Making It scary

I think that Stephen King is so good depicting horror because he is good depicting everything else —the whole range of what is being human, that is. That’s the success of It, which takes its time fleshing out its charismatic young characters with realism and consistency to make the scares believable too. In their world, adults are cold and cruel, complicit in a way to the darkness beneath their town. You may notice Argentine Director Andrés Muschietti’s attention to detail in every scene, from the recreation of the late eighties, to an effective score that is always present but never overwhelming, and of course in the grittiness of the heavy action/special effects scenes that seem to be an effective mix of mechanic and digital artistry. Even Pennywise is scarier since he is awfully smart, and this second version of It (the previous was a 1990 2-part TV show) allows us to grasp that too. Even at a length of 2 hours plus you feel the narrative economy of a tight script. This is commercial moviemaking at its best. Do not miss it.