IT is bad!

Rating: 1/10 (16 March 2020)

Love the source novel and thought the original TV series was OK. But this....just no! Dreadful acting and script, no compelling narrative or psychological investment, leaden direction. Stop pandering to the lowest common denominator with your horrible CGI and over-reliance on trying (and failing) to scare us with cheap jump scares. When will filmmakers understand that every truly scary, tense and memorable horror film contains very little in the special effects dept, instead depending on atmosphere, credible performances and great writing/directing...(Phantasm, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974, The Exorcist, Hereditary, Dawn of The Dead 1978, Suspiria 1976, It Follows, Hour of the Wolf, Nosferatu 1922 and 1979)...the exception probably being The Thing 1982 which is very poorly referenced in this shambles. IT is very poor and best avoided