It

Stephen King · 1986Film 2017

It
The Book
It

Goodreads

4.3/ 5
1986
It
The Film
It

Audience Score

No rating data

TMDB

2017135 min
Faithfulness to source82%

Highly faithful

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"*It*" is a 1986 horror novel by American author Stephen King. "*It*" was his 22nd book and his 17th novel written under his own name. The story follows the experiences of seven children as they are terrorized by an evil entity that exploits the fears of its victims to disguise itself while hunting its prey. "*It*" primarily appears in the form of Pennywise the Dancing Clown to attract its preferred prey of young children. The novel won the British Fantasy Award in 1987, and received nominations for the Locus and World Fantasy Awards that same year. In 2003, "*It*" was listed at number 144 on the BBC's The Big Read poll. ---------- See also: - [IT 1/2][2] - [IT 2/2][3] [1]: https://www.stephenking.com/library/novel/it.html [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/

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In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.

Genre

Horror

Source Type

Novel

Year Published

1986

Year Released

2017

Director

Andy Muschietti

Runtime

135 min

Faithfulness Score

82%Very faithful
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Adaptation Type

Feature Film

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