Considering the lack of recognizable names on the marquee, the young ensemble impressively carries the movie. "It" taps into King's bleak views of coming of age and the high school experience. The local bully carves his initials on the overweight nerd. The lone female member of the Loser Club, Bev (Sophia Lillis), is menaced both by her sexual predator father and by the mean girls at her school. Every adult is condescending, stifling or abusive. Filmgoers can be forgiven if they think they accidentally wandered into an Amblin movie from an alternate, evil dimension.