Ivan Lalic There are movies that just need to be watched in a proper time of your life, and the adaptation of Stephen King's notorious killer clown Pennywise is just one of those stories. Viewed as a ten year old, it caused some serious trauma and the clown-phobia through the years to come. Viewed in the late thirties, it just caused boredom and parody-like laughter spiced up with some really thin plots and lame acting. ''IT'' is the movie for the children and should be viewed as such, despite all of its gore

bsmith5552 "It" is a two part movie adaptation of a Stephen King story that, in my opinion leaves many unanswered questions. It is the story of an evil force which appears every thirty years in the small town of Derry, Maine to terrorize and murder little children. The evil takes the form of a sinister clown, Pennywise (Tim Curry) who can get inside the heads of his victims.The story opens with the principals now enjoying the good life,, Bill Denbrough (Richard Thomas), Richie Taylor (Harry Anderson), Stan Uris (Richard Masur), Beverly March (Annette O'Toole), Eddie Kasprat (Dennis Christopher) and Ben Hanscom (John Ritter) being summoned by Mike Hanlon (Tim Reid) to return to Derry as "It" has returned and the murders have resumed. The rest of this first part is told in flashbacks to each of the "gang of seven's" childhood thirty years before and their then experiences with Pennywise.The second part of the story picks up with each of the gang's arrival in Derry except for Stan who's fear has got the better of him. The remaining members decide that they must put an end to the evil. They had discovered as children that the evil spirit was hiding in an old sewage plant and thought that they had destroyed Pennywise. Not so. At that time they promised each other to return if the evil ever returned. It did.They gang returns to the underground sewage plant to destroy the evil. Apparently the evil spirit must take on a living form every so often in order to survive. They encounter the living monster and.................As I said earlier, there are many unanswered questions. For example, where did this evil spirit come from? Why does it only manifest itself every thirty years? How could a monster so horrible be dispatched with only an asthma spray and two silver nuggets? And the final climatic slaying of the monster? Come on. And the living monster at the climax? Where did that come from?In spite of the drawbacks, there are some genuinely scary moments. In particular, the luring of the young children by Pennywise. To this end, Tim Curry as Pennywise gives a terrifying performance. The principals, (the 80s all-stars), particular Reid and Thomas, stand out. The younger cast of Seth Green (Richie), Adam Faraizi (Eddie), Ben Heller (Stan), Emily Perkins (Beverly), Marlon Taylor (Mike), Brendon Crane (Ben) and Jonathan Brandis (Bill) handle their roles well. Also of note is Jarred Blancard as the bully Henry Bowers who grows up to be Michael Cole. Olivia Hussey has a nice bit as Audra Denbrough as well.

framptonhollis 31 Days of Spookoween: DAY SEVENTEENFilm #17: It (1990)Review: Tim Curry's performance as Pennywise the clown is one of the best in horror history. In his earlier scenes, he is quite frightening (the sewer sequence is probably the only moment in the entire movie that I can call genuinely scary), but, over time, he also proves himself to be flat out hilarious. In the second part, there is a chaotic sequence in the library in which Richie is attempting to talk to the librarian while Pennywise is just yelling and dancing around and laughing over his words, and it's one of the funniest things I've ever seen. Some of the humor in this version is quite funny, but some of it falls really flat, unlike how in the 2017 adaptation all of the jokes, for one reason or another, at least produced a smirk on my face.The film's horror elements may not be "scary" per se, but they are a whole lot of fun. Some of the special effects are enjoyably cheesy, Tim Curry's make up is fantastic, and there are points in which the film goes so totally nuts that it feels almost surreal.Despite its ridiculous 3 hour length, "It" is for the most part a fun, enjoyable thrill ride that may be flawed, but is too entertaining for me to dismiss it as being as bad as some others seem to think it is.

OneEightNine Media LOL, this is sadly better than the one that just came out, mainly because the 2017 is just a lame-duck movie; you can check out my review for more details. Anyway, this was a made for television series, which is why it comes off as a three hour film. You have to remember that this was made back in the 80s/90s so it is going to be campy. However the muppet- spider thing look too adorable to be a freaking villain. But whatever, there is a good tale in there somewhere. Maybe I'll check out the book.