‘It Chapter 2’ review:A clowning glory

The last time we saw It, the extra-terrestrial monster was wounded by the Losers and forced back into the sewers of Derry to recuperate. Based on Stephen King’s lengthy horror novel of the same name, the sequel to the 2017 film is set almost three decades after the then group of tweenagers speared a dent in It’s scary armour. It Chapter 2 Director: Andy Muschietti Andy Muschietti Cast: James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone, Andy Bean, Bill Skarsgård James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone, Andy Bean, Bill Skarsgård Storyline: When It resurfaces 27 years later, the Losers must return to Derry to defeat the child-killing monster Abusive spouses, Oedipus complexes, damning secrets and tormenting regrets don’t hold a candle to It’s pursuit for flesh, blood and revenge. In pushing a flavour of King’s own big screen adaptation of Stand By Me a nd that 80s-loving patina of Stranger Things, this sequel brilliantly drudges up fictional nostalgia. As a character strangles his zombie attacker, black slush projectile gushes accompanied by the Juice Newton number ‘Angel of the Morning’.