No story. Random CGI gore that isnโt scary, because no set-up or characters we care about. Isnโt that the whole point of a story? To care about the people we see on screen. The suspense doesnโt even need to be in the story because the audience knows whatโs looming. Even if the characters donโt. It like if Michael Bay at his worst decided to get into horror. Very disappointing. I understand the โjump scareโ from the studio in the IT movies. This isnโt jump scare. Itโs just garbage. A slow build tension pointing in Pennywises direction while developing characters would seem to be the way to go. random events, maybe the thought of watching kids getting torchered for no reason is appealing to some. The worst parts of the โITโ movies was the CGI with no Pennywise connection. This is ONLY THAT. Without Bill Hader to crack a well timed joke because what we saw was, stupid, no scary. This is like watching โThe Passionโ for fun if you have no idea who Jesus is. HBO, very disappointing. Is the writers strike over yet?