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IT: CHAPTER TWO ****
Dir: Andrés Muschietti (15, 165 mins)
The second instalment in the Stephen King adaptation that proved a blockbuster hit two years ago, It: Chapter Two follows the terrorized kids as they move into adulthood: 27 years later, they have to face the evil Pennywise once more. The Losers Club are reunited in Derry, Maine, Stephen King’s oft-chosen haunted location after their epic battle in 1985. The chemistry of the young cast, part of what made the first film such a roaring success with its Stand By Me vibe, is recreated in their older versions with Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, Jay Ryan, James Ransome, Isiah Mustafa and Andy Bean becoming Beverly, Bill, Richie, Ben, Eddie, Mike and Stanley. All are dealing with the guilt and horror of the events of the first film – and their blood oath, should they have to fight back against the ancient, shapeshifting nastiness of Bill Skarsgårds demonic clown/Lovecraftian beast. The film flashes back to the younger Losers Club too, offering more detail and backstory for the threat the adults face in this epic horror. Gore aplenty ensues, as do efficient sleep-troubling scares – anyone with coulrophobia (a fear of clowns) should definitely avoid, as the many-teethed, eyeball-swiveling Skarsgård chills and disturbs once again under director Muschietti’s expert wrangling.
Opens Sept 6