For me, the mark of a scary movie is whether not I can sleep after watching one. After viewing It, I walked away terrified that Pennywise was around every corner ready to snatch me up. A sleepless night was in order for me.
Rating: Five Stars (Only because the clown is looking over my shoulder)
I can't even begin to express my awe over this production. The cast is superb. There can't be anything more that can be said about Bill Skarsgard other than creepy
. His Pennywise the clown is probably the scariest clown I have seen to date. For the moment he appears in the drain, you know that he is evil. The makeup and costuming make him look menacing, scaring the pants off you at every turn. Even while just looking at him without dialogue, you are terrified. The child actors that make up the "Loser" Club are awesome. They managed to take the typical stereotypes of a clique and manage to make them unique and interesting. Bill was a character I could support and cheer for. I adored Richie and his foul mouthed behavior. Between the terror, his one-liners kept me sane. And I loved that Beverly was an integral part of the group and not just love interest for the boys to fight over.
At points, it takes on a Stand By Me vibe with the Loser club against bullies. After they all experience moments of extreme terror, the Loser Club realize that It-which mostly comes in the form of Pennywise the Clown-is a supernatural force that is awaken every 27 years to feast on the locals, namely kids.
It uses jump-scares which are the trademark of any modern horror film. There are equally as many fake outs which are usually accompanied by the swelling of the score as there are genuine scares. The lighting also plays a key element. The creepiest moments of the film aren't all under the cloak of darkness. Some of the scariest elements happen in broad daylight, which I think is true of real life. Bad things happen to people on the most picturesque of days. While Pennywise is frightening, it's the realization that the world isn't always safe and adults are not always right. The real terror is the adults know what is going on and refuses to do anything to help.
I've never read any of Stephen King's works and I didn't realize that they came back to Derry as adults. The way the film was written and shot, I think it was smart that the filmmakers decided not to weave the adult narrative along with the adolescent one. A separate film focussing on the Loser gang as adults is already in the works and it seems like the right idea to keep the two lines separate rather than try to intertwine them. At 135 minutes, the plot is already bloated enough with just the children.
If you truly want to be terrified, go see It and I guarantee you won't sleep through the night.
It uses jump-scares which are the trademark of any modern horror film. There are equally as many fake outs which are usually accompanied by the swelling of the score as there are genuine scares. The lighting also plays a key element. The creepiest moments of the film aren't all under the cloak of darkness. Some of the scariest elements happen in broad daylight, which I think is true of real life. Bad things happen to people on the most picturesque of days. While Pennywise is frightening, it's the realization that the world isn't always safe and adults are not always right. The real terror is the adults know what is going on and refuses to do anything to help.
I've never read any of Stephen King's works and I didn't realize that they came back to Derry as adults. The way the film was written and shot, I think it was smart that the filmmakers decided not to weave the adult narrative along with the adolescent one. A separate film focussing on the Loser gang as adults is already in the works and it seems like the right idea to keep the two lines separate rather than try to intertwine them. At 135 minutes, the plot is already bloated enough with just the children.
If you truly want to be terrified, go see It and I guarantee you won't sleep through the night.
Rating: Five Stars (Only because the clown is looking over my shoulder)
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