But then the ultimate climax with It is kind of a disappointment. Most of the cast does a good job as the adult version of the kids from the original, especially Bill Hader who is just hilarious, and the final 40 minutes are so bats*** insane I'd be lying if I said I didn't kind of love it. It's like a haunted house at an amusement park, you ultimately know you're safe, it's not really that scary, but while you're in there you are having a good time with the weird creativity of it. Honestly I didn't even notice the runtime that much, it's just fun. That being said, is the movie fun?.yeah, yeah it's still a lot of fun. The newer stuff is better, but for an almost three hour movie they're so afraid to go that deep into the mythology of It for fear of alienating audiences so they give a very filtered version of the story and overreliance on cheap jump scares. The flashbacks don't quite work, because they grind the movie and lack tension because we already know who lives. While the first film was a fun, but flawed sort of Goonies horror tale that took a very narrow part of the book, this one tries to have it's cake and eat it too picking up the leftover parts of the first film with abundant flashbacks and overreliance on the source material but never going all out with the most wacky parts of King's original source material. Below, you can find movies and television from the last five decades of Stephen King.Ultimately an inferior sequel going bigger on the King without going all out.
And if that's a genre you're interested in diving head first into, you're in luck: numerous projects based on his work are available to stream on streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, and Hulu. Obviously, King's work is basically a genre in and of itself.
And if you don't really feel like seeing anyone or doing anything (fall vibes, seriously), Apple TV+'s adaptation of the stalker tale Lisey's Story may back up your fears about people a little too excited to see you again. Plus, sometimes, stories about what goes bump in the night can offer relief to the anxieties of reality.
And whether you feel like finding something new (like, say, Malignant or Midnight Mass) or sticking with what you know, there's always going to be a lot of stuff that originally came from Mr. Hell, even Stranger Things, one of the biggest shows on TV, is a major nod to King's work.Īs the fall, cold weather, and Halloween season begin to approach, horror is going to be the seasonal choice on everyone's mind. And that means a ton of movies and shows, some really good, some better than others, always out and accessible for people who love being spooked out. With 63 novels, 11 short story collections, and well over 200 short stories, he's got a massive archive to pull from. The term 'Master of Horror' gets thrown around more often than it probably should, but it's hard to argue that anyone other than Stephen King is deserving of the title.
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