Review by Anthony Cleveland

Movie fans are going to walk out of the theater floating after watching Andrés Muschietti’s IT. This movie is striking with the iron smoking, red hot. Stephen King is back in the public's thoughts after several adaptation announcements, and the Dark Tower release. To add to that, Stranger Things is becoming a cultural phenomenon and tapped into our nostalgic memories of old Spielberg and King movies. Mark my words, this film will become a massive success with mainstream audiences.

That said, this adaptation might not ring true with fans of the Stephen King novel or the miniseries.

I had the privilege of attending an early screening in Chicago courtesy of Warner Brothers and Bloody-Disgusting, and this screening was a blast, the fans being the catalyst to the fun. While standing in line, there was never conversation revolving around, "We'll see if it's good" or "They better do this," coming from the fans. Through what they had seen in the advertising, they had trusted their faith in the filmmakers with getting this movie right. The excitement and positive attitudes made this a great atmosphere to watch IT -- and boy, oh boy, did we have fun!