I've never read the book but I saw the movie when it first came out on nbc or whatever back in the day with ritter and it was scary to watch considering I was like 5 or 6 years old. I saw it again a few years back and it was pretty bad a lot of Stephen king movies unfortunately were extremely low budget for their time, but just because the its been re-made doesn't exactly mean its going to be better adapted. When I saw the trailer It felt like I was watching a scene from 'stranger things' which is a show I tried to get into because of the Montauk project storyline but I just couldn't stand it, and then what do you know it has the jedi kid from stranger things in it.
I like a lot of horror movies newer ones and older ones of all different types, but If despite the obvious pandering to a certain crowd with the cinematography at least gave some kind of different insight into pennywise. He wasn't just a clown but a lot closer to a decepticon.
Has anyone here ever read 'it'? I've only read a few Stephen king books like the first dark tower and that was alright, cycle of the werewolf, carrie (lol some dude gave me book carrie and was like uhh I don't want to read this its about a fat ugly pimply chick) and his non-fiction book dance macabre which was about horror movies all the way up to the late 70's and how he incorporated that into his books.
The book, It, is 10X better than the movie. Much scarier. Much more detailed and horrific. It will give you nightmares. It's probably in the top 5 best books King has written so far, to date.
Originally posted by -SpectraL
The book, It, is 10X better than the movie. Much scarier. Much more detailed and horrific. It will give you nightmares. It's probably in the top 5 best books King has written so far, to date.
Thats what I've heard I will have to check it out.
He isn't really a clown, though. That's just what he allows your mind to perceive him as. He can make you see him as anything, especially whatever scares you the most. His true original form is a gigantic spider that lives in a big secret cave in another dimension.
Originally posted by Bill Krozby
Ah thats rad I had no idea john carpenter did it. It just didn't have a carpenter feel to it but I guess because it was made for tv
Somehow I thought John Carpenter directed it for Stephen King
I was totally wrong. Maybe I confused it with "The Thing"
anyways it was a mini series..I think 3 episodes
Tommy Lee Wallace ... (teleplay) (2 episodes, 1990) Lawrence D. Cohen ... (teleplay) (1 episode, 1990)
