It (1990, Tim Curry, Richard Thomas, Annette O’Toole)
The Master of Horror unleashes everything you were ever afraid of …
Quick Plot: In Derry, Maine in 1960, group of adolescent misfits who call themselves the Lucky Seven first encounter It: a monster that lives in the town’s sewer system and kills children. Over the course of the year, It terrorizes each member of the group in the form of a demonic clown, scarring them all for life. Bill has the worst of it when It kills his little brother. Bill and the gang work together to confront It in the sewer and kill It, promising each other that if It ever comes back, so will they. Well, 30 years later, It’s back—news so terrifying that one member of the group kills himself—and the scattered, adult Lucky Seven-Minus-One must reunite in Derry to face not only the baddest clown in town, but their childhood demons, as well.
Scariest Scene: Any scene with Pennywise.
Final Say: For a TV movie, it’s really well done and really scary. People have a hard time walking over sewer grates to this day. Don’t believe me? Believe Tim Curry.