the only horror is how horrific much of the dialogue is

Rating: 3/10 (20 February 2018)

This Richie, who is the kid from Stranger Things I guess, is supposed to be funny? Not in the least. Who needs bullies? A kid like that would get beat up by his "friends", if he had any.
What is with all this bullying BS. I went to high-school in the late '70s in a New England town not much bigger than this Derry seems to be. I moved there sophomore year. I was valedictorian. So, I was both "the new kid" & sort of a nerd. I witnessed & experienced roughly zero "bullying" in high-school & absolutely nothing like in IT. Being the valedictorian, I also knew well the nerdiest kids in my class. We were well-adjusted, non-bullied people. WTF planet is S King from?
Another problem: there really is no plot here. It is as if someone took The Goonies and forced them to go into the Haunted House at the amusement park. That is it. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!
Another problem: as in Stranger Things, which I gave up on early in Season 2, it is as if the parents don't exist & the kids have (as the french say) un IQ d'huitre.
Speaking of un IQ d'huitre, shame on me for redboxxing this. "Horror" films, at least modern "horror" films, are generally meant for people with un IQ d'huitre. I saw rave reviews & decided to give this a shot. FOOLED AGAIN! Another "horror" film meant for people with un IQ d'huitre.