It (2017)

Plot:

In Derry, Maine, kids keep mysteriously disappearing. After having enough of these terrorizing occurrences, seven outsiders must overcome their fears todefeat Pennywise the clown—the evil entity that lures children to eat.

Rate: 10/10

Review: [SPOILERS ALERT]

This movie was tastefully done. Instead of basic jump-scares, each scene is cleverly made to invoke fear and anticipation, making the audience feel the rising fear the characters feel.

Although there are some bloody scenes, it’s not too gory. Normally, I despise gory horror films because they don’t have a real plot, but rather the creators of the film put as much blood and gore as they can and call it a movie (like Friday the 13th). It has excellent themes about friendship and overcoming fears, which allows the audience to perceive the underlying message and purpose of this movie.

My favorite scene is when Bill realizes that It’s illusions weren’t real, causing It to stop terrorizing Eddie for a moment and ask “This isn’t real enough for you, Billy? I’m not real enough for you? It was real enough for Georgie.” This gave me goosebumps. For a moment, I kind of felt bad for Pennywise…until his last sentence and when he starts attacking them.

Additionally, I thought it was clever to have daylight scenes rather than basic night-time themes because it made it more realistic in that it could happen at any time, invoking more fear in the audience.

There was never a dry moment during the movie. The scenes built on each other. There was thrill with a few moments of much needed comic relief.

Watching the characters all develop and conquer their fears was spin-chillingly thrilling. The scene when they are all fighting It, as It forms each of the children’s fears, was a beautiful scene. Children are often seen as weaker and less than others, but they are the ones that see things that no one else can see. That’s what this movie captures, and that’s what I love about this movie. The children—the outsiders, the losers— were the ones that were fearless enough to take charge.

Favorite Scene Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzc6vzVrpU0

Recommend: YES

I would definitely recommend watching this movie. Even though most people dislike horror movies, and there are a decent amount of cover-your-eyes moments, the themes make it worth watching even if you don’t like horror movies in general.