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Stephen King's Adaptation Of The Movie It
Twenty seven Years ago, a film titled It was released on television. This film was an adaptation of the Stephen King novel It; It told the story of an evil entity who terrorized and murdered children of a small town. Audience were enthralled with It, they loved the film for its horrifying aspects and great characters. However, like all art, this film eventually faded away from people’s minds. The world moved on and became interested in entertainment that was darker, gorier, and bloodier. After all of these years, It has been reborn into a remake. This new interpretation seeks to terrify a whole new generation of people. To truly understand this new version and how it differentiates itself from the original, I must dissect one common thing about …show more content…
The poster also does have blackness in it, but it is separated by a ripped line. In the black part of the poster, a clown smiles with a sinister grin. This clown does appear human, but he has these monster like hands. Only three of the clown’s fingers are visible, they are long, green, and wrinkled. The clown also has red lips, red hair, and a red nose. Not much of the clown’s outfit appears visible, but it appears to have green and purple stripes. Mostly the clown wears white makeup, though his eyebrows and two lines under the clown's eyes are black. At the bottom of the poster, there are six men and one woman. They all look alarmed as if they are looking at something terrifying. The poster displays Stephen King’s name, in bloody Red ink. Under that there is the title It, in the same ink but in much larger letters.
The 2017 poster has a black background with fog like smoke on it. A small child wearing a yellow raincoat and jeans stands in a street with many puddles. A clown stands in front of the boy wearing a white outfit, and white gloves. The clown’s face appears on a red balloon that it is holding. The words, ‘’You’ll float too.’’, are displayed on white ink. The title, It appears in red Ink and in very large lettering. Under that, appears the date September 8th, in white ink.
Immediately, after analyzing these posters I begin

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