Yahoo News Scary clown movie It gets an R-rating for being scary
One of the most anticipated horror movies of the year remains one of the most anticipated horror movies of the year, as scary clown movie It – based on Stephen King's terrifying novel – has bagged itself an R-rating in the US.
Dread Central reports that the rating is based on "violence/horror, bloody images, and for language".
This is honestly is music to our ears. While there have been plenty of excellent, creepy slow-burn chillers that don't need an R-rating, It is not one of them.
The movie will focus on the children of Derry, Maine, who encounter an ancient evil who likes to take the form of truly terrifying Pennywise the Dancing Clown (played by Bill Skarsgård).
The kids – self-titled gang The Losers Club – will be played by Jaeden Lieberher (from Midnight Special and The Book of Henry), Finn Wolfhard (from Stranger Things) and less well-known youngsters Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, Chosen Jacobs, Jeremy Ray Taylor, and Sophia Lillis.
Mama's Andres Muschetti is the director – the movie is finished and Stephen King himself has been treated to a cheeky screening, reporting back that producers have done a "wonderful job" and saying it "succeeds beyond my expectations".
Andy Muschietti's remake of IT (actually it's Part 1--The Losers' Club) succeeds beyond my expectations. Relax. Wait. And enjoy.
- Stephen King (@StephenKing) March 7, 2017
A UK rating hasn't yet been announced but we'd expect this to mean it'll be a 15 certificate over here, which we're happy with.
It will open in UK and US cinemas on September 8.
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