The hybrid terror

Rating: 8/10 (14 September 2017)

A mixture of Count S. King and Goonies, coupled with an exploration of fear, "It- The Thing", plus a film inspired by the literary work of Stephen King has set out to be several things, a horror film, suspense , adventure, comedy, romance and manages to be a little of each, in a convincing and well elaborated way, besides touching on subjects like abuse, friendship, fear, puberty, etc. With a well- crafted script, the director Andy Muschietti develops 7 protagonists, who are all very well worked and deep, some more than the others, but the script develops their personalities through dialogues, interactions and familiar coexistence, besides of each young person an anguish present there, anguish that develops through their fears, unlike most of King's books, where the supernatural takes time to appear, not here, we already have an impact in the first scene, and then it becomes and a hybrid terror is built, capable of making the viewer scream in one scene and laugh in another. The film touches on many points and delves into a few, but even so, something is explored, such as loneliness, loss, protectionism, puberty, adulthood and responsibilities, self- confidence, and these are the 7 fears of our 7 protagonists, who need to break their fears to grow and Pennywise is more than the embodiment of their fears, it is metaphorically a rite of passage for these children, but in a literal and visceral way, some subplots are treated with focus in abuse, many of them already had their "Pennywise" in the house, who were supposed to kill the clown, they had to get rid of the one that tormented him in their home, and the abuses dealt with are sexual and of authority. The film has a good technique, where the main highlights are the mixing and editing of sound, these two elements are great, besides the good portrayal of the 80s, with an almost clear photograph, and the good use of the tracks, although sometimes the film does not know very well which way to go, sometimes we have the use of music to make up the scare, sometimes not, sometimes we have dry cuts, sometimes no, we do not have a linearity, the director uses the camera very well, mainly in the footsteps in Pennywise, always with the divided look between the character and the viewer, in general the technique is good and leaves a hot rhythm. Bill Skarsgård is amazing as Pennywise, he makes a contained smile that passes a pure and full feeling that complete horror, beyond his look that divides the fourth wall, Bill really is completely delivered to the role, outside it, all the children of the cast are very well, with a highlight for Finn Wolfhard, who again proves to be a good actor, in addition to a beautiful comic relief. Andy Muschietti is a new director, this is his second work directing the film, the first is the weak "Mama", but here, the director orders very well to adapt with some vehemence and quality a work of the Master Stephen King, which is not always easy to do. "It's the thing" has its charm and charisma, it scares and amuses, and it's a movie with a scent, taste and flavor of Stephen King, and in an increasingly mature cinema of the same horror films, IT is the different thing, even having some problems, such as his third act or the unnecessary replays of scares, but nonetheless, it's a great movie because it's complete.