It (1990)

Genre: Horror / TV

Directed by: Tommy Lee Wallace

Cast: Harry Anderson, Dennis Christopher, Richard Masur, John Ritter, Tim Curry

Number of episodes: 2

A group of seven outcasts school kids from a small Maine town leagued up together to defeat Pennywise, a shapeshifting clown who uses children’s fears to terrorize and kill them. They then made the pact to reunite if the evil spirit even came back. Thirty years ago, upon realizing that Pennywise has resurfaced, Mike, the only one of the group who stayed in town, calls up the six others so they can reunite and finish the job they started.

The story of It, which is adapted from the Stephen King novel of the same name, is being told through the use of constant flashbacks between 1960 and 1990. The two time periods are well defined and the movements are seamless.

Tim Curry is absolutely brilliant as Pennywise, the shapeshifting clown. The voice and the cackling laugh; all the elements are there to make the character truly menacing. Some of the support cast is also good, especially the kids for 1960 section of the miniseries. Unfortunately, some of the adult actors are pretty bad in their performances.

The special effects and some of the plot twists are a bit cheesy, but, overall, this is still an entertaining work of fiction. I cannot wait to see the feature film remake coming later in 2017. It promises to be quite good, if the previews are to be trusted.

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