In a provincial town with a record death rate, a group of old (and new) friends decide to find an explanation for the unusual way in which some of the local children disappeared.
Another film based on a Stephen King book, this one is actually a remake of a now cult movie (the first half only actually, the sequel was just released this year). Far superior to the original, it has the advantage of the times and the budget of big studios (the original was a TV miniseries produced long before the changes brought by Lost, Game of Thrones and Netflix).
It's labelled as a horror flick and it is really, but it's missing some of the necessary elements. It's more like a trip to a horror theme park, with much better special effects, but where you are so bombarded with beautifully choreographed "boo"s that you just don't have time to build up fear and mystery and be effectively scared. It works much better as an adventure movie, much like other classics like The Goonies or Stand By Me.
Screenplay: Chase Palmer, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Gary Dauberman, Stephen King
Directed by: Andy Muschietti
Featuring: Bill Skarsgård, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard
La cinema l-am văzut. Fain.
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