#80 - IT Chapter 2 (A Strange Halloween 3)

Derry Maine is an odd town

Perfect for Pennywise the clown

He feeds on fear, the stories claim

As he pulls your carcass down the drain

A group of kids, resolute and bold

Change the way the story’s told

A losers’ club combats the fear

And vow to fight should IT reappear

Now the second half of the tale

They may be older, but hardly frail

The fight renewed, the club reconvene

It’s IT Chapter 2 on A Strange Halloween

It's been a good few years since IT Chapter 1 graced the cinema, when we didn't have to worry for our lives paying the place a visit

We were teased with a sequel as it began and with it making all the money, the sequel was inevitably greenlit. And it was given a larger budget, $79m, more than double the budget of the original.

But it seems there were some cutbacks when it came to writing, the original had 3 writers, Chase Palmer, Cary Fukunaga and Gary Dauberman, only Gary Dauberman returned to write the sequel.

The film made $473.1m at the box office, which is profitable but not even close to the $700m chapter 1 made, and the critical reception was more mixed and for good reason. And it’s on Rage4Media so you can guess which side of the divide I fall on. But why? Let’s take a look and find out.