It (2017)
It is a 2017 horror movie directed by Andy Muschietti, with a running time of 2h 15m. It stars Jaeden Martell, Jeremy Ray Taylor and Sophia Lillis.
In the town of Derry, Maine, children go missing and the adults look away. Over one long summer, seven bullied outcasts who call themselves the Losers' Club discover what is hunting them: an ancient thing that wears the face of Pennywise, a dancing clown who feeds on fear and takes the shape of each kid's private terror. Andy Muschietti's adaptation of Stephen King's novel plays as much like a bruised coming-of-age story as a monster movie, its young cast bonding through summer bike rides and real dread. Bill Skarsgard's Pennywise turns a red balloon into a threat.
Where to watch It
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Cast
- Jaeden Martell as Bill Denbrough
- Jeremy Ray Taylor as Ben Hanscom
- Sophia Lillis as Beverly Marsh
- Finn Wolfhard as Richie Tozier
- Chosen Jacobs as Mike Hanlon
- Jack Dylan Grazer as Eddie Kaspbrak
- Wyatt Oleff as Stanley Uris
- Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise
- Nicholas Hamilton as Henry Bowers
- Jake Sim as Belch Huggins
- Logan Thompson as Victor Criss
- Owen Teague as Patrick Hockstetter
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It in our writing
- Where to Start: Stephen King, Where to Start?
- Companion guide: Circus & Carnival
A few thoughts on It
Stephen King's original It goes deeper into Derry and the Losers than any film can, and his novel The Institute pits another group of gifted kids against a merciless force. Junji Ito's Tomie delivers pure creeping horror on the page, while the game BioShock shares that beautiful, rotten dread.
Stephen King adaptations across the screen and the page
It brings Derry, Maine and its dancing terror straight from Stephen King's novel to the screen. If King's blend of small town rot and human frailty is what hooks you, these adaptations and novels carry the same dread, from the fog bound panic of The Mist to the Dark Tower's long journey and the young captives of The Institute.
Small towns hiding a predator under the quiet
In It, the adults of Derry look away while something ancient feeds on their children. If that idea of a tidy town rotting from underneath unsettles you, these stories pull the same thread, following places where a killer, a curse or a hungry thing hides just below the surface of ordinary streets.
Kids and teens up against a monster that wears a smile
It follows a pack of bullied outcasts who face a creature that takes the shape of whatever scares them most. If you want more young heroes cornered by something that hides behind a friendly face, these picks send kids and teenagers against clowns, kidnappers and worse across film, comics, music and books.