Nightmarish imagery helps It float above a clunky script

Stephen King's 'It' is old-school in its scares and its relationships. That's a good combination.

This new Iteration of the classic Stephen King novel is heavy on scares and light on whimsy, with Bill Skarsgård’s predatory Pennywise the least ...

Bill Skarsgård plays the evil clown Pennywise, but the monster isn’t the only scary clown here.

The slick, numbingly relentless new film version of “It,” adapted from the 1986 Stephen King best-seller and a lot rougher than the 1990 TV miniseries, g...

★★★☆☆ Argentinian director Andres Muschietti – the man behind the functional, passable Mama – takes the reigns on this new adaptation of Stephe...

Andy Muschietti's adaptation of Stephen King's 1986 masterpiece is no loser.

They're not clowning around.

Andy Muschietti directs the first part of Stephen King's epic horror novel. Read the Empire review.

Andy Muschietti’s adaptation of Stephen King’s It (the first part of it, anyway) comes to the screen carrying more baggage than a Jerry Lewis bellboy, so...

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The second big Stephen King adaptation of the summer, 'It' tries to replace Tim Curry as the scary-clown monster of fans' nightmares.

King's novel comes to sprawling life with plenty of scary moments to spare. The story, however, is anything but fresh.

One word to describe 'It,' a movie about a homicidal clown lurking in a sewer: draining.

The 1950s small-town America of Stephen King’s youth provides a deceptively wholesome backdrop for the author’s nightmarish 1986 novel “It,” about a ...

Amid the shock and gore, the new Stephen King adaptation is a devastating account of childhood trauma.

They’ve finally stopped clowning around with a Stephen King adaptation. In fact, “It” mines its scares almost too seriously for a movie about a demonic...

The literal ghouls here take a back seat to the subtler ones, which are really where “It” shines darkly.

This new, updated adaptation follows a bunch of kids on the trail of an evil force.

What is it about clowns, anyway? Why do some people findthem hilarious while others are creeped out by them? Whatever the case, authorStephen King exploited ...

Despite the many terrifying moments they endure in their quest—scenes that will leave you trembling and giggling at once—It is even more powerful in the ...

There’s a covered wooden bridge, a stony brook and a quarry where the kids can go swimming. Historic buildings line the tree-shaded streets, where the traf...

'It' – Stephen King's horror epic featuring the world's scariest clown – is a waking nightmare, says Peter Travers. Read the Rolling Stone review.

There are moments in Andy Muschietti’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novel about a quaint-yet-cursed Maine village (Very Bad Things happen every 27 years,...

The latest adaptation of Stephen King’s horror epic is one of the most entertaining films of the year.

Superb adaptation of Stephen King's bestseller, with a chilling central performance from Bill Skarsgård

In our It review, we explore how the best parts of this Stephen King movie deal with the trials of growing up...but the child-eating clown is also good.

It doesn't clown around. Freed from 20th century network television standards, Stephen King's novel on screen can be as much bloody, vulgar fun as It is supp...

The latest adaptation of Stephen King’s classic horror novel privileges CGI scares over dread and nuance.

With a more ceremonious unveiling than the other Hollywood adaptation of a Stephen King property this year, It is slickly calibrated to please its spook-hung...

Andy Muschietti’s adaptation is Stephen King distilled in its purest form

When it comes to Stephen King stories, few have resonated quite like "It." Checking out the book from the library was something of a taboo right of passage.

This relatively faithful adaptation (with a few understandable exceptions) piles on the jump-scares until they become irrelevant.

Covering the first half of the thick Stephen King tome, this adaptation juggles its many kids and parents with chilling efficacy

Nothing ever looks as scary on-screen as it does in our minds

While Bill Skarsgård is now the quintessential Pennywise, the kids make the new thriller one of the best Stephen King adaptations ever.

Visual flair and a solid cast keep Andy Muschietti's patchy Stephen King adaptation afloat.

The new film adaptation of Stephen King’s horror classic exposes the dark rotting heart of 2017.

The new adaptation is in that rare category of remakes that actually have a mission.

Andy Muschietti's It is a wholesome adaption that never sacrifices story for cheap scares, which makes for a brilliantly chilling tale rooted in heart and fl...