Stephen King's IT [Blu-ray] [1990] [2016] [Region Free]

What can I say? I'm a huge fan of Stephen King and have read the book so many times. Even though watching the movie now seems corny in places, it still has the huge appeal knowing it comes from Mr King, although I'm so looking forward to seeing the remake they plan to do some time next year. I'm sure with the technology available nowadays they'll make the new version of IT into the truly horrific film it is meant to be, even though Tim Curry did an awesome job of creeping me out as Pennywise.Still a great film though, and I'm so glad I finally have it in my collection. Will have to watch it again because I've noticed in his films that Stephen does a cameo appearance (at least in the one's I've seen), you might just see him in the distance or he'll pop up somewhere LOL. Now I want to go back and see if he is in this one too :)But you'll love it........any fan of Stephen King's work will need this for their collection.

This blu-ray is a stunning HD master with vivid colour and excellent black levels that ensure even the darkest scenes are clear and discernible. Pennywise bursts from the screen with tremendous force and this new transfer does full justice to Tim Curry's impressive performance. Detail is excellent too as the TV series was shot on 35 mm and looks as if it was produced yesterday with the only giveaway being its 1.33:1 aspect ratio. That said it is infinitely better than the full-screen low definition version released originally on DVD. Sound quality is first rate too and ensures quite an impressive sound field for such an old production. "IT" is unquestionably one of the better Stephen King adaptations and this new transfer is rather better than the new "Salem's Lot" blu ray available in Germany and soon to be released in the UK."IT" is a clever and quite original story that contains many memorable and horrific moments while also maintaining a warm affection for a lost America of the author's childhood. As with "Salem's Lot" a writer returns to his hometown and the shadowy memories of something terrible that that occurred many years ago - events that are beginning to emerge from the darkness yet again. Chilling and enjoyable Hallowe'en fare that runs for just over 3 hours as a single, repurposed, film rather than the original two episode TV special. It's difficult to imagine that the new version, due for release in 2017 will come up to the standard of this TV special - particularly when one hears of its current production problems and the loss of key actors and it's first director. This blu ray however is highly recommended although it can never compete with the power and complexity of King's original novel of course.

One of my favourite films

This is a movie that scared the hell out of me in my childhood. I remember sneaking my TV back on after I had been sent to bed and watching this over two nights on TV. I was terrified but totally engrossed at the same time. This dvd is also split into two parts. Part one is mainly about a group of kids (The Lucky Seven) who have to face "IT" and work together to try and kill him. Part two is about The Lucky Seven finding out that "IT" is back, and having to return to their old town to finish what they started as children and kill "IT" once and for all.One thing I have to say is that part one is much better than part two. The chemistry and performances of the children in part one are comparable to that of Stand By Me. You really get to see the strength of the group. Individually they are just children and are weak but together they are strong. The children (a young Seth Green, Emily Perkins, and the late Jonathan Brandis among them) in my opinion do a much better job than the adults. Although the adults do not do that bad. The adults include Richard Thomas, John Ritter, Annette O'Toole. The most impressive performance in the movie is of coarse Tim Curry as Pennywise The Clown (IT). This was a truly terrifying performance and the source of my fear as a child.I would give 5* for part one, and 3* for part two.I do have a slight moan about the picture aspect ratio. As this movie was made for TV the picture looks squashed and you can tell the makers must of had big issues trying to fit all of The Lucky Seven on screen at the same time. They seemed to have tried to get round this by making them stand or sit unnaturally close to each other.The special features for this disc has a audio commentary from the director and some of the adult cast. My favourite part of this is when John Ritter is talking about Seth Green saying that he has not been in anything since this movie. (Everyone loves taking cheap shots at Seth Green it appears!).Overall this is a very good and scary Tv movie.

AHAAAAHHH!Nope it doesn't finish halfway through... IT'S A DOUBLE SIDED DVD! You have to turn it over to play the other half of the film. I discovered this last night after feeling the same 'cheated' sensation! However... I do still feel a little cheated, as even though I have now discovered that I don't just have half the film, I have to get up and turn it over half way through which severely annoys me!!!Why they have done this I do not know. Idiots - Lord of the Rings managed something like 3hrs of film plus normal menu stuff on ONE DVD. You may have noticed the distinct lack of warning about this feature when buying this product from Amazon. If there IS a note about it, it's very NOT obvious! I'm sure on the case in very small print it probably says so... But only my boyfriend figured out it was double sided after it halted half way through the film (which incidently, I like, but I don't read SKs books) because it had no picture on the top side - it was shiney.Double-sided = twice as likely to get one half of the film scratched, dirty, or otherwise made unreadable. Most dissapointing - would not have bought it if I'd have known!