SH....IT is boring, not scary but potentially a great exploration of nostalgia and teenage unity.

Rating: 2/10 (26 September 2017)

I love Stephen King's ability at psychologically thrusting the reader into an empathetic state of being. The psychological prowess he has is not seconded in the horror genre.It the film, starts menacingly enough, but labours to try and crank up the psychological impact of the foreboding fear. The nostalgic intricacy and network of these teenage misfits are wonderfully executed and outside of this framework would stand alongside the movie based on Kings' short story "Stand by Me" as being a sublime and engrossing cinematic experience, but it isn't. The jokes, exploits, and perceptions of these kids is shadowed by an over cgi'd, frankly not scary clown. The jump scares may get you, but the clown is weak, and a caricature so familiar that it failed to scare, shock or delight me in it menace. It was so weak on horror elements that I found myself wishing for the film to end. I was thoroughly disappointed by the overall piece and lament yet another failed attempt at capturing King's mastery of horror.