Stephen Kings Es (TV Mini Series 1990)

Stephen Kings Es: With Harry Anderson, Dennis Christopher, Richard Masur, Annette O’Toole. In 1960, seven pre-teen outcasts fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the demon once and for all when it returns to their hometown.

“I first saw this on a rented vhs in 1991.nI still remember the shopkeeper telling me to rent the two cassette tapes as it was a two part series. Renting two vhs was a bit expensive those days but the film never made me regret shelling me the extra rupees.nRevisited it recently on a dvd.nSaw the remake with my son in a theater. The remake is really good.nComing back to the original, it has some nostalgic moments attached to it, the ones showing the kids play down by the river and the bike riding ones r memorable.nCountry life can b really fun for growing kids. The child actors in this film are marvelous. We easily are attached to them.nThe plot is about a group of misfit children who end up becoming lifelong friends and how they unite to deal with the horror affecting them. In my opinion it is a darker version of Stand By Me.nConsidering it was a made for TV as a mini series, it wasnu0026#39;t that gory n the special effects werenu0026#39;t that good. Also the pacing was a bit odd. The most striking thing about the film was Tim Curryu0026#39;s iconic, creepy performance as Pennywise, the murderous clown. The only movie which had dealt with creepy clowns before this was Salvau0026#39;s Clownhouse.nMaybe Stephen King borrowed the clown thing from Victor Salva n Salva borrowed the concept of the thing coming back after 23/27 years in Jeepers Creepers from Stephen King.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe remake nailed it again with the child actors.nThe remake has superb cinematography, awesome acting n terrific direction. The fat boyu0026#39;s acting n facial expressions in the remake is spot on.”