Contender for laziest film of all time

Rating: 1/10 (30 September 2017)

This is not really a film. It's: - a bunch of horror clichés (e.g. nobody seems to be able to run 10 meters without falling over) - a handful of sub-plots that go absolutely nowhere - 90's CGI - cringe worthy Americanism (e.g. friends cutting hands to bind a promise) - a mess of characters that don't develop, don't have anything unique about them and don't need to be in the film
I can only assume the people who liked this have all read the book and therefore knew the story going in, because the film is not going to explain any of the following: - what the clown is or why it is doing this or what his powers are - what relevance 27 years or the towns history has - why none of the adults seem to mind their children missing - why the police don't go in to the sewer - why the adults don't see what the children do
You could literally remove 70% of the characters and it would make absolutely no difference to the plot.
Make no mistake, you may like the books and the screenplay (minus the CGI) is quite good, but this is a terrible film. If this film scared you then do yourself a favour and don't watch a legitimately scary film with an actual plot like the exorcist because you'll probably have a heart attack.