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‘IT’ Gets the “Honest Trailers” Treatment
“Starring the kid from Stranger Things… in glasses.”
If you’re asking me, Andy Muschietti’s IT was not only the best horror film of 2017, but it’s also one of the best horror films ever made. It’s (no pun intended) got everything you could ask for from a horror movie, giving the proper justice to an epic Stephen King story that deserved better than the 1990 adaptation – as much as we all may love it!
Personally speaking, I have nothing bad to say about IT, but the guys over on Screen Junkies offer up some amusing critiques in their just-released Honest Trailers video.
The “Honest Trailer” for IT calls out the lack of character development for Mike and Stanley, as well as the relative monotony of the scares; but even Screen Junkies admits in the end that Muschietti made a damn fine film. They call it “an enjoyable movie adaptation of a popular TV adaptation of a creepy book… that managed to out-creep Tim Curry and wisely punted the boring adult stuff that no one remembers to the sequel.”
Enjoy!
In the wake of Backrooms and Obsession, everyone is prowling YouTube for horror shorts to adapt and horror filmmakers to scoop up, so don’t be surprised to see a whole bunch of upcoming articles about YouTube success stories crossing over into theaters. One horror short that’s already been picked up for expansion is Dolly director Rod Blackhurst’s Alone Time.
The 12-minute short was uploaded in 2014 and has amassed nearly 2 million views at the time of this article being written, and Deadline reports that it’s getting a feature adaptation.
Witchcraft Motion Picture Company & Fever Dream will turn the viral short into a feature film.
Alone Time follows Ann Saunders, a young NY professional whose carefully constructed life begins to unravel following a devastating personal loss. “Seeking refuge from a collapsing relationship, a deteriorating family situation, and mounting emotional trauma, Ann reluctantly joins her closest friend on a remote camping trip deep in the Adirondack wilderness.”
The synopsis continues, “When her friend mysteriously disappears, Ann becomes convinced that an unseen figure is stalking her through the forest. What begins as a survival nightmare slowly transforms into something far more disturbing as fractured memories, conflicting realities, and hidden truths force Ann to confront the possibility that the greatest threat may not be lurking in the woods at all, but buried deep within her own psych.”
“Alone Time has quietly followed me for over a decade,” director Rod Blackhurst said in a statement. “What began as a short film about isolation and the weight of life now feels more relevant than ever. The original short found its audience organically online long before that was considered a legitimate path for filmmakers. Bringing it to life as a feature allows us to explore those themes on a much larger and more psychologically unsettling canvas.”
Blackhurst is directing the feature length expansion.
You can watch the original Alone Time short film below.