![]() ![]() ![]() The unsatisfying ending leaves too many questions unanswered. The parts dealing with the evil entity are scary without being graphic the most effective subplot deals with an abusive home life situation. The narration alternates among the five characters, with their voices for the most part sounding all too similar. ![]() While the target audience is-by age rating-too young to have had direct exposure to Stephen King’s novel IT (1986) and its past and present cinematic adaptations, many will be familiar enough with the premise to recognize the glaring similarities. But it’s no prank, and they find themselves haunted by their individual greatest fears-and in between the personalized hauntings, the malicious entity assumes the form of April’s greatest fear, a clown, which menaces, waves at, and taunts the kids. They feel compelled to dig, until they unearth a tin and hope that’s the end of a prank. Deshaun’s popular best friend, Kyle (white and gay), tags along, and the group converges on a mysterious gravesite-it’s old but also has been recently vandalized, and the dirt looks freshly disturbed. The notes mysteriously arrive on Halloween, instructing eighth graders April (fat and bullied, likely white) her best friend, Andres (gay and Latinx) their former friend–turned–class bully Caroline (white) and unpopular ninth grader Deshaun (black) to go to the cemetery at midnight. A mysterious evil preys on the fears of a group of kids. ![]()
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