Tedious

Rating: 2/10 (10 March 2018)

There is no sense of tension or any kind of drama in this pedestrian update of the 1990s TV mini series, The children's characters are underdeveloped clichés, from the bullies to the bullied { a fat boy, a boy who stutters, a boy who with asthma, a black kid, bla bla bla) The end of the 1980s setting, the homage to Stand by Me in small town America are the only redeeming qualities to this waste of effort. It just goes on and on without any of the excitement that this genre should bring. Occasional screaming, louder annoying music, and slamming doors are standard ingredients that are poorly and badly overused. Stranger things on Netflix did this far better!