IT will be storming into cinemas worldwide this weekend with enormous expectations resting on the horror blockbuster.
Hollywood is hoping Andres Muschietti’s reboot of the King classic will save a soggy summer at the box office.
Critics have been mixed in their reviews for the IT movie, singling out the child stars and their moving storylines, while expressing reservations about the horror elements and whether the movie is as scary as hoped.
King himself has admitted that there are some major problems at the very root of it all.
Some of his doubt stemmed from his belief that rising British horror star Clive Barker was “better than I am now” and “a lot more energetic.”
Luckily, all the doom and gloom passed. King branched out more into psychological drama and serials like The Green Mile, Misery and teh sci-fi classic Under The Dome.
He also started the epic, sprawling multi-format Dark Tower cycle, recently unsuccessfully adapted for cinema with Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey.
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King told TIME that year he’d only had “three original ideas in my life” and that his novels were “the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and large fries from McDonald’s.”
He believed his horror-writing career was over, adding: “For now, as far as the Stephen King Book-of-the-Month Club goes, this is the clearance-sale time.
“Everything must go.”
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King also addressed his popularity for television amd movie adaptations and revealed how he coped with any disappointments when they hit the screen.
He referrred to fellow James M. Cain who was once asked if he was upset by Hollywood ruing his books. Cain pointing to his bookshelf and said: No, they are all still right there.”
The IT movie is out in UK cinemas on September 8
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