Average Rating: 5.5/10
Reviews Counted: 11
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 4
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Release Date: Nov 18, 1990 Wide
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Originally titled Stephen King's It, this two-part TV movie first aired on November 18 and 20, 1990. The story starts in Maine, where a small child is lured into the hands of what audiences everywhere can be assured is one mean clown. The 30-year struggle against an evil supernatural force that masquerades as a circus clown named Pennywise (Tim Curry) begins in 1960 and spans until 1990. Featured are a group of six young men and one young woman who call themselves "the lucky seven" and are the
Nov 18, 1990 Wide
Aug 24, 2004
Warner Home Video
All Critics (12) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (4) | DVD (8)
Stephen King pits kids vs. killer clown from hell.
The first half is terrifying -- or was when I was younger. The second half has a bad special effect spider.
Too vanilla, too banal and too earnest to do the source material any justice.
Effective TV adaptation of King's novel
Top-Calibre horror
This film ruined clowns for me. I saw this as a child becouse the VHS said PG. This is my first horror film and the only film to trully scare me. Tim Curry is one of the greatest character actors of our time.
October 27, 2011Super Reviewer
If you're looking for the worst Stephen King adaptation, here it is. Based on his bestseller of the same name, It is a terrible, unfaithful attempt at adapting King's awesome and terrifying story in a made for TV production. Stephen King's It joins the many films that tried to capture King's novels, but ultimately
August 5, 2011
Super Reviewer
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