Creative retro memory

Rating: 10/10 (10 September 2017)

For a long time there have been renditions to some of the most famous authors of all time. Stephen King's 'IT'... this movie removes boundaries in the vein of horror, which has now become a cult favourite. IT or Pennywise comes to life again on the silver screen as the irreverent childish clown who uses his ability to instill fear among children, and their nightmares. Only once in twenty seven years does Pennywise show his ugly face to feast on only one emotion to keep its life force intact... Fear.
Yet for seven kids who band together they must overcome their fears of both the supernatural, and life itself in order to stop the murderous rampages of IT's hunger. Each with their own stamps of emotional strife in either family life, or among the town of Derry's populace such as school, or simply enemy forces that wander the streets providing delinquent instances that test each of the groups' mettle.
I find this movie one of King's better adaptations for its rich horror, and stark realism to Pennywises' dark antics to gain children's favour through so called innocent mischief, which leads to their heinous deaths at the hands of IT. Incredible dark scenes with a sense of nightmarish figures that pop out from every shadow reinforcing dread and misery. The music was top notch using mid-eighties pop that blended well for the time period along with the clothes as well as coming out of the seventies haircuts.
Nearly every segment held surprises after surprises coming together for the final showdown between Pennywise and the tormented teens who wanted nothing more than to have a quiet summer vacation in the small little town of Derry. The complete sense that although horror comes in many forms, says that not all sleep with both eyes shut. IT wanted more victims using his fear inducing talents but found that just a small handful of kids decided that fear was just another fad, then tossed it aside like trash, which is why they succeeded in defeating Pennywise. Older aged kids is his weakness.
Adaptation to the nether realms of darkness for teenagers is like going to a concert with all of the trimmings. Nothing surprised them anymore, and that was why IT slithered back into the pit to have his long twenty seven year sleep. Excellent cast, great acting, wonderful location which helped to mystify King's tale even further and last but not least... wonderful detail to Pennywises' features through transformation. Heart pounding action with a dose of sheer panic inducing scenes to leave the king fans very satisfied walking home in the dark. Sadly enough although The Dark Tower was also released this year, it did not fare well with the fans. The movie was too short. An hour too short in fact, which did not help with the character development. If it is to be redone... it would be a good idea to have one out of three top directors to film such a rich, and detailed story. Such as Peter Jackson, or James Cameron, or... J.J Abrams.