The now-grown-up members of the Losers Gang reunite to take on evil clown Pennywise once again

With seven key human characters – grown-up versions of the Losers’ Club, the kids who fought malevolent clown spirit Pennywise in It: Chapter One – facing individual horror sequences before uniting in a final battle, It: Chapter Two suffers quite a bit from the bloat that affected the novel. 

Industry wisdom has always been that horror – like comedy – loses impact at epic length but, in an era of binge-watched streaming shows like The Haunting of Hill House, that rule may no longer apply...

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