Disappointed expectations

Rating: 4/10 (11 October 2017)

Movie about the fight of a group of teenagers against a scary killer clown.
Because of the big success of the film I visited the theater with high expectations but I was disappointed.
Biggest problem are the scenes with the horror clown. They are much too long with many effects and lose so their horror. It's more like an endless ride through a tunnel of horror on a funfair - exhausting but not really scary. In scenes of 'normal' conversation to a child without special effects the acting of the clown is excellent. Here the clown is much more threatening.
The acting of the teenagers is mediocrely. It's sometimes overacted and sometimes it seems they are standing around and have forgotten their text.
Another issue are the parents of the children. There's a fat mom who wants to be kissed by her son and a disgusting father with filthy mind to his daughter. It's difficult to figure out whether a horror clown is more threatening than these parents.
There's also sentimental sob-stuff e.g. when a boy revives the girl by a kiss.
The camera work is appealing and the mood of the horror environment is good.
The message of the movie is that if losers stick together they can win.
I think the movie is about 30 minutes too long.