where he had to wear lots of make-up, he was starting to grow tiresome of it. Originally, Pennywise was meant to have a lot more physical attributes, Tim Curry talked them out of it into just making Pennywise a simple clown that looks normal and in the end it was definitely the right decision.Probably the best feature of the film is the music, the music switches all the time from a slow piano solo to some quick circus music and some weird noises to accompany them. Such as the scene where Richie has his first encounter with Pennywise, the music almost sounds hypnotizing. Though the music that is played in the first 10 seconds of the film where the "IT" title appears, has to be the freakiest music/sound to me. My skin just crawls thinking about it.Overall I think this film is simply awesome and I recommend it to all horror movie lovers, especially those of you who are afraid of clowns... who knows? maybe you will be afraid of clowns after watching it if you weren't before.
It is here and it is freaky!
posted on 29 May 2009It the movie, is an okay follow up of the famous book "It". (written by Stephen King) The clown does the job of creeping you out at some of the most intense scenes. This movie also has some great stars like John Ritter and Tim Reid. The effects were kinda cool. The dialogue from the clown is scary and funny, which really keeps him in character. Everything else is great except for the ending which is far off from what I was expecting.(Thats only my opinion) So all in all, it was a good thriller/comedy. Don't expect much though. But if you enjoyed the book then I'd give this a rent.6/10 Decent
A very scary movie.
posted on 26 May 2009This movie caught me completely off guard. It was actually scary, especially the first part. The kids, actors and characters, were incredible. The movie is a lot better than the novel. In fact, skip the book and buy this wonderful movie. They should make more movies like this, with kids versus a dangerous monster. My only qualm about the miniseries as a whole is, that Tim Curry seemed a bit restrained, especially when compared with his performance in Muppet Treasure Island and Legend. Still, a very good movie.
One of Kings best!
posted on 17 May 2009Horror fans should definitely check out this very good made for TV horror movie based on the novel by STEPHEN KING, the story has a group of adults reuniting for the first time since their childhood in the same town the grew up in, the reason they have reunited is because each has been told by the other that IT, is back, a supernatural demon seen dressed as a clown & who has murdered several children in the past & changes form every few years. The film swings back & forth quiet frequently between past & present as each friend remembers their childhood memories & their encounters with IT & meeting each other. Now just like when they were kids, they must try to figure out how to destroy IT, before IT, destroys them. The film has great acting, directing & is always interesting, the actors performed their parts so well & were really likable, the film is unforgettable & always has something up it's sleeve to keep you watching. Highly recommended to horror fans, you won't be able to look at a clown the same way again without thinking if IT! **** stars
An excellently terrifying story, with an awesome first half that is unfortunately marred by the adult acting in the second.
posted on 14 May 2009And there you have it. It's such a shame too because the first half of "IT" is story-telling at it's best. Most of the actors in the second half could not act to save their families from imminent doom. Some of this is due to poor casting and some of it could be chalked up to poor direction, but really, I think the people simply can't act so let's go with poor casting. This statement is in exception to John Ritter, Tim Reid, and obviously Tim Curry. The rest are laughable. I've never seen most of them in anything before or anything since, probably because most would not give them a chance at a commercial. The child actors completely blow away the adult cast aside from Curry. Tim Curry's Pennywise is one for the ages. He used to give me nightmares as a kid, as I'm sure he did for many. "Kiss me, fat boy!"With the acting out of the way, let's move on. The story is based on King's book, which is actually more demented than the movie. No child group sex here, blast. Every thirty years, "It" awakens to feed and is manifested in the form of an evil clown....among other things. While they were kids, the group agreed to come back and destroy "It" thirty years later if they come to find out that they did not kill it and it's still alive. When they realize "It" is not dead, they all come back to Dairy, Maine to reunite and off the beast. Kick start the insanity.Despite it's acting and scripting flaws, "It" can be downright disturbingly creepy, mainly due to Curry's insane performance. According to IMDb trivia, the cast tried to avoid Curry as much as possible during filming because he was so into character that it flipped everyone out and made them want their blankies. Combine Curry's performance with some clever effects and you have a pretty "scary" movie. Because of the work done in this department, the film triumphs over most of it's flaws. If the acting and script weren't so questionable in the second half, we might have a horror masterpiece on our hands. While not the best in the genre, I highly recommend it, or "It". Just remember that it was made for television. 7/10"We all float down here....."
Megacrap!
posted on 05 May 2009This movie limped along like a horse with polio. Story lines left out, characters left out, things happening with no explanation whatsoever. This thing bored the hell out of me. It looked interesting at first but when I watched young Beverly dodge blood spewing out of her garbage disposal for about the eighty-seventh time, I decided I'd seen enough. It made no sense, was nothing like the book, and the clown wasn't even the main "monster" of the story. In the original story, the monsters were the things the kids feared the most. IT took on the forms of whatever child it dealt with feared the most, not just a clown. This was a mini-series. There was absolutely no excuse for such poor story telling.Also, during commercial breaks, that announcer sounded lame when he said, "We now return to Stephen King's Iiiitttttt!!!!" Scary? I found it as hard to take seriously as I did THE SHINING.
Half a great horror film
posted on 02 May 2009The first part of this Stephen King thriller when all of the principal characters are children is as scary and unsettling as anything I have even seen on TV or screen. The child actors are brilliant. The weak ending, however, almost negates everything the beginning of the movie sets up. When the actual "evil" is unveiled you want to say "Oh brother"! how cheesy can you get? It borders on ludicrous. I never read the King novel "IT"; so I don't who to blame for the ending, the novelist or the director. In any event this movie is worth renting to see the kids perform marvelously.
14 Years On And I Still Love This Movie
posted on 29 Apr 2009I first saw this in '91 and thought it was awesome - not quite as epic as the book, but that's King for you.It revolves around 7 kids (who may have been chosen by ka) who live in the town of Derry, Maine where an Almighty Thing lives and every 30 years dines on the towns children by preying on their fears.This is part growing-up, dodging the bullies, friendship bonding etc drama and part spooky horror (man, keep the clowns away!).The acting for this 3 hour TV movie is exceptional, kudos to Tim Curry as Pennywise The Dancing Clown and the child actors (dear god is that Seth Green and Emily Perkins?) Also the late John Ritter and Annette O'Toole and all the other performers.I like this film so much I had the DVD imported from the US - check out the commentary track - John Ritter is hilarious!And remember folks - keep a wide berth of smiling clowns in storm drains, they have balloons and they all float!Stephen King's IT: 5/5
A great movie and the most freighting in the world
posted on 26 Apr 2009This is a great movie. Tommy Lee Wallace does a great job at putting the movie together. It is about a evil creature that lives in the sewers beneath a town called Darry. Seven kids see and know the evil dressed up in a clown suit and they destroy it and they all make a promise that if ''IT'' every comes back they would come back to Darry and try to kill it again.
Sure enough they have to come back and they all come back to Darry from where ever they are and when they get back they will face there memmeriores that the demon hunted them as a kid and face the evil clown himself. This is a great story. Watch It ! The acting is great espacially by the clown ( Tim Curry ) the seven friends call it. Rated PG for violence and disturbing images. Great Movie. You Will Love IT. 10/10. GREAT MOVIE !! !! !! !!.
Did to me for clowns what "Jaws" did for swimming in the sea.
posted on 20 Apr 2009People were terrified of swimming in the sea after the movie "Jaws". This movie did to me for clowns what "Jaws" did for swimming in the sea. After watching this, clowns will just never be the same to me again. The unrecognizable Tim Curry portrays a very scary and perhaps even somewhat classic horror character. Pennywise/It surely is one scary looking character!To be honest without the character Pennywise/It this two parts TV-movie wouldn't had been very well watchable or recommendable. The movie has a typically awful looking TV-movie visual style and the actors and storytelling aren't much good either. I have quite some fantasy but I'm just no big fan of Stephen King's horror novels. The story and the moments in it are just always highly unlikely, silly and over-the-top. "It" is no exception on this. Another major disappointing aspect of the movie are the special effects and the awful ending that is just a major let down and just isn't fitting and doesn't seem to have an awful lot to do to the earlier scary moments and the character Pennywise/It.Still for the fans of the horror-genre, there is plenty to enjoy. The movie has some good, original and well constructed scary moments and the character Pennywise/It should be reason enough for horror-fans to watch this two part made for TV movie.The cast mainly consists out of TV actors and aren't much good or likable. Funny thing is that the children cast is possible better and more likable and believable than the adult cast members. It was especially fun to see an extremely young Seth Green, who already acted in the same manner as he still does today.Silly, bad looking but still scary and recommendable.7/10
Entertaining and creepy.
posted on 14 Apr 2009It was the first horror movie I was ever able to watch, mostly because it was a TV mini-series so there was no really shocking scenes. Me and my siblings loved and were scared by IT and it still remains a favourite from our childhood. !SPOILERS! IT takes place in Derry, Maine, and in two time frames, when the group are adults and when they are kids. Seven kids being bullied by Henry Bowers discover each other and form the "Losers Club". They also discover that they have something in common besides being losers. They have each seen Pennywise in one form or another. They do battle with IT as children, and a promise from their childhood compels them to come back and finish IT off.If you've read the book, this will not be very enjoyable, but if you must watch, remember that it will only have some of the basic plots of the book, and try no to be disappointed. If you haven't, then remember that it's not going to be a gore fest, and not all that shocking. Tim Curry is brilliant as Pennywise, and the only acting downside is that the children are better actors than most of the adults. Watch it, but be warned, you may be afraid to use the bathroom afterwards.
My personal favorite Stephen King Movie!
posted on 05 Apr 2009Wow... this really is a great movie. Not for kids though. I saw part of it when I was 5, and... well... I've been scarred. Without spoiling too much, here's a brief plot summary.IT tells the story of seven kids (six boys and a girl) who live in the town of Derry, Maine, in 1958. They are rejected by most people, and are known as "The Loser's Club". They become good friends.However, Derry isn't exactly normal. The town is plagued by a horrible curse. A creature known only as "It" awakens every 30 years to feed on children. It can change its form to whatever someone is afraid of. It commonly disguises itself as a clown named Pennywise, and lures children to their deaths with balloons. The Losers eventually discover It, and It threatens to kill them all. Desperate, the children ban together, head into It's lair beneath Derry, and successfully fight and apparantly kill It. They swear that if It should ever return, they will come back to Derry and finish the job. 30 years later, the Losers are all grown up. It comes back to Derry, and begins anew its killing spree. The Losers, remembering their promise from long ago, come back to Derry, and prepare for their second confrontation with It. There are two reasons I love this movie: One is because of the perfect mix of drama and horror. The sequences with the children bonding and becoming friends will make any fan of Stand By Me nostalgic and misty-eyed. Alternately, any sequence with Pennywise is both scary and comical, a la Gremlins. Tim Curry is the other reason why this movie is wonderful. He does a wonderful job mimicking a New York accent as Pennywise, and adds lots of humor to his role. A large chunk of the Pennywise sequences involve him prancing around comically, making death threats to the Losers.All in all, this is a good film. Fans of the novel, however, will be a bit disappointed, though. The film is only 3 hours long, which is not enough time to include all of the material in the book. Many sequences, such as The Smoke Hole and The Ritual of The Chud, are completely cut out of the film. If you've read the book first, you probably won't like the movie. However, it's a good movie, overall. I give it 4 1/2 stars out of a possible 5.
We all float down here....
posted on 30 Aug 2009Holy crap! This film scared the crap outta me!Okay, I may have some *SPOILERS* in here, so beware!This movie was the scariest film I've ever seen. Even if it was old, and sometimes cheesy-looking, it was still terrifying. Since I've watched it(3 days ago), I haven't been able to sleep by myself, and I'm scared of sinks(you know, with the red balloon exploding blood in Bev's face?). Imagine that, a 14 year old being scared to go to the bathroom by herself! After that scene, I literally cried when I had to go to the bathroom by myself I was so scared.Anyway, I think the best parts of the movie were the flashbacks because the were scarier and the kid actors RULED! Seth Green was by far the best, and he as Richie added humor to the movie. Jonathan Brandis was good too as Bill, and the scene where Georgie's picture winks at him made my entire family scream it was so scary and unsuspected.The castors did a good job of picking the kid actors to look like The Losers Club as adults. And the bond that the kids shared was awesome. I liked the part when they all group hugged. It was so SPECIAL!Ok, Pennywise still scares me. I will never think of clowns the same. When he went all red-eyed and pointy-toothed....brrrr AHHHHH scaryness!!! I think he was Satan in a clown suit, I swear he was. He is what made the movie, and Tim Curry did an excelent job. Bon Job, Pennywise!!!What was up with the phsyco losers that kept on trying to kill them? They were kinda pointless and insane, getting kicks out of carving they're names on people's tummies and gutting others in the sewer.OK, EXTREME SPOILERS NOW!!!!I really think that Stan-the-Man and Eddie shouldn't have died because then the lucky seven would still be there. I cried at the end when Eddie died because he was my favorite one when they were grown up. He tried to save them, and he died. That was really sad. :(The spider thing was cheezy and could have been alot better and by the way I SO called the end! Roll the credits, cue Pennywise laughing!I give this a 10/10 cause its super scary and well acted.