IT: Chapter Two review, Culture Whisper
The power and persistence of memory is a common theme in Stephen King's novels, especially in his 1986 horror IT.
In IT: Chapter Two - following the hugely successful semi-adaptation from 2017 - screenwriter Gary Dauberman plunges into repressed memories and traumas to try and destroy the monster within. In many ways, this whole horrible experience is like a sadistic form of psychotherapy.
The monster is IT, or Pennywise the Clown – a supernatural entity floating around the small Maine town of Derry, ripping apart the souls and bodies of children, before hibernating for another 27 years. Now he’s re-emerged from the historic sewers, and he’s worse, much, much, much worse. There’s only one gang of Derryians who can stop him: the Losers’ Club.
