Not really scary, but what is these days as we are desensitized to violence. Good funny murdering clown and some good black comedic moments. One of my favourite films in the horror genre. 3 hours long, so works well over a two part viewing.

Not as good as the book. :P Having lived in a world since I was about 6 where I watched this movie a stupid amount of times but never read the book this movie is awesome.

However, after reading the book I realised how much the movie left out and how much scarier the book actually is.

However, (again) the movie still gets 5 stars because it does have some stupidly scary bits in it and I still love it and always will. Hoping the rumoured remake is coming though as its meant to be a whole hour longer.

Get to see a little Seth Green (Buffy the vampire slayer) and little Emily Perkins (Ginger Snaps) too, which is always funny.

I am sure Stephen King himself was very insulted when they decided to call this 'Stephen King's IT'. Yes, he did wite the story, but the makers of this atrocity felt they could improve on it. So we end up with something that barely resembles the book at all.

If you've read the book, you'd know that it would be hard to pull off, becuase King's brilliant writing almost always involved a kind of narrating combined with the thoughts of a particular character. Also the ending would be difficult (but i'm not going to spoil it). As this would all be hard, i wouldn't have cared if they at least stuck to the original story. But worst of all is the fact that some the things that make the book excellent, the things that make Derry, and its characters come alive, could have been pulled off but they haven't. The characters in the film are a discrage, they show no recognition of what made them great in the book at all.

The only reason this doesn't get 1 star is because it is the film (hardly) of such a great book.

one of stephen kings worst most bloated books becomes one of the worst adaptations EVER !.scary ? not in the slightest.atmospheric,creepy ? never.however this rubbish got made is beyond me.its just boring.should have saved the money and spent it on a decent really long tv version of `the stand`.

The first 90 minutes or so were great but once you flip the disk over you get the worst ending of a film ever!

I saw this movie for the first time last night while on night shift, I started to watch the movie not realising the length of the movie, it got 90mins in and i had to flip the disc, but don't let that put you off that its 3hours long. The Movie was great, kept me entertained most the night, kept me awake, and made my night go quicker.

The problem with this film was the last 15-20mins, it was an appalling way to end the movie, seemed rushed to me, like he wasn't sure how to end or he ran out of time.

If it wasn't for that ending I would have given the movie an 8/10 but because of it i award 7/10

Great script...great acting...great atmosphere...terrifying clown...and for some unknown reason a truly pathetic monster???
Oh well..nothing is perfect...Buy this if you like the hairs on the back of your neck rising !!

ive watched it as a child im still only 17 but i'm scared of clowns now i cant look at a clown it has really scared me

Excellent film and a great price. If you like scary movies n you like Stephen King's work then this is definitly the one to watch even if you like clowns or not. Tim Curry is great at playing IT the clown and the rest of actors are good, plus there is an actual story line which makes the film even more enjoyable to watch. As the clown say's "They float, they all float"

If you're looking for a scare you probably won't get too much out of this but what really suprised me was the captivating drama. You are shown what happened when IT first came and then what happens when he returns. The acting is superb and although the clown is a bit scary, it isn't "hide behind the seatee" scary. The main monster at the end doesn't look fantastic but this is actually more the human side of fear than anything. Even though it is three hours long, I still enjoyed it.