Disappointing, average Sequal

Rating: 5/10 (15 September 2019)

IT Chapter two is a wasted opportunity to round off what could have been the best horror story ever made.
The first film makes changes from the book to help the story, this film should've done the same but the weirdness and Sci-fi elements of chapter two take away from the human elements the first film played the groundwork for.
The new cast is fantastic, especially James McAvoy and there are a few genuine scares but compared to the characters and scares of the first film, this is a real downgrade.
I loved the world and story created by chapter one but unfortunately chapter 2 can't recapture it. The few scares and cast save it from being a bad film overall but the shortcomings make this an average end to what could have been an epic story. 5/10