‘Because clowns aren’t scary enough’

Plot: Twenty years after their first encounter with Pennywise; the Losers Club come back together for a terrifying reunion to face off against the murderous clown again. 

What was great:  I’m a big horror fan and not usually impressed by remakes but between this one and the first film I feel like they did the story justice. The casting was amazing, the actors they chose to play the children from the first film, 27 years on were really believable. ‘Bill Skarsgård’ who plays the demonic clown ‘Pennywise’ is amazing in the role and some of the best scenes for me is when he’s chattering on in that creepy and manipulative manner that is so well written. I also like the flashbacks to the first film it really tied everything in well. Both films especially the first really reminded me of good old 80’s movies as they had quite a ‘Goonies’ or a ‘Johns Hughes’ esque vibe to it. 

Also I’m really used to watching ‘Bill Hader’ on Saturday Night Live (SNL) so seeing him in a horror quite threw me but it actually worked really well. The role was actually written with him in mind so they didn’t fully rein in his funny side so he had a couple of one liners that provided some comedic relief.

What wasn’t great: It was a good story (I mean its based on a Stephen King novel) but I can’t say it really scared me, I suppose it depends what frightens you really. It was definitely more jumpy than anything. *Spoiler Alert* I feel like the little love triangle between Bev, Bill and Ben wasn’t exactly necessary, apparently it was done differently in the book but I feel they didn’t really explore it that deep in the movie so personally I feel what they did show was a bit random. 

Trivia if you’re a movie nerd like me: Stephen King makes a cameo as the Pawn Shop keeper where Billy (James McAvoy) buys his old bicycle.

Tips if you’re going: Dig deep and buy an IMAX 4DX ticket I went to the Leicester Square Cineworld, tickets were £23.70 and were so worth seeing it like this, you get moving chairs, wind, smells and water sprayed at you from all angles (ladies don’t get any Brazilian blow drys before date night if you do decide to go though because you’ll come out actually looking like Pennywise)

Book your tickets here: https://www.cineworld.co.uk/4dx#/buy-tickets-by-cinema?in-cinema=undefined&view-mode=list

Release date: IN CINEMAS NOW

By Bianca Green