Mention of childhood shadows reminds us of many horror films.
But when it comes to the shadow of American childhood, many people may refer to "it"-"IT", the most terrifying film in American hearts.
"Return to the Clown" is adapted from Stephen King's novel.
made two miniseries in 1990, which lasted more than 3 hours.
In 2017, "The Clown" was remade into a movie.
After two years, ": The Clown 2" has come, and "it" in the movie has returned after 27 years! The story of
takes place in a small town called Delhi. In the summer of 1989, there will always be some children missing inexplicably.
and Bill's brother also disappeared. Bill knew that "it" did it. It appeared every 27 years. People didn't know what this mysterious creature was, so it was called "it".
It often appears in the image of the clown Pennywise, taking pleasure in killing children and feeding on people’s fears.
In order to find his missing brother, Bill and Ben, Eddie, Mike, Rich, Stanley, and Beverley formed a waste wood alliance.
In fact, each of them has seen some horrible phantoms, because they have fear in their hearts, but they finally united and drove away the clown.
don’t know if the clown is dead or if he will reappear. The Wastewood Alliance is a blood alliance. If "it" comes back, they will definitely come back...
"Return to the Clown 2" follows the previous story. Twenty-seven years have passed since
. The members of the Waste Chai Alliance have become middle-aged people. They are distributed in various places and have no contact.
got them together again with a call. Mike has been living in the small town of Delhi. He made the call because "it" came back.
Waste Chai Alliance sat in a Chinese restaurant, but Stanley did not come.
but it doesn't affect the happiness in the room, like a classmate, until Mike speaks out. In 27 years, except Mike, everyone else has gradually forgotten the past.
But the label in the fortune cookie made them alert, and then it scared everyone even more. Various weird little monsters crawled out of the cookie.
They didn't realize it was an illusion until the waiter showed up.
Beverly called and realized that Stanley was dead and committed suicide by cutting his wrist.
All this evokes the fear they once had. They want to escape, not to return to their childhood memories.
Actually, 27 years later, they seem to have a bright career, but everyone has a knot.
As seen in the restaurant, they have fallen into fear, have been stared at, cannot escape, can only face.
Mike has studied clowns for many years, and finally found a way to kill "it", that is, to do a ritual, chant a spell, and destroy the prototype of "it" directly.
And before that, everyone has to find an object that represents memories.
They had to walk back to the places where they had experienced fear, regain their memories, and what they picked up with fear was the friendship they had once had.
This "Clown's Soul 2" is a full 169 minutes, which really feels a bit long, plus the first one, has surpassed the 1990 version of the miniseries, and it is a bit tired to watch.
2017's "Return to the Clown" has received rave reviews, but this "Return of the Clown 2" is a bit too far away, with too many slots and loopholes, and the horror is far less than the first.
is probably the most worthy of complaining about the death of the clown, not by that powerful ritual, but by mouth.
The clown was bullied by a strong personal attack and shrunk into a ball, and finally got his heart out. The clown's death method is hard to say, but it can be regarded as a way to treat his body. Although
has many unsatisfactory things, there are also many surprises. For example, Stephen King himself made a cameo appearance as the owner of a second-hand store in the movie, which really looks like that.
reminds people of Marvel author Stan Lee who has passed away. In Marvel's works, he always has to make a cameo. Finding the author in the whole film is also a very interesting viewing experience.
Actually, Stephen King’s novel is more worthy of scrutiny than film and television dramas. After all, there is a universe there, and students who are interested canLook at the novel.
