All the quality of a made for Netflix movie

Rating: 5/10 (11 September 2017)

Personally, I thought all the CGI buried Skarsgard's performance, I have no idea if he is interesting in this role or not. The film is rife with overplayed, standard horror imagery right out of the modern playbook (if I see the stutter cut monster run one more time...) and it's all very, very tired.
There is very little imagination in scares, they have no weight or meaning. The whole thing feels like a YA horror story made for Netflix.
Sophia Lillis and Jeremy Ray Taylor are breakout stars though, they're fun to watch, but in a standout year for horror, IT wasn't it.
Hopefully, you enjoy it more than I did. I certainly seem to be in the minority here.