Stephen King's It [DVD] [1990] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

'IT' is a movie about a group of seven children (who call themselves 'The Loser's Club') who learn that they and the rest of the children in their small 1960's town are being hunted and devoured by an unknown entity. This entity can appear in many forms, including a Leper, a Spider, a loved one, a werewolf or my favorite: as Pennywise the Clown.As if that weren't enough, these poor kids have other problems, too. Bill stutters, his younger brother is murdered in the film, and he feels responsible for it. Ben's dad died and his penniless mother is forced to move them both in with her sister and the sister's annoying son; Ben is overweight, too. Eddie has many 'ailments' (according to his mother, who is overprotective and overbearing due to his father having died of Cancer). Beverly's mom is out of the picture, too, so Beverly lives with her controlling and abusive father, who often hits her and yells at her, she also gets teased at school for being poor. Ritchie is smart and superstitious, and wear thick coke-bottle glasses which he is frequently teased about. Stan's problem is that he can't believe in anything that can't be explained by logic, he also craves routine and doesn't do too well if he finds himself in an unpredictable situation. And finally, Mike. Mike is the only black kid in school and is frequently bullied by the school's racist bullies. Speaking of those bullies: they have it out for each member of The Loser's Club and are relentless.In the first half of 'IT' we meet each Loser as wildly successful adults: Mike (who never left Derry and is the only one who isn't crazy successful) is calling up each Loser, asking them to make good on a promise to return to Derry to fight IT should IT surface again (which IT has). As each Loser gets that call, we see a flashback of their childhood which includes memories of Derry and of each other.The kids are individually terrorized by IT, aka Pennywise the Dancing Clown. He (and I only say 'he' because it is too long to type out 'the entity' every time) is able to sense what each kid is afraid of and uses that to take on a form that will frighten them; fear makes the children taste so much better when he eats them (according to him, anyhow). The kids saw a werewolf movie which scared Ritchie more than he let on. The next day Ritchie goes to school and is sent to find the janitor but instead finds a werewolf. Beverly is afraid of maturing into a woman; she doesn't want her father to see her as a woman because she's afraid of what he'll do to her, so she fears the blood that is associated with becoming a woman - blood that Pennywise splatters all over her bathroom. Eddie is a hypochondriac and so Pennywise appears as a Leper to him (in the book, anyhow, in the movie it is Stan who sees what looks like a Mummy when really it is a bandaged-up Leper). You get the idea. Anyhow, all of the kids band together to kill IT deep underneath the town's sewer system. At the end of part one, they promise to return to Derry if IT ever surfaces again.I really enjoyed the first half of 'IT' because I think that there was a lovely chemistry among the child actors and it seems that their small-town charm in 1960s would have made it a charming place to grow up had it not been for the murderous entity.The second half of 'IT' shows us the reunited Losers, all grown up, and ready to take on IT once again. There's some more childhood flashbacks and some creepy fortune cookie fortunes, there's also a 'Let's stay and fight' and 'No, let's all just go home' back and forth.The second half of 'IT' felt forced. In 1990 when this mini-series came out, a big thing was 'ensemble casts' to draw ratings. Since I was 10 when this first came out, I knew Ritchie and the Judge from the show 'Night Court' and I knew Ben as the guy from the sitcom 'Three's Company.' The rest of the adult Loser cast I'd never seen before. The adult actors had zero chemistry among them, that was so disappointing as compared to their child actor counterparts' chemistry! There's also a super cheesy animatronic spider that was understandable for a 1990 miniseries budget monster, but it was so bad that it took away a lot of the fear that the viewer should be feeling at the climax.I do prefer the first half of this movie 'IT' over the more-recent movies ('IT' and 'IT Chapter Two)' but I will say that the latter do a better job explaining some of the subplots. Of course, the end of 'IT Chapter Two' was also a bit disappointing, because it wasn't true to the novel and did come off as a bit corny, too.

Just as campy now as it was back then....It was made for prime time TV viewing so it is not as violent as the book or even horror movies back then. For those who don't like the gore, this is your IT.

Love it

This movie has been my biggest nightmare since I was a small child. I still cry when I watch it and I've seen the most messed up horror movies you can think of.

Didn't realize it was 2 sided . Had never seen that before

There’s reasons why this film is known. Just an all around wonderful film with a good cast and for the time, great effects. The pacing is good and the music works. Let’s also never forget Mr.Curry as IT… such a terror!!!

Love it.

A must-see for any IT fans, at least once. The acting is not great, though I personally liked Adult Eddie. It also is kind of cool that he's a demisexual character in this version. Right before the end, he admits that he could never be with someone sexually unless he loved them. I also think him still living with his mother was realistic.Trying to watch John-Boy Walton stutter is not fun.It's weird. Some of the time, the ways Pennywise scare them is cool, like the graves he's digging. The resteraunt scene has a lot of practical effects.Parts of it feel like you're on drugs watching it.Keep switching back and forth from their childhood to their present day, and the child actors are not great, except for Bill. I'd follow him into the sewers, which is more than I can say about child Bill in the 2017 movie. This one makes it obvious why he's the leader. Child Eddie is the worst. Richie has red hair.Stanley could be taken out of the movie and it wouldn't have mattered.

Came early..happy with the purchase would definitely buy from the seller again

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IT was better than the newer movies of IT. The older one was better with the graphics.

Graças à Amazon, tive o BD de It sem precisar importar pois com certeza eu pagaria mais de 100 reais para ter. Dona Warner não quis lançar aqui no Brasil, então foi um ótimo investimento que ficará ao lado do meu It (2017) e It Capitulo 2 (2019). <3

Il film, nato come serie tv in 2 episodi nel 1990, tratto da un libro di Stephen King, pur non essendo di eccelsa fattura, è diventato un cult per via degli incubi, causati ai ragazzini dell'epoca, dalla magistrale interpretazione di Tim Curry nel ruolo di Pennywise, il clown metamorfo che si nutre di paure. La serie, seppur con qualche grottesco effetto speciale e alcune balordaggini narrative, funziona e l'intero cast, specialmente gli attori più giovani, si dimostrano perfettamente all'altezza dei loro ruoli. Tra momenti nostalgici, divertenti e terrorizzanti, IT rimane, a prescindere, un titolo che non può mancare nella propria videoteca. Passiamo alle note tecniche del blu ray in questione:Video 4:3: come originariamente girato, in 1080p che, a mio parere, non poteva essere migliore: a parte una leggera grana nelle scene più buie, i colori delle scene all'aperto e il faccione di pennywise appaiono di una definizione e di una godibilità al pari di film cinematografici.Audio 2.0: dolby per l'italiano e DTS HD-MA per l'inglese. Qui, pur trattandosi di un film mai uscito nelle sale, avrei fatto un remix 5.1. Tuttavia devo dire che si tratta comunque di un audio stereo di alta qualità che non declasserà le scene più significative e non mancherà di farvi saltare dal divano.Contenuti speciali: completamente assenti. Abbiamo solo un commento del regista fuori campo.Packaging: Bellissimo sia interno che esterno, avrei preferito il titolo stampato sulla steelbook, invece, quello frontale, appare solo sul flyer (mentre quello della costina è presente, per i più pignoli). Ho sentito di molte copie rientrate per danni estetici, per cui, caro AMAZON, trattandosi di un'edizione limitatissima, trattiamo come si deve le poche copie presenti, perché il cliente che l'ha preordinata da tempo, rischia di rimanere a mani vuote.VOTO COMPLESSIVO: 7,5