Review of It (2017) by Mad M — 27 Dec 2017

The remake is entertaining and fresher, but it didn't add much in the way of substance.

This review of It (2017) was written by Mad M on 27 Dec 2017.

It has generally received very positive reviews.

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By Antonius B (353) on 07 Nov 2018

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By Diego, Martín ¨ (231) on 31 Dec 2018

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By Yunuskat (12) on 25 Mar 2019

This one gets a 10/10 for the one simple reason: nightmare inducing. It grips around your fears and insecurities like a stalker…

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The only problem I have with it is that it isn't really scary and feels like a kids movie if it werent for the cursing, but yet is still rated…

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Unfortunately, this ‘horror’ movie was actually hilariously, painfully terrible and was shockingly worse than King’s horrible novel…

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