This was horrible. I can't believe this happened.

Rating: 1/10 (10 September 2019)

I wasn't a huge fan of the first movie, but in comparison, it was a masterpiece.
Firstly, there are these instances of closeted homosexuality and brutal violence serving literally no purpose in both instances. It did not need to be three hours, I literally checked my phone several times because I was so bored and I NEVER do that. Boring. Boring. Contrived dialogue. Boring.
It felt like a disjointed connect the dots thing like "lets see what happens to this person next, now this person, oh big surprise its something relating to their childhood phobia" like some sort of kids book.
Also, there were so many rip off references not to just to other Stephen King movies (not even counting his cameo as the shop owner) and ripping off a scene from The Visit from M Night Sham. It was not cute. And there were too many references to the book having a bad ending while still having a bad ending.
Major plot holes, not going to give them away, you'll figure it out. It was like there were 5 different endings that were all equally cheesy with unbearable dialogue and outcomes.
Cannot stress enough that nothing was scary. I temporarily suspended my prediction filter to try and be jump scared but it didn't work. I wanted to be jump scared, or scared, I really did. But the formula was too tropey.
I literally did not get a single moment of amusement, enjoyment, or any sort of entertainment value from this garbage. At times it felt irresponsible, and at other times, it felt insulting.
Would not even watch this for free on a plane guys. No joke.