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 Few novels in modern literature carry the cultural weight and sheer unfilmable reputation of Stephen King’s It. A sprawling 1,100-page epic published in 1986, the book is equal parts coming-of-age drama, small-town mystery, and cosmic horror. At its core lies an ancient, shape-shifting entity that feeds on fear, manifesting most famously as Pennywise the Dancing Clown. The story of Derry, Maine, and the Losers’ Club has haunted generations, but bringing it to the screen proved to be one of Hollywood’s most notorious challenges. This is the story of two very different adaptations: the groundbreaking 1990 ABC miniseries and Andy Muschietti’s blockbuster 2017 film (followed by its 2019 sequel). One triumphed through raw acting brilliance despite crippling limitations. The other delivered visual spectacle and unrelenting terror thanks to modern technology and creative freedom. Together, they represent two eras of horror filmmaking and two radically different interpretations of the sam...

It Chapter Two is most engaging when the reunited Losers’ Club feels like a group of people with unfinished history. Their jokes, awkward pauses and old attachments give the return to Derry an emotional purpose beyond another encounter with Pennywise. The film’s difficulty is sustaining that connection through an expansive sequence of individual fears and confrontations. Jessica Chastain, who plays adult Beverly Marsh, at Cannes on 17 May 2017. Event portrait, not a still from It Chapter Two. Photo: Georges Biard , CC BY-SA 3.0 . Display size adjusted; no new crop. Directed by Andy Muschietti and written by Gary Dauberman, this 2019 film continues the adaptation begun in It (2017). Stephen King’s official film listing records its theatrical release on 6 September 2019. It returns to the adult portion of King’s novel rather than treating the childhood story as a complete ending. The friends who left Derry have to come back Twenty-seven years after their childhood confrontation with...