[bjcoop]

I enjoy good horror, but I’m hesitant seeing movie that displays children getting their limbs bitten off in gory detail. I’m not sure I can endure that.

[pepsi_junkie]

That scene with the clown in the sewer, which essentially opens the movie, is the only creepy / dreadful / truly frightening thing in it. Why? Because the clown was creepy yet seductive, it coaxed the child to trust it and lured him in before it struck.

After that scene the clown just appears all malevolent and evil and that factor where you fear the kid will fall for it is gone. After that, it might as well just be Jason Voorhees. Except Jason would catch and hurt people, Pennywise just pops up out of nowhere looking evil with a loud startling noise and the kids get scared and run away, safe and sound. Cut, next scene (same basic scene, different kid, same result). Wash, rinse, repeat.