Director: Andy muschetti

Stars: Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader

It: Chapter 2 begins with a terrifying homophobic crime, which Stephen King had used in his novel. After a bunch of bullies attack Adrian Mellon and his boyfriend, they throw Adridan over the bridge into the water. Just as he is about to drown, he sees the monstrous clown. And of course, Pennywise eats him in front of Adrian’s boyfriend.

It: Chapter 2 explores those who are trapped in the closet, and also works as an examination, a rather blotchy one maybe, on how not being to able to come out can sometimes eat into a person and kill them in the end. And that’s exactly what Pennywise does. He taunts Richie continuously on his hidden sexuality. While the film has its heart in the right place, and many times strikes the right chord, the execution is a bit messy at points.

The book does a brilliant job of showing how difficult life was in the homophobic town of Derry for queer kids living in the 80s.

THE EMOTIONAL VALUE

Even if It: Chapter 2 is rather shaky in the horror elements, its emotional moments do hit you in the feels. There is a sense of wholesome friendship and love in the film. There is heartbreak, when close friends die, and there is finally the attainment of closure; for Billy, that is. This is the rare mastery of both the It films, as they both know when to just twist the knife. Eddie overcomes his fear at last, and shows his heroic side, only to be wounded fatally.