Dream child

Rating: 6/10 (10 September 2019)

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We are in another golden age for horror, depite the multiplexes being dominated by superhero movies the horror genre is still filling seats and gaining critical praise.
IT chapter two is a special movie it sits at the top of the table crowned the horror king. This is because it is neither the traumatic horror of Ari Asters Heredity or Robert Eggers the Witch nor is it the popular James Wan conjuring series instead "IT" is the horror film the non horror fans come out to see. It plays out like a ghost train at a fun fair with laughter and screams in equal measure.
If i was thirteen years old and sneaking into the cinema to see this movie I would leave believing it was the greatest movie ever made. Just as I had when I watched a VHS of a Nightmare on elm street dream child. (The loser club walk past a cinema showing a nightmare on elm street 5)
This a throw back to the horror movies of the past full of monsters, snot, sick and blood.
However unfortunately being now thirty years of ages it didn't scare me at all and at three hours long it felt it.
Bill Hader and James Ransone steal the show with hilarious banter and one liners with Bill Skarsgard performance of pennywise the dancing clown reaching Heath ledgers "Joker" levels of perfection that will live forever in cinema history.
Altogether a fun ride but drags in places.
Outstanding performances by all
Leaving you wanting to see Everything and anything with bill hader in.