Stephen King's It (1990)
Things are not right in the small American town of Derry: half a dozen children have been murdered or are untraceable. “It” – evil – is once again playing its bloody game in the form of the clown Pennywise, just like it did thirty years ago. Seven teenage friends, known as the “Losers Club” and all of them ridiculed outsiders, were only able to defeat him because they remembered their common strength and used supernatural powers. Only one of them remained in Derry: librarian Mike Hanlon. He brings the group back together to fulfill an old vow. Deep down in the sewer labyrinth, the men once again face their fear of horror personified.
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Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.
A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
This tv mini series is underrated. The kids accurately portrayed, and the clown horrified me for weeks. He was also closer to the books description. I prefer this series over the new IT movies.
In my opinion anyone who says that the new "It" is better than the original (This one) is out of their mind, i can respect that everyone has a their own opinion but the fact that some people watch the new one and then watch this one, and claim that the new one is better is just dumb. The new one isn't as good as this one, Bill Skarsgård isn't Pennywise, no one can be more fit for the role than Pennywise himself (Tim Curry). This version, the original version, of "It" is the best one. But, don't get me wrong, the new one isn't terrible it's pretty good but is no where near as good as the original. If you plan on watching the new one i suggest you watch this one first so that your opinion isn't clouded by nostalgia since its the first one you watch. I understand that you're now thinking that i only think this one is better because of nostalgia, and yes you may be right but this one is a classic and is by far the best "It" movie.
LOL, this is sadly better than the one that just came out, mainly because the 2017 is just a lame-duck movie; you can check out my review for more details. Anyway, this was a made for television series, which is why it comes off as a three hour film. You have to remember that this was made back in the 80s/90s so it is going to be campy. However the muppet- spider thing look too adorable to be a freaking villain. But whatever, there is a good tale in there somewhere. Maybe I'll check out the book.
IT is a pretty good made for TV film. I have not read the book but from my understanding the novel's ending is quite different. From what I gather, the TV film ending has cut out more about the kids - something they do not want aired on national TV.I love the casting for this one, it's an all-star adult cast - faces you will recognize from other films. I like the story for this TV version, sometimes funny, would be scary if it was really happening in reality.IT comes to the kids as a clown. IT's not a demon, not a poltergeist, nor is IT an alien, IT's not even a nightmare. IT is was IT is, whatever IT is. And IT's a good watch.7.5/10