Excellent if you ignore the hype

Rating: 9/10 (11 January 2019)

There was a lot of hype around this movie when it was released. Tends to happen a lot in the media now. It was said this was a terrifying horror movie and many people have poured scorn on that.
It depends on your point of view of course. I didn't think it was terrifying but don't know a film that is (discounting watching Salem's lot as a 13 yr old). If you don't have any sort of expectation going into the movie and discount the ever present hype that surrounds movies these days you might like it. I thought the story was excellent. There were a few plot holes which isn't unusual but I thought it was a solid movie and a gripping story. I particularly liked the young actors that played the children. They were totally believable and made the movie for me. The cast was solid. I really enjoyed this movie and my only regret is that I hadn't read the book.