10 Most Anticipated Upcoming Horror Movies

1. It

Release Date: 8 September

Stephen King’s 1986 novel is over a thousand pages, so the story was never going to fit comfortably into a ninety-minute movie. Mindful of this, the filmmakers have taken inspiration from the 1990 miniseries (which starred Tim Curry as Pennywise) and decided to release their movie in two parts.

Already given King’s blessing, this first part focuses on a group of friends who reunite to stop the monster when kids start disappearing from their Maine hometown. Expect echoes of Stand By Me and Dreamcatcher when the movie reaches screens in September.

The director is Andres Muschietti, who also wrote and directed Mama with Jessica Chastain, so the expectation is for a more nuanced and sophisticated King adaptation than the recent Cell with John Cusack. That misfire apart, King’s had a pretty good run in recent years, so hopefully Muschietti continues the trend.