It's cliched, it's not funny, it's too long

Rating: 4/10 (19 October 2018)

I don't usually bother with horror movie updates because they generally suck but "It" was definitely in need of one because the original is terribly dated and tacky. Unfortunately, this rendition doesn't hit the mark by a long shot and it overstays its welcome at a whopping two hours. Certainly the special effects have improved as it to be expected and there are a few scares here and there but the kids characters bar the girl and the stuttering boy are all quite obnoxious and misses the humour mark by a long shot. There's even an 80s montage scene when they're cleaning the blood. It's just not worthy of all the praise and hoopla it got when it came out - I'm glad I watched on Netflix and didn't go to the cinema to see it. And for the love of God, STOP with the children singing and doing the nursery rhyme thing. It may have worked with Freddy Krueger but it stopped being scary a long time ago.