Published in 1986, Stephen King's It was a skin-crawling horror saga, following a group of friends on their quest to rid their town of an ancient shape-shifting monster, that feasted on their fear. Having been previously adapted into an ABC mini-series, the novel eventually inspired a 2017 film adaptation. Under the direction of Andy Muschietti, the film solely tackled the novel's first half, following the group as children in the 1980's. I was genuinely surprised by that film, finding it equally scary and emotionally fulfilling, and on its own would have made a great standalone film.
However, that still left the unadapted adult sections, making this one of the few justifiable instances of splitting one book into separate films. Once again under Muschietti's leadership, and recruiting much of the same team of the first, along with some stellar character actors in the adult roles, maybe Chapter Two of King's story could do just as well. But not everything floats down here, namely a sequel that can't, and in some instances doesn't try, to match that standard.
