Stephen King's IT (DVD)

...to play on peoples fears. Stephen king certainly knows how to make a scary film, I will give him that! The actors where all very convincing in their parts and that added even more so to its horror effect. This is now officially the scariest film that I have ever seen and I know when a film has terrified me because reason one is that I find it hard to watch and two, I get a sick feeling at the back of my throat (probably from panic as to what is going ...
...because it seems as if Stephen King got lazy at the end and decided to just go with whatever first popped into his head.


So, given my disappointment due to that I decided that I should knock one of the five stars off because it left me thinking that there really should have been a lot more. Although this may add a little to its eeriness, in the sense that you are left with some questions at the end. I really do not like when otherwise ... more

MY OPINION OF THE FILM

Ok, I don't really know where to begin with this one. lol! The first time that I watched this I ended up turning it off half way through it because I could not bear to watch it any more. See, I have a big fear of clowns. I am not sure where it all began, I do think it is thanks to a certain clown in the Blackpool tower when I was a child though. I was there on holiday with my parents.and my mum said since then that I had taken a disliking to them because one had scared me and stole my teddy bear. Well I thought it was time to confront my fear, so gathering up all my braveness for the second time. I Hesitantly switched it on and watched it. My brother had dared me to watch it and he said he knew it would scare me because he knows that I don't like clowns. I soon wished that I had not bothered because it made me feel sick with fear and disgust and that is why I switched it off the very first time that I watched it.. It is not like me to have phobias like this one but clowns are a big no, no for me. If I had not feared clowns before watching this, I can say beyond a shadow of a doubt that I would of after watching this. I was determined to watch it and review it because after all it is just a film. lol! I am giving this four stars because I liked it, in the sense that it is a horror film, it is meant to scare people and it more than did its job with me! Also the story is quite good and somehow pulled me in and that added to its fear factor. I find the concept of a clown terrorizing children quite hard to watch though because it is bad enough to watch anyone be murdered in films but it seems even worse when it is kids.

I did feel rather sick watching this first time and no less sick the second time. I have to say as much as I hate clowns and I REALLY do! This clown is what nightmares are made of I can not imagine one who is scarier than this one is. That to me is a bad thing but in terms of how well thought out that the clowns whole character was it really does deserve credit because it was "meant to be" frightening and in my opinion it certainly is. I do not know what it is about watching this but in comparison to more recent films this was a lot more frightening and surreal than any of them in my opinion. Each scary part clearly had a very smart person behind it and that person was one who knew only to well how to play on peoples fears. Stephen king certainly knows how to make a scary film, I will give him that! The actors where all very convincing in their parts and that added even more so to its horror effect. This is now officially the scariest film that I have ever seen and I know when a film has terrified me because reason one is that I find it hard to watch and two, I get a sick feeling at the back of my throat (probably from panic as to what is going to happen next) and a intense feeling of fear.

The fact that the creepy git often first seems to come to his victims via an alternate guise (takes the form of something that each one of them is incredibly afraid of) makes it even more frightening. Although saying that Pennywise would not have had to change a hair on that frightening head of his in order to scare me. Oh no! Pennywise is terrifying enough when he is just being his general self. I also think that the idea that was used, to take a bunch of kids referred to as The Losers was well thought out. You can believe that they are all close friends and empathize with them and the situation that they are all in. I would never have believed watching this that it was a made for tv film. Pennywise is everything a horror movies main villain should be. He is creepy, frightening, has a really scary voice and a evil, psychopathic personality. I have to say however that the end was beyond terrible and could have been so much better. Considering it took all my nerve to actually watch it all the way through in the first place, I at least expected a good finale scene and I am incredibly disappointed by it, because it seems as if Stephen King got lazy at the end and decided to just go with whatever first popped into his head.

So, given my disappointment due to that I decided that I should knock one of the five stars off because it left me thinking that there really should have been a lot more. Although this may add a little to its eeriness, in the sense that you are left with some questions at the end. I really do not like when otherwise good films have crap endings. (City of angels, cough cough) I did like the way that the camera zooms in rather closely to their dramatic reactions because it makes the film feel more real and the acting seems more believable. The story in my opinion was a good, strong and believable one in terms of the kids and bullying but that is where the reality of it all ends. There are, what I judged to have been paranormal scenes in the form of telepathy and I think that Stephen King was clever, in the sense that he made it so that the only people who could see Pennywise was his victims. I actually found that funny and frightening all at once. It was funny in the sense that when frightening things happened that anyone else could be standing in that place and be oblivious it. He seems to get into their minds and he got into mine to a point were watching this through once is more than enough for me because it scared me and I will avoid it from here on out lol!. I will probably also see the return of my clown nightmares. This is definitely a psychological horror film because of the fact that Stephen King plays on peoples fears.

Overall, I do recommend that you give this a watch at least once because it is a horror film and it is horrifying (well, at least it was to me lol) Saying that my fear could like previously mentioned have made it seem a good bit more scary than it actually is.The fact that it left me wanting more with its crap, unthoughtful ending must mean some of it was good though because if it was not, then I surely would not have been that bothered but I really did not like the ending at all! There are some special effects used in this film also. They are not exactly amazing or anything but with that freaky clown it really does not need them.

DO I RECOMMEND THIS?

Hmm, it is rather hard to say, do you have a fear of clowns? If you do and you think that you can not stand to see one at all, then this is certainly one to avoid at all costs! I found this very hard to watch and I am surprised that I even managed to get to the end of the film. Especially after my first attempt, not many films scare me enough that I have to stop watching them half way through. In fact, I am usually more inclined to do so if a film is too terrible for words. This is the first horror film that I have had to cut short on my first viewing or ever for that matter. Overall, this is a film that I do recommend if you want to be very frightened. Although I do wonder if maybe it was one hundred times more frightening to me than it would be to say, someone who had no fear of clowns?

WHO IS PENNYWISE?

I have to give him his own little section because I think that Stephen King couldn't possibly have gotten a more frightening clown than he did. Pennywise was played by Tim Curry, now I have absolutely no idea who that is but one thing I do know is that he played the role excellently! Apparently someone else auditioned for the role and showed up wearing a suit that he had made himself but he did not get given the part because Tim Curry's audition was much better and his excellence and suitability for the role shone through. I can easily see why, because he managed to be the most frightening, horror film character that I ever have had the misfortune of seeing lol! With his frightening soulless eyes, ghostly white face and his big sharp gnashers when he opens that horrible mouth of his. Also in case I forget to mention his incredibly haunting, overly enthusiastic voice as well and that horrid laugh! Eeek!. He makes all of my worst nightmares come to life and I believe that he could scare even those people who do not particularly fear clowns as well. He really is very scary and so are those darn facial expressions of his!

THE MUSIC USED IN THE FILM

I find that the music used in a film is very important to me in terms of how it effects me and whether it really manages to scare me or not. I think that the music included in this film was really very, very frightening and I think that it fitted very well with the storyline and the psychopathic Pennywise in his scenes that they used it in . It had me on the edge of the seat everytme it began. One of the songs goes dee dee la dee dee, or something like that lol! Well I have heard that used before as a circus song but it sounds like one I have also heard used in ice cream vans as well and it is quite disturbing even more so after watching this.

SOME QUOTES

Pennywise - A little young for ya, isn't she richie, beep beep richie.
Richie - I didn't hear that, I didn't
Pennywise - Come on up richie, I gotta a balloon for ya;(Pennywise laughing) what's the matter, one balloon not enought, try a bunch!

Pennywise - Excuse me, ma'am. Is your refrigerator running? "gasp" It Is? Well, you better go catch it before it runs away! A-ha! A-ha! A-ha!

PRICE

This can be got on Ebay and Amazon for quite reasonable prices but generally anywhere that sells dvd's will have it. It can be got on play.com for just £2.99.

RATING AND RUNNING TIME

This films runs for 192 minutes in total and it is suitable for people aged 15 years and over.

 

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