My review of "IT" and how the film affected me.
Like most people, when i was younger, any horror movie, whether it was Dracula, or THE WOLF MAN, or maybe even JAWS, would scare the living hell out of me. any horror movie (except for M Night Shyamalan's films) would give me nightmares. Now look at me now. Name any horror film ever made, and i've probably seen it or heard of it. I'm pretty much a HORROR movie buff as well as a movie buff. Then there was IT.
I saw IT last year on ABC Family's 13 Nights of Halloween. If you read my review of 'Stephen King's MISERY' (also released in 1990) then it's obvious that several scenes were cut out of this version of IT. I later rented it on DVD, and by god it was AMAZING. However, it wasn't the best adaptation of the book of course. People have complained that 'It' didn't do the novel justice. i sort of agree, but i have something to say in defense for the filmmakers. 'It', the novel, is 1,138 pages long. It's extremely difficult to cram all that story into one movie. The film itself was entertaining as it was gory. i've never seen so much blood! Tim Curry does a great performance as the title character, and no wonder people on the set of the film avoided him.
Now how did 'IT' affect me? Unlike other people, i'm not exactly creeped out by clowns, even after i saw 'It'. i mean sure, pennywise was creepy as hell, but that was just him. but if you ask me, it's best to watch the movie in broad daylight rather than an hour or two before you go to sleep. i tried that once and pennywise was in my nightmares for a month.
So basically, 'It' is a good horror movie, decent adaptation of a good book, and not to mention an extremely creepy film altogether. 7/10
P.S.: Isn't it ironic that a book that is 1,138 pages long was made into a 4 hour long movie, and the title is only one syllable?
Like most people, when i was younger, any horror movie, whether it was Dracula, or THE WOLF MAN, or maybe even JAWS, would scare the living hell out of me. any horror movie (except for M Night Shyamalan's films) would give me nightmares. Now look at me now. Name any horror film ever made, and i've probably seen it or heard of it. I'm pretty much a HORROR movie buff as well as a movie buff. Then there was IT.
I saw IT last year on ABC Family's 13 Nights of Halloween. If you read my review of 'Stephen King's MISERY' (also released in 1990) then it's obvious that several scenes were cut out of this version of IT. I later rented it on DVD, and by god it was AMAZING. However, it wasn't the best adaptation of the book of course. People have complained that 'It' didn't do the novel justice. i sort of agree, but i have something to say in defense for the filmmakers. 'It', the novel, is 1,138 pages long. It's extremely difficult to cram all that story into one movie. The film itself was entertaining as it was gory. i've never seen so much blood! Tim Curry does a great performance as the title character, and no wonder people on the set of the film avoided him.
Now how did 'IT' affect me? Unlike other people, i'm not exactly creeped out by clowns, even after i saw 'It'. i mean sure, pennywise was creepy as hell, but that was just him. but if you ask me, it's best to watch the movie in broad daylight rather than an hour or two before you go to sleep. i tried that once and pennywise was in my nightmares for a month.
So basically, 'It' is a good horror movie, decent adaptation of a good book, and not to mention an extremely creepy film altogether. 7/10
P.S.: Isn't it ironic that a book that is 1,138 pages long was made into a 4 hour long movie, and the title is only one syllable?